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Our Career Resource Center offers extensive support services to help you choose a major and land the right position once you graduate. The center offers a wealth of information, tools and resources all geared towards helping students build important career skills.
Resources for Career Planning
- Books on the career planning process
- Books, brochures and flyers on a wide scope of general and specific career fields
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics' guide to career information, The Occupational Outlook Handbook
Guides for Organizing and Perfecting Job Search Skills such as :
- Resume Writing
- Employer Correspondence
- Interview Skills
- Organizing the Job Search
- Conducting a Search for Jobs in Government
- Using Technology, the Internet and the World Wide Web in your job search
- Developing Portfolios for the Job Search
- Networking
- Salary Negotiations
Information on the job search in specific fields such as business, communications, law, health care, human services, education, science and medicine.
JOB SEARCH AND GRADUATE SCHOOL RESOURCES
GEOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES FOR THE JOB SEARCH
- Telephone Directories for selected cities nationwide
- Employer Directories including The Adams Job Almanac, The Harris Industrial Directory, Jobs'98,
- Hoover 's Master List of America's Top 2,500 Employers, Chamber of Commerce Membership Lists, The Directory of Public School Systems in the United States, The Great Valley Corporate Center Directory and Peterson's Guides to employers in various fields.
- Job Bank books for various regions of the country including Boston, New York City, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia
- Directories of Government Employers
- Recruiting literature including annual reports, brochures and videotapes for hundreds of employers
- Various free handouts listing employers by industry and geographic region. Industries represented include Hospitals and Health Care organizations, Criminal Justice employers, Social Services organizations, Aging Services, Accounting firms, Advertising agencies, Insurance companies, Computer firms, Financial and Banking Services, Publishers, Broadcasters, Film and Entertainment, Retailers, International Employers, Public and Private schools and many more
- Directories and Recruiting Literature containing information on over 200 Government Agencies
- Employer Directories such as Computer Companies, The 100 Best Companies to Work for America, The National Association of Colleges and Employers Annuals, The Pharmaceutical Industry Guide and directories published by the American Correctional Association and the National Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Bureau to name a few.
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL INFORMATION
- A comprehensive set of directories for identifying and researching graduate and professional school programs
- Applications and information for graduate and professional school admissions exams and admissions services including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, AMCAS, etc.
- Guides for preparing to take admissions tests
- Catalogs for nearly 800 schools nationwide. In addition to catalogs for programs in the arts and sciences the graduate school library also contains special sections for law, business and medical schools.
- Financial Aid Information
- Computerized test preparation programs for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT
- Sigi Plus
- Digital Interactive Resume
- Internet Access MBA Database
- PowerPrep GRE,GMAT, LSAT & MCAT Preparation Software
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