Do you need career advice and can’t wait another day to get it. Why not check out the resources available here on campus. Take a stroll over to Career Services or check them out online here

When getting ready for an interview you will have many road blocks, but none more an important than what you wear. I know it sounds cliché but appearances really do make the difference. You wouldn’t want to go for an interview with a high price law firm wearing the same clothes you wear to change your oil. Check out this article for all the ins and outs on dressing for success. �

200 Best Jobs for College Graduates (available through Netlibrary)- Includes Job Descriptions along with the “60+ Best Jobs Lists, Including Jobs with the Best Pay, Fastest Growth, and Most Openings.”

How’s the career coming…if the answer is anything but “Great, I’m rolling in the dough!”, then you might want to check out America’s Cheapest Family<332.02400 E19a> It gives you helpful hints in everything from shopping for groceries to buying a house. So, you might have to forgo buying the 46′’ plasma TV this year, but think of all the money you’ll be saying! Remember like the song says; “you can’t always get what you want…but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need”

If you still need help writing that cover letter, wording your resume, or even finding a job; try this. Quintcareers helps find the best free career development resources on the web can puts all in one place for easier searching. Try it out today

The battle still rages on, on wether women are choosing to turn their backs on the careers they worked so work to create in order to have a family, or if they are being forced out of the workplace. Opting out? Why women really quit careers and head home by Pamela Stone (306.87 S978o 2007). Dives into the debate with in-depth interviews with those faced with this decision, and tries to make it easier on both women and men to get their cake and eat it too. 

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Once you find that job you’ve been looking for, you want to be noticed right? Why not check out How to Shine At Work.  This book will help you develop your interpersonal skills as well as … “strategic decisions so that you can take charge of your career and improve your life.” View this book online now through http://web.keystone.edu/Library/ and click on Net Library©. 

The May 2007 issue of Outside has some great tips on how to turn your passion into a career. Many people are getting paid to do what they love…..you could be one of them.

Any career woman looking for work needs to check out Women for Hire. This site is dedicated to recruiting women and helping them find the perfect job for their specific qualifications. Women for Hire also holds job fairs and seminars across the U.S.

The article, Mentoring Guidelines for Wildlife Professionals, from the Wildlife Society Bulletin 2005, 33 (2): 565-573, explains the benefits of mentoring for the protégé and the mentor. The progression of a mentoring relationship is also outlined.

In February’s Black Enterprise on pages 124-127, Karen Chambers writes about nonprofit executive Joi Gordon and her efforts to help other women dress for career development.

The book, No Seat at the table: How corporate goverance and law keep women out of the boardroom (331.4 B821n) by Douglas M. Branson, published by NYU Press in 2007, advocates non-traditional paths for women to take in order to get ahead in corporate roles.

In Business 2.0 (December 2006, Vol. 7, #11) on pages 85 - 93 some of the brightest CEO’s, business founders and entrepreneurs give advice about “How to Succeed in 2007″.

In the November 2006 issue of Contract Managment (Vol. 46, Iss. 11), Hallie Crawford describes four steps to finding “a career that fits”. Read the full article here.

Want to know more about a specific career? The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition at the U.S. Department of Labor can help you get answers. This website has a searchable database of hundreds of different types of jobs, with details about each. Discover the “training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working condtions” and even information about the job market in each state.”

The October 16, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report features an article on employment personality assessment tests. These tests are often given along with a job interview to match up potential employees with the right position.

In The New American Workplace, 331.1097 O88n 2006, O’Toole and Lawler examine many facets of the workplace today. They discuss the impact of information technology, work/life balance, and outsourcing, just to name a few.

The G Quotient, 658.4 S675g 2006, by Kirk Snyder, discusses a new organizational leader: white-collar gay males. This book examines seven leadership principles used by gay managers and leaders that anyone can utilize for better employee loyalty and productivity.

Quiet Leadership, 658.4092 R682q 2006, by David Rock, “provides a brain-based approach that will help busy leaders, executives and managers improve their own and their colleagues’ performance.”

Page 59 of the May 1 2006, issue of TIME magazine has a very interesting article on resumes. There is a new booming business in this country, background screening. Due to the large numbers of job-seekers who lie on their resumes many companies now pay to find out who is for real.

The March 20, 2006 issue of U.S News & World Report offers plenty of advice for those in the midst of a job hunt. It gives advice on resumes, changing careers, job-finding websites and much more.

Use the Licensed Occupations database to find the licensing requirements for careers by state.

Earning More and Getting Less by Veronica Tichenor, 306.81 T555e 2005, examines the fact that 1/3 of working women in America earn more than their husbands. However, this still has not changed male dominance in most households. This is a must read for any career woman who also has or wants to have a family.

Women in Public Relations, by Grunig, Toth and Hon 331.4 G975w 2001, discusses some important issues facing career women in the world of public relations. The authors focus on some controversial points such as, gender-based conflicts with pay, advancement and sex discrimination. They also compare women’s roles in the field of public relations with other professions.

Cool Works wants to help you “live out your own adventure” by providing links, listings and information about seasonal, summer and “alternative” jobs. Interested in working at a ranch? theme park? national park? Check out the page’s listing and resources and let the fun begin.

From the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Bolles comes this resource featuring information on Job Listings, Resumes & Career Counseling.

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

Careervoyages.com offers “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.” From the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.