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Careers

This guide will help you find information on career choices, job markets, resumes, interviews, and more.

Career Resources

Welcome to the Careers Library Guide. This LibGuide is intended to support your coursework and research needs  as you look into various careers.

Library of Congress Call Numbers

HF 5381  are the letters assigned by the LIbrary of Congress classification system for books related to careers generally.

For a specific career, go to the area for that subject, for example:

  • KF   Paralegal careers
  • RT   Nursing Professions
  • T      Technology Careers

Subject Guide - careers and occupations

Library Catalog

The Library Catalog is an index to the library’s books and audiovisual materials. You may search the catalog from any computer with Internet access. The online card catalog can be searched in a variety of ways most notability by TITLE, AUTHOR, SUBJECT, and KEYWORD.

Salary Research and Income Potential:

Resumes and Letters of Introduction

Even if you know enough about a job to ace an interview, in order to get to that interview, you will have to have a resume and a letter of introduction.  Rather than just winging it, look at some of these helpful resources:

Electronic resources:

Resumes for First Time Job Hunters

Resumes Made Easy

Print Resources:

Expert Resumes for People Returning to Work  HF5383 .E4789

WOW! resumes administrative careers : how to put together a winning resume:  HF5383 .L44 

Letters of Introduction:

How to Write it: A Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write  HF5720 .L3

 

General Online Resources