Professional Career Organizations
Career Starting Points
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 by Call Number: HF 5383 .B56 2019ISBN: 9781984856579Publication Date: 2019In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a shifting economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 16th Edition. by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781438141589Publication Date: 2015Each article offers detailed career information, sidebars, and other user-friendly features, including a new Career Ladder, which shows common career paths for each profession, and new sections, such as Unions and Associations and Tips for Entry.
Occupation & Career Sites
- MyPlan.comHelps students and professionals plan more fulfilling lives by making informed decisions about their educations and careers.
- What Do You Like? BLS Career InformationExplore career interests based on Bureau of Labor Statistics career profiles.
- Career OneStop: Pathways to Career SuccessUnited States Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals.
- Occupational Outlook HandbookDescribes nature of each occupation's work, number of people employed in the US, training and other qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and sources of additional information. Provided by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- O*NET OnlineA primary source of occupational information. Provides a database that is the basis for Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers. Identifies bright outlook occupations and green occupations.
- CityTownInfo.comProvides links and information about careers, cities and towns, and colleges, universities, and trade schools. The career directory presents information on hundreds of employment categories and thousands of schools, to help people find and pursue careers of interest to them.
- MonsterOnline employment opportunities site with job search advice and career management tools.