LibGuides: Career Resources: Exploring Occupations

Searching for Career Materials in the UA Libraries Catalog

Go to the UA Libraries Catalog to perform a keyword search for your career interest and "vocational guidance." This is the established subject sub-heading for career resources.

For example:

Veterinarian AND vocational guidance
Nursing AND vocational guidance
Social Work AND vocational guidance

Consider using truncation or additional search operators to expand your search if needed:

nurs* AND vocational guidance
(social work OR social service) AND vocational guidance

If you do not find enough materials in the UA Libaries Catalog, expand your search to the OhioLINK or SearchOhio catalogs.

Resources

Books in the Library

Careers Overseas by Laura Mars (Editor) For those looking to relocate overseas, or who want to see the world as they embark on their career, Careers Overseas is designed to provide need-to-know information on the wide variety of career paths that students have to choose from. Whether they are considering international internships, international volunteer organizations working with youth, education, the environment, research, or healthcare, or those with an interest to join a U.S. company with offices overseas, this volume provides students with need-to-know data on many different career options.
Call Number: HF5382.55 .C37 2017
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance by Ferguson Publishing Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance--now in its 17th edition--remains the most comprehensive career reference in print. This unparalleled resource has been expanded to six volumes and fully revised to contain the most accurate and current career information available.
Call Number: HF5381 .E52 2017
How to Choose Your Major by Mary E. Ghilani Guide students through the career decision-making process as it pertains to college choices with this manual that helps students identify interest, skills, and values; conduct career research; and prepare for a profession after graduation.
Call Number: LB2361.5 .G55 2017
Land Your Dream Career by Tori Randolph Terhune; Betsy A. Hays Authors Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays show readers what they can do in college to successfully pave the way for future employment in Land Your Dream Career.
Call Number: HD6277 .T46 2013
Leave Your Mark by Aliza Licht
Call Number: HF5381 .L453 2015
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2018-2019 by Anthony Cassard (Editor); Bureau of Labor Statistics This book provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Call Number: HF5382.5.U5 O33 2018
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019 by Richard N. Bolles In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute?is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough 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.
Call Number: HF5382.7 .B64 2019

Streaming Video

Career Evaluation

This program illustrates how to relate interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle to specific occupations in the world of work. Based on the commonsense notion that you do best at what you really like to do, this video shows viewers how to find an occupation with job requirements that closely match their interests.

Evaluating Career Options

This video illustrates how to evaluate career options based on the Three C’s: content, conditions, and compensation. It expands on the Personal Career Profile and explains how to use information gathered from occupational research.

Podcasts

Pivot with Jenny Blake

From the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, Jenny Blake interviews authors and friends on the process of career soul searching. There is a lot of advice regarding insecurity, fear, and seeking opportunities in unexpected places.

CareerCloud Radio

Guests include resume writers, career coaches, recruiters and job seekers. Topics include resumes, interviewing, job resources & leveraging social media to job hunt.

Career Relaunch Podcast

Although this podcast focuses on career change, there is a lot here for people who are exploring careers. The host says it all: “Making the effort to pursue meaningful work is absolutely worth it.” –JOSEPH LIU, HOST OF CAREER RELAUNCH

Websites

America's Career InfoNet

CareerOneStop is your source for employment information and inspiration; The place to manage your career; Your pathway to career success; Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses and career professionals; and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

This online book provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

ONET

Search for occupations, explore careers and find specifics on required education, skills and training for your desired field. Content can also be used in building and tailoring your resume.

Vault: Ranking and Reviews

Vault.com provides in-depth intelligence on what it’s really like to work within an industry, company, or profession—and how to position yourself to launch and build the career you want.

Wayne College Career Services

The Wayne College Office of Career Services mission is to assist students, graduates and the community in determining, establishing and maintaining goals and strategies for a successful and rewarding life and career.

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