Career Exploration @ Hamline University
Librarian: Amy Sheehan, MLIS
last updated: 1/29/03
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Exploring Career Choices
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Researching Industries/Companies
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Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Job Ads
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Books
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Library online catalogs, including CLICnet, Public Library catalogs, WebPALS, and MnCat. |
Use online catalogs to search for books. | Use online catalogs to search for books. |
| Subject headings: Occupations, Vocational Guidance and Job Descriptions. All catalogs also offer keyword searching. |
Subject headings: Name of company--history, or industry name. | Subject headings: Resumes (employment), cover letters, interviewing. | |
| Limited list of titles owned here | Limited list of titles owned here | Limited list of titles owned here | |
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E-Books
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Electronic Books via NetLibrary
Titles are searchable in CLICnet and appear with a location of CLIC Online. All users must create a personal account while on campus to check out a e-book. |
Use NetLibrary to search for electronic books. | Use NetLibrary to search for electronic books. |
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Exploring Career Choices
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Researching Industries/Companies
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Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Job Ads
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These are all subscription products and are not freely
available off the web to just anyone.
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Academic
Search Premier from EBSCO try: Vocational Guidance, as a subject search. This resource is also available at public libraries. In which journals are articles appearing? Those journals may also contain job ads. |
Try using Business Source Premier from EBSCO. Search Industry overviews, or specific company profiles. | InfoTrac OneFile. Use resumes (employment), employment interviewing, cover letters. |
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Newspaper,
Journal/Magazine article Databases |
Ethnic NewsWatch: useful for career guidance for specific ethnic groups | InfoTrac's General Business File ASAP This resource is also available at public libraries. | LexisNexis Academic Check out business news for the latest on resumes, interviewing and cover letters. |
| LexisNexis Academic Read up about the news regarding specific industries or markets. Choose the Business category. | LexisNexis Academic Try the "Compare Companies" link under Business. Has Hoover's and S & P data included. | ||
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Exploring Career Choices
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Researching Industries/Companies
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Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Job Ads
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Web Sites
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Minnesota Careers is a web site from several Minnesota state agencies. Guided assistance to help you begin thinking about careers. | ISEEK: the Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge web gateway | Online resume service-- Free from Minnesota State Colleges
& Universities Efolio MN |
| ISEEK: the Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge web gateway | Minnesota North star: the official homepage for the state: Use the category "Living and Working" | ISEEK: the Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge web gateway | |
| Minnesota North star: the official homepage for the state: Use the category "Living and Working" | Minnesota North star: the official homepage for the state: Use the category "Living and Working" | ||
| Beyond Minnesota and General | Careerbuilder.com a web gateway to lots of resources from investigation of careers to job ads. | Careerbuilder.com a web gateway to lots of resources from investigation of careers to job ads. | Careerbuilder.com a web gateway to lots of resources from investigation of careers to job ads. |
| O*Net From the US Dept. of Labor, includes job characteristics and worker attributes. | For Federal Jobs, research what an agency or department does using their web page, try FirstGov.gov, the federal government's official web portal. | USAJobs the official web site for federal employment from the Office of Personnel Management. The other resource from the federal government is FedWorld.gov | |
| Monster Board a job discovery web site for both employers and job applicants. | Monster Board a job discovery web site for both employers and job applicants. | Cost of Living Salary Calculator Know how much money you'd need in salary to live somewhere. | |
| America's Career InfoNet Part of the CareerOneStop Portal this web site operates out of a federal-state partnership. | America's Career InfoNet Part of the CareerOneStop Portal this web site operates out of a federal-state partnership. | Monster Board a job discovery web site for both employers and job applicants. | |
| Search for professional association, web pages that have both guidance in selecting a career, and job leads. Examples: Recruiting New Teachers, American Library Association, American Association of Physics Teachers, and so on... | America's Career InfoNet Part of the CareerOneStop Portal this web site operates out of a federal-state partnership. | ||
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Exploring Career Choices
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Researching Industries/Companies
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Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Job Ads
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People & Places
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The Hamline University Career Development Center | The Hamline University Career Development Center | The Hamline University Career Development Center |
| Minnesota Workforce Center | Minnesota Workforce Center | Minnesota Workforce Center | |
| Visit your public libraries for help | Visit your public libraries for help | Visit your public libraries for help | |
| Ask a practioner in the field you may want to work in about the training needed for their job, what they like and dislike about it, and where they would look for employment. | Attend (if possible) annual meetings of trade or professional associations, or hiring fairs. | Check Local Newspapers for job ads, include community papers. Your public library will have subscriptions. Some papers may have links to online ads. | |
| Alumni Offices for previous schools | Alumni Offices for previous schools | ||