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UCRS 1000: Majors and Career Exploration
Note: This class page will expire June 30th and be renamed UGST. See guides.library.unt.edu for new page!
UCRS Careers Handout (PDF of selected items from this page)
Websites
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Occupational Outlook Handbook (Sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
OOH provides the employment outlook for hundreds of different occupations. Topics included for each occupation are: nature of the work; working conditions; employment, training, other qualifications, and advancement; job outlook; and earnings.
- CareerOneStop (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor)
Your source for employment information and inspiration, the place to manage your career, your pathway to career success. It furnishes tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Contents: Explore Careers; Salary and Benefits; Education and Training; Job Search (including job banks), and more.
- Internet Sites for Career Planning (National Career Development Association)
Vast search engine with links to job banks and industry & occupation-specific information. Includes researching employers and also includes online counseling.
- The 2008-18 Job Outlook in Brief (Sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
This special issue of the Occupational Outlook Quarterly covers careers including: professional, business, service, sales, office & administrative, farming, fishing, forestry, construction trades, production, transportation and material moving, U.S. Armed Forces.
- Homefair.com
Provides moving expenses calculator, salary calculator, and several financial calculators such as rent vs. buy, mortgage payments, refinancing your home, salary calculator, home affordability, move planner, and credit analyzer. Includes mortgage and salary comparisons by city, and vital statistics on both cities and school districts. - Salary.com
Offers compensation information, salary surveys and reports, as well as SALARY WIZARD, which will compute salaries based on job title and geographic location.
Electronic Resources
Vocational and Career Collection
Ebsco's SocINDEX Tutorial: http://www.library.unt.edu/ris/tutorials/socindex/
Books
Click the following link to the UNT Libraries' Online Catalog for a list of books located in the UNT Libraries on careers.
- Big Book of Jobs
Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this volume covers career management skills and writing resumes as well as exploring 250 career possibilities. Location: Willis Library, 3rd floor, Business Reference, call number HF5382.5.U5 B53 (2009-2010 edition). - VGM's careers encyclopedia [electronic resource] by the editors of VGM Career Books. Describes nearly 200 jobs in an A-Z format. This is an electronic book accessible through UNT's subscription to Ebooks on Ebscohost.
