Career Resources for all Majors

Exploring Careers & Internships | Job Search Preparation | Additional Resources

Exploring Careers & Internships

There are a number of excellent websites including Penn State's Career Services. Below are some of the best:

JobHuntersBible.Com

Companion site to What Color is your Parachute? by Dick Bolles
Reviews on-line career interest and personality tests
Assesses resume-writing sites
Effective use of the internet
How to research:
  companies
  places to live
  salaries

Jobstar

Guides to career information
Writing and posting resumes
Profession-specific salary information
Hidden job market
National site with strong California emphasis
Tips and strategies for job searching

Occupational Outlook Handbook / Bureau of Labor Statistics
Print copy

Covers hundreds of types of jobs, accessible by job title or general occupation areas
Training & educational requirements
Salaries
Expected job growth
Job descriptions
Working conditions
Link to Career Guide for Industries

Major Resource Kits / University of Delaware

Based on major course of study
Includes related professional associations

Vault.Com: Online Career Library

Company profiles
Descriptions of occupations
Occupational surveys
Career articles
Industry guides
Vault print guides to individual companies, specific majors and career resources

WetFeet.Com

Penn State students may directly use Career Services' electronic access to Wetfeet Guides.
(For print resources in the Library, Check the CAT. In the Advanced Search, combine "WetFeet" as a keyword with a subject (like Accounting or Resumes) to narrow your search.)
Career requirements
Geographic Search capability
Interviews with recruiters
Articles
Job Search Strategies

Penn State Internship Information (pdf)

Internships / University of Texas
An annotated list of web-based internship information

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Job Search Preparation

Job Openings

Career Fairs at Penn State

Career Journal from the Wall Street Journal

CollegeGrad.com

Matches recent college graduates to entry level positions
Excellent articles on resumes and interviewing

America's Job Bank
AJB is one of three components of CareerOneStop. This "integrated suite of national web sites" is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor in partnership with other federal agencies, state governments and private sector organizations.

Cover Letters & Resumes

Penn State helps for writing cover letters and resumes.

Check the CAT. Use "cover letter" or "resumes and employment" in a title/subject search.

JobHuntersBible.com
Helpful articles on building a resume and links to reliable web resources.

Jobstar
Provides sample templates and explanations of different types of resumes.

Interviewing

Penn State helps for developing interview skills and strategies.

The Riley Guide: Network, Interview & Negotiate

Lists of reliable sites that specialize in the art of the interview
Includes suggested questions to ask, questions not to ask, and follow-up strategies

Researching Companies & Industries

Hoover's Online

Proprietary company and industry information
SEC filings
Career development
News

ProQuest Direct
Indexes over 5000 magazines, journals and newspapers, most full-text

Vault Online Career Library
Provides up-to-date news for selected companies and industries

Best Places to Work in PA
Sort by rank, size, city, industry or alphabetically.
Annual list available, 2000 - present.

JobHuntersBible.com
Strategies and an evaluated list of annotated sites for researching companies

Schreyer Business Library's Tutorial Researching companies

Schreyer Business Library's Tutorial Researching industries

Career Guide to Industries (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Explore industries through broad groups or by searching specific industries.

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Additional Resources

Salary & Wage Information

In addition to the salary and compensation information found on the sites in Exploring Careers and Internships, the following sites specialize in salary information:

The Salary Calculator / National Association of Realtors
Salary calculator that compares the cost of living from one area to another

SalaryExpert.com
Although some salary reports must be paid for, there are many free resources

Salary surveys
Newsletters
Links to articles

DataMasters
On the left side of the home page, the link to "Salary/Cost-of-Living Data" provides useful charts. Some information on this site is free, some for a fee.

PA Work Stats
Click on "Occupations" in the bulleted light blue box on the right side of the page, then click on the link for "Occupational Wages" (in the middle of the page) to choose Occupational Wages by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).

Relocation Information

Moving and Relocation Sourcebook and Directory
Business Library, Reference: HT334.U5M5

Yahoo Real Estate Neighborhood Profiles
Compares neighborhood statistical data to national averages.

Homefair.com
Multiple reports, calculators and articles provide information for persons who are moving....from college graduates, to retirees, from local to cross-country moves.