Career Research Resource Links

• Spotlight on Careers, developed by 26 liberal arts colleges including Hope, lists career information and job listings in a range of professional categories, including environmental and other sciences, human and social services, consulting, sales and marketing. (For students and alumni who are off-campus, call or email the Office of Career Services.)
  
  
• America's Career InfoNet displays occupational information to assist you in your career search and increase your overall understanding of the job market nationally and within specific states as well as regions within a state. (Hint: Use the "Wages and Trends" section to conduct an occupation search. In this section, use the navigational bar on the left-hand side of your screen to view more detailed information.)
  
  
• WetFeet provides the capability to research companies and industries. It also provides career advice and career links.
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook On-line describes over 300 occupations which account for 91% of all of the jobs in the U.S.
  
  
• O*NET on-line explore a variety of occupations and receive detailed information about the skills and requirements needed.
  
  
• The Riley Guide is the most comprehensive directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet.
  
  
• Career Exploration UC Berkeley has developed this site to help you explore careers by providing links to additional sources of occupational information, graduate and professional programs, and information of special interest to multicultural populations.
  
  
• Careers Journal, from the Wall Street Journal, allows you to search databases for job openings and employer web sites. Additional information is also listed for starting a business, working globally, salaries and profiles and much more.



• College Grad Job Hunter is the largest open access web site dedicated to college student and recent grad job and internship search with more than 4500 companies listed.



• College Journal at wsj.com offers hundreds of articles on all aspects of job hunting, career management and salary data. This site also features a database of more than 30,000 jobs from entry-level and internship positions to higher-level positions for more experienced students and alumni.



• Career Magazine is the place to go for all types of career information. Not only does it contain job listings and a resume bank, but it also has links to relocation resources, articles, job fairs, directories and more.



• World-Of-Work Map by ACT, Inc. What kind of work is for you? Are you a Data, Things, Ideas, or People person . . . or somewhere in between?
  
  
• Princeton Review On-Line Snapshots allows for research of thousands of careers by providing career profiles that include a view of daily life in the career, past and future outlook, salary information, major employers, and professional associations. You must register to use their service.