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Choosing a Career |
Scope: This guide is intended to help you locate library materials about different careers, what the people who pursue them actually do, what qualifications they possess, and how to get started determining what career is right for you. This Pathfinder is not designed to help you get the job. For that information, consult the Pathfinder Getting the Job. In between these two stages, you might use the library for help in acquiring specific skills, knowledge, and other qualifications for the career you choose. To aid in your search, log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance. To return to the Research Guide page, click here.
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| A. Introduction |
- Vocational guidance
- Browse call numbers 331 and 650.14
- Most branches of the Library system keep a special area for JOBS related materials; ask a librarian to show you where it is.
- When you have an idea of a career you might like, read the story of someone else who has done that job. Search the catalog like this: "Fire fighters-biography" or "Chemists-biography.
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| B. Frequently Mentioned Texts |
- What Color Is Your Parachute? (331.128/B69/wl/JOBS )
- The Unofficial Guide to Hot Careers (650.14/UN58u)
- Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career forYou Through the Secrets of Personality Type (155.264/T561d)
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| C. General References, e.g. Guides, Encyclopedia, or Dictionaries |
- Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (331.702/EN56e)
- Jobs Rated Almanac: The Best and Worst Jobs (331.702/K89j6)
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| D. Magazines or Newspapers |
The Library has a subscription to the Proquest database of newspaper and magazine articles and the Ebscohost collection of databases. You can use search these databases remotely on Cybermars, the Library's catalog, as well as in the Library. Use a subject heading like "career development" and then narrow your search as you go along.
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| E. Internet Resources |
- Career Development eManual is a detailed guide intended for university students but valuable for people at any career stage. It shows how to assess one's personality, aptitudes, and values and how to match these to potential occupations. From the University of Waterloo , Ontario , Canada . http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the U S Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics is a searchable database; for each job, information is provided on the nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, advancement, job outlook, earnings; and there are links to additional information. http://www.bls.gov/oco /home.htm The library also has this resource available in print form (331.702.OC15o/JOBS)
- Career Voyages, tailored for teens and young adults "features detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations." Includes information about "on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs for skilled trades, and two-year professional degree programs at community colleges." From the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education . http://www.careervoyages.gov/
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| F. Other Media, e.g. Video, Audio |
- "Career Track: Great Jobs Without a College Degree" (650.14/C2712c VIDEO/RECORDING)
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Prepared by G. Garloch |
September 2005 |
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