Career Exploration
Career Planning Process
- Allison Doyle's brief but mighty description of the career planning process
- Career One Stop - your source for career exploration, training, and jobs
Your source for career exploration, training & jobs - Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. A proud partner of the american job center network. - Indiana Career Explorer
A career planning system for all Hoosiers! Log in to explore jobs in demand, assess your skills, and develop a plan to get the education and training you need to begin planning for your future today.
Career Assessments
Strong Interest Inventory® - As the most widely used interest inventory in the world, the Strong Interest Inventory® uses six Holland Themes to summarize interests and how they connect to academic, career, and lifestyle goals. The assessment is used to help people make career or education decisions, to help people understand job dissatisfaction, and to find balance between work and leisure activities.
Among other benefits, the college edition of the Strong profile connects students' themes and interests to academic majors, extra-curricular activities, internship settings and college courses they might enjoy.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) - Based on more than 60 years of research, the MBTI® is the #1 most used instrument for understanding normal personality differences. Because it explains basic patterns in human functioning, the MBTI® tool is used for a wide variety of purposes including career development and exploration, team building, and management and leadership training.
This tool can help you enhance your understanding of yourself, your motivations, your natural strengths, and your potential areas for growth. It will also help you appreciate people who differ from you.
Company and Industry Research
- MarketLine Company Profiles Authority
MarketLine provides company profiles that include business description, company history, products and services, key employee/biographies, revenue and SWOT analysis and top competitors. To access, click "Company Profile" at the top of the Business Source Premier database page. - Nexis Uni
News, legal, and business information. Full-text for more than 350 newspapers in the United States and worldwide. - Mergent Intellect
Offers access to private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
- CareerOneStop: Explore Careers
Info on industries, occupations and job skills, as well as self-assessment quizzes. Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration - Cost of Living Calculator (CNN)
- Data USA
A comprehensive visualization of U.S. government data - Glassdoor
"Search millions of job listings and see company salaries, reviews, and inside connections for any company." Based on user input. - Career Planning Sites/Assessments
Includes self-assessment quizzes and career match-ups. - O*Net OnLine
This useful site provides comprehensive occupational descriptions and data for use by job seekers, workforce development offices, human resources professionals, students, researchers, and others. - Occupational Outlook Handbook
Discover everything you want to know about an occupation, including education and training requirements, advancement opportunities, employment, salary, and ten-year job outlook. From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Winning Job Interviews, Revised Edition by Paul Powers
ISBN: 1601637667
Publication Date: 2007-03-21
Knockout Job Interview Presentations by Rebecca Corfield
ISBN: 9780749459253
Publication Date: 2010-02-03
Top Notch Executive Interviews by Katharine Hansen
ISBN: 1601637713
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Cover Letter Magic by Wendy Enelow; Louise Kursmark
ISBN: 1593577591
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
The Resume and Cover Letter Phrase Book by Nancy Schuman; Burton Jay NadlerI
SBN: 1440509948
Publication Date: 2010-10-18
What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles
Call Number: HF5383 .B56 2014
ISBN: 9781607745563
Publication Date: 2014-08-12
Available on the 2nd floor of the LINK
International Resources
Global Business Etiquette by Jeanette S. Martin; Lillian H. Chaney
ISBN: 9780275988159
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Leading with Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore
ISBN: 9780814449189
Publication Date: 2015-04-08
Marketing Across Cultures in Asia by Richard R. Gesteland; George F. Seyk
ISBN: 9788763000949
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands by Terri Morrison; Wayne A. Conaway
Call Number: HF5389 .M67 2006
ISBN: 9781593373689
Publication Date: 2006-07-24
Available on the 2nd floor of The LINK
Employment Statistics
- Recent unemployment statistics for the U.S.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Situation Summary - Hoosiers By The Numbers
Labor market information for Indiana