Tools for the Career Planner and Soul-searcher

Welcome to this site designed for your career search.   Much of career planning is a mix of soul-searching, taking inventory of your skills and interests, mapping out a plan toward the desired career path, and learning from the pros about writing résumé and presenting yourself to the targeted profession.  Whether you're on campus or anywhere else on the globe, you're invited to enjoy these links for your career-planning journey.
 
Specialized Career resources: Psychology (pdf)
(this site is being revamped and more specialized career resources will be posted here in the near future)
 
Campus Resources
Books in Dacus Library about career-planning, job-hunting, résumé-writing, and more!.
Career-related library research guide.  Reference tools, databases, websites with career-planning tips and job listings.
Center for Career Development and Civic Engagement -- Winthrop campus
 
Career-related Websites
Occupational Outlook Handbook.  Online version from US Department of Labor.  Comprehensive resource for researching job prospects and projected growth/decline by industry.
 
Résumé-writing and Interviewing.
"Damn Good Résumé: 24 Hot Tips on résumé Writing".  Good overview of the different types of résumé styles.
Example of a "functional résumé" from "Free résumé tips" website.
"How to write a masterpiece of a résumé" -- From Rockport Institute.
JobWeb -- geared at college students and graduates. Tips on résumés and interviews in the "Students" section.
Monster.com' résumé website  Comprehensive overview of different résumé types by profession, along with tips on updating one's résumé.
Résumé-writing tips from Employment911. Although a paid service, the site's introductory text offers some valuable food for thought in considering what to to include on a résumé and how to ensure that no important skills are inadvertently left out of the résumé.
Résumés and cover letters from JobStar.  Site includes samples of résumés, descriptions of the various résumé styles, and how to choose the most pertinent type of résumé for one's skills and career goals. 
The Résumé Place.  Tips for landing federal jobs.
TAOS resumé tips for technical professionals.
Ten tips for effective résumé-writing.   From "Free résumé tips" website.
 
Jobs
Career Builder -- can be seached by career field, job type, keyword, and location. Also has helpful hints.
JobStar -- defaults to California, but can be searched by any location and any job type. Also has links to a variety of helpful hints to career planners and job seekers.
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