Professor & Reference and Instruction Librarian Coordinator
Diane Duesterhoeft
she/her
Contact:
Louis J. Blume Library, Room 201
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608
USA
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608
USA
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu
210-436-3346
Occupation & Career Sites
- Learning Express Library This link opens in a new windowLearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become U.S. citizens, and much more.
Targeted Learning Centers:
- College admissions and placement exams (ACT®, SAT®, AP® and TOEFL®)
- Academic skills improvement for 4th-grade skills level through college (reading, writing, math, science)
- Graduate School Admissions exams (DAT®, GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, MAT® and MCAT®)
- Adult learning (reading, writing, math) with U.S. citizenship test prep
- High school equivalency (GED®, HiSET® and TASC™) test prep
- Spanish-language content academic skills improvement as well as GED® and U.S. citizenship test prep
- Occupational certification exam prep for careers in nursing and allied health, military, law enforcement, education, and the trades
Note: You need to create a free user account.
- MyPlan.comHelps students and professionals plan more fulfilling lives by making informed decisions about their educations and careers.
- The Virtual Career CenterResource provided by the StMU Career and Professional Development Center to link students, employers, and faculty.
- 13 DimensionsThe qualities the US State Department seeks in Foreign Service Officers, including composure, cultural adaptability, initiative and leadership, and more.
- 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.
- 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.
- Go GovernmentThis site allows visitors to research federal agencies and government careers as well as provide practical tips for completing your application. This site does not post job announcements or accept applications.
- Linkedin.com - JobsSet up alerts for position opening meeting your specified criteria.
- Linkedin.com - SalaryGet a detailed breakdown of salaries by job title and location.
- MonsterOnline employment opportunities site with job search advice and career management tools.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vocational Discernment SitesProvided through Harvard Divinity School's Career Services, this discernment guide can be used by individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds and experiences.
- What Do You Like? BLS Career InformationExplore career interests based on Bureau of Labor Statistics career profiles.
Career Starting Point
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.
26 Questions To Help You Know Yourself Better
Job Crafting
Resources about job crafting and focusing one's job to one's calling:
- You 2.0: How to Build a Better Job - recording and transcript of episode of The Hidden Brain that originally aired July 31, 2017. Series host Shankar Vedantam interviewed Amy Wrzesniewski, professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management, who studies work and something that she calls job crafting. Job crafting can help you make the job that you have right now more meaningful and more satisfying.
- Wrzesniewski, Amy, Justin M. Berg, and Jane E. Dutton. 2010. “Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want.” Harvard Business Review 88 (6): 114–17. http://search.ebscohost.com.blume.stmarytx.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=50766240&site=eds-live&scope=site.
CM 4350 Course Description
CM 4350 - Senior Capstone in Communication Studies - Career Seminar - Focus on three areas of career development: (1) life-planning, an exploration of talents, skills, education, and career interests; (2) intensive careers research, study and practice of procedures used in career search, including (3) résumés, interviews, letters of application. Course is writing intensive with strong emphasis on oral communication skills. Required of all CM majors, this course should be taken in the first semester senior year.