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Online Career Resources


Featured Online Services

  • What Can I Do With This Major
    In this program you will find an outline of common career areas, typical employers, and strategies designed to maximize career opportunities for each major that interests you.

  • Career Information System -
    CIS can help you find information for specific occupations you are interested in by showingwage information, job outlook, specific work activities, and necessary education. CIS also contains skill assessments to connect you with careers that use the skills you like. Contact the Career Center for username and password.

  • Discover
    Discover offers interest and skill inventories, school information, wage and outlook projections and school information. Contact the Career Center for username and password. Once registered, you will have unlimited access with your own username and password.

  • Vocational Biographies
    Explore careers with an online, real-world look through the eyes of people who actually work in specific careers. Contact the Career Center for username and password.


Additional Online Resource



Assessment

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Career Search


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Informational Interviewing


Job Shadowing


Descriptions
Of Companies/
Organizations


Professional Associations

  • Associations on the Net - Involvement and membership in a professional association can enhance your search for a major or extend your career

Labor Market Information


Job Search

  • University of OR's Job Search Guide

  • Jobtrack’s Manual - Award-winning publication covering everything from resume writing, interviewing, networking, cover letters to salary negotiation.

  • College Grad - Information about careers, resumes, cover letters, interviewing, employers, entry level job postings and salaries.

  • The Riley Guide - Contains an extensive collection of employment opportunities and job resources. Sites included cover topics such as where to find jobs, salary surveys, researching careers and employers, and resume writing.

  • The Damn Good Resume - Excellent information on writing resumes.

  • Resume Tutorial - This tutorial from Quintessential Careers.com answers the most frequently asked questions about resume writing.

  • Gary Will’s job search resource page - Gary Will lists and links to dozens of articles on the Web about resume writing, and writes insightful reviews of each of those articles.

  • Job Hunter's Bible - Richard Bolles’ supplement to his book, “What Color is Your Parachute?” reviews sites that help you create a resume, and sites which are best to post your resume on.

  • Job Star - One of the best online summaries about electronic resumes.

  • Proven Resumes - Helpful online articles such as, “Scannable Resumes,” “Hard Copy vs. Electronic Resumes,” and the “Biggest Mistakes of Electronic Resumes.”



Apprenticeships

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On-line Job Listings


Salary Information


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