J. Clarence Kelly Library   Penn State Greater Allegheny

The following sections provide informative websites and print materials that primarily focus on career and vocational areas, in which students can locate information about jobs, career planning, resume and cover letter guides, and career search-engines specifically to find a particular job or internship program within the Pittsburgh area or state-wide.

In addition to the resources on this page, you may want to check these websites also created by Penn State Librarians. Both provide extensive information about job searching, interviewing, resumes and more:

Career Resoures Guide
Business Library Career Guide

Occupational and Career Links

Occupational Outlook Handbook
By performing a keyword search for specific occupations this website gives you the job outlook, earnings, related occupations, training and much more!

Vault Online Career Library
Access to over 90 guidebooks, over 3,500 company profiles, and over 1,500 career advise articles. (access for PSU students/staff/faculty only)

PSU Greater Allegheny Office of Career Services
"Career Services offers a variety of resources to currently enrolled, prospective and former students, endeavoring to provide comprehensive resources relative to almost any point along the career development continuum..."

JobStar Central
Links to sites packed with information about planning your career.

10 Step Career Planning Guide

Interactive 10 step career planning guide.

Yahoo! HotJobs
Gives a listing of careers and various links to each occupation.

Colleges and Universities Links

A listing of local and regional colleges and universities.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Higher Education Resources:
A listing of colleges and universities near Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

US News - Education:
Interactive links for college guides, financial aid, and careers.

Monster.com:
Searches more than 300,000 jobs nationwide.

America’s Job Bank:
http://www.ajb.dni.us/
Searches more than 1,000,000 jobs nationwide.