Career Exploration

 

The Good Library has several hundred books on career-related topics.  To find career advice, search the Good Library Catalog.  Type vocational guidance and choose "subject keyword."  To focus your search, add your field of interest to the words e.g.,

            vocational guidance science
            vocational guidance business
            vocational guidance environmental

Or type job hunting or vocational guidance in Browse and choose "subject."

 

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, Vols 1-4. Ref HF 5381 .E52 2003

Vol 1 includes Career Exploration suggestions, information, web sites, and descriptions of Career Fields.

Vol 2-4 are alphabetical listings of hundreds of jobs and professions; including the work environment, requirements, employment outlook, and more.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (produced by the U. S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Specific information on occupations (education, earnings, prospects, conditions)
Labor market trends - sample of information available at this site
America's Career InfoNet

A general site with much information including fastest growing, most openings, largest employer, declining employment, highest paying jobs by state
Explore careers and industries and education options

Career Voyages (collaboration between U. S. Dept. of Labor and U. S. Dept. of Education)

Provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs
Note the "Career videos" under "other stuff" - short videos about specific occupations with real people talking about their job

O-Net Online (developed by Employment & Training Administration of U. S. Dept. of Labor)

Interactive site with a database that defines key features (knowledge, skills, & abilities) of workers as well as activities and tasks of occupations
Includes data collected by occupation analysts and updated at least twice a year with surveys of the working population

Company information

Hoovers.com

Basic free information on companies including overview, financial health, rankings, competitors, etc.

 

Salary calculators and cost-of living comparisons

Salary.com

Site for locating information on salaries based on occupation and location
Salaries, benefits, advice on determining your worth plus negotiating salaries

JobStar

Links to hundreds of salary surveys and summaries by occupation

Editor & Publisher Market Guide (Ref HF 5905 .E38 2006)

Easy-to-use table of information by state, country, city and MSA
  • quality of life data
  • latest census data
  • economic & demographic projections

 

Association Directories

Encyclopedia of Associations (Ref AS 22 .E5) - information on more than 22,000 American associations, trade unions

contact information
description of activities
publications
conferences

IPL Associations on the net - brief information and links to prominent associations, searchable by subject

 
Updated 16-Jul-2008 SWH