Career Planning
Career Planning
Books:
Dewey Decimal Classification 331-ish and search BE Catalog by subject or keyword.
ETV StreamingSC:
Great career videos – see librarian for more information.
Discus:
Vary your keywords, e.g. careers/vocations, architect/architecture.
Websites:
About.Com
Lots of great information about specific careers, how to get a job, etc.
Internet Public Library
Search “careers” or “career planning”. Has a listing of pertinent websites, I’ve listed some of them here.
Job Descriptions
"Job-desciptions.org is the free resource that provides you with job descriptions and job details. Our site currently contains over 13,000 job descriptions, divided into major categories, then divisions and finally into groups." Users can view jobs by title or industry.
Guides for Specific Careers
"These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?" A well organized and annotated guide to Internet sites.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
"The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.
SalaryExpert.com
SalaryExpert.com provides free salary and benefits information for over 30,000 jobs. Choose a job title and a location from a list of cities in the United States and Canada, and find salary and benefits statistics as well buying power comparisons.
careers.wsj.com
Career news, resources and job postings from the Wall Street Journal.
Career Overview
This is a career site devoted to providing information about careers in a wide variety of disciplines, including business, health services, construction, education, and others, listing titles of occupations within fields, and providing information on those jobs.
Careers in Business
This site focuses on careers in finance, marketing and non-profit organizations. It contains career profiles, salary surveys, industry trends and much more.