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USM Career Placement Center

There are some excellent resources available for students at the Career Planning & Placement Center web site.


Databases

College Source Vocational & Career Collection
Occupational Outlook Handbook Databases and Resources by Subject
ANNA/Catalog
Use subject terms such as Occupations or Professions. Books on careers and occupations are generally found in the range HF5381 to HF5387.

General Reference Resources

Career Information Center
InfoServ (Ref) HF5382.5.U5 C32 1993

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
InfoServ (Ref) HF5381.E52

Enhanced Guide for Occupational Exploration: descriptions for the 2,800 most important jobs
InfoServ (Ref) HF5382.M37


Cover Letters and Resumes

The Adams cover letter almanac
InfoServ (Ref) HF5383 .A26 1995

The Adams resume almanac
InfoServ (Ref) HF5383 .A27 1994

Just Resumes: 200 powerful and proven successful resumes to get that job
InfoServ (Ref) HF5383 .M285 1997

101 great resumes
InfoServ (Ref) HF5383 .A17 1996


Internet Resources

General Sites

America's Career InfoNet
Sponsored by US Dept of Labor, this site provides occupational, demographic, and labor market information at the local, state, and national levels. The Resource Library includes links to other career related resources.

BestJobsUSA.com
Includes Job Search, Relocation Guide, Best Places to Live & Work, Salary Survey, and Corporate Profiles.

CareerJournal.com
Job search, job salaries/profiles, and advice on resumes & cover letter writing, and interviewing from The Wall Street Journal.

Job-Hunt.Org
Job listings by location and profession, resume banks, reference material, and more.

Yahoo! Careers
Search for jobs, research companies, find advice on resumes, cover letters, and interviewing.

Career Guides & Salary Surveys

Black Collegian Online
Search job bank, read Black Collegian Magazine, and find industry and career reports.

The Job Web
Includes Career Pursuit articles, Grad School info, Interview & Resume tips, On the Job advice, Real Life resources, and Samples of job-search correspondance.

JobStar - Profession Specific Salary Surveys
Links to over 300 online salary surveys.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Includes job descriptions, education and training requirements, working conditions, earnings, and job prospects.

Quintessential Careers: Career Resources Toolkit
Covers job hunting, cover letters, resumes, interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation.

Salary.com
Generated a salary report by occupation and geographic area.


Career Specific Internet Sites

General Sites

NationJob Specialty Pages

JobStar--Guides for Specific Careers

Academic/Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network

Hire-Ed

Computers, Technology

CIO Magazine - IT Career Resources

Dice.com

ITcareers

Health & Nursing

Healthcare and Medical Employment Links
Search job listings and resume banks for nursing, psychology, healthcare managers, etc.

Yahoo Health Care Jobs

Geography

GeoJob Source

Humanities

H-Net Job Guide for Humanities and Social Sciences
Find listings for history, humanities, and social sciences, rhetoric, composition and other related fields.

Liberal Arts

JobLink for Journalists

SLISJobs - Jobs in Library and Information Science

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