CAREER GUIDANCE: Selected Resources by D. Rogenmoser

	CSUS Career Center Using EUREKA General Web sites for specific fields/occupations	Government Employment (CA/Federal) NonProfit Careers Databases Related CSUS Research Guides Return to Library Homepage

CSUS Career Center The CSUS Career Center is located at 2000 Lassen Hall. The center provides career counseling, job listings, internship information, etc. Check their web site for hours, locations, and phone numbers.

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USING EUREKA TO LOCATE MATERIALS IN THE LIBARY EUREKA EUREKA is a catalog of items owned by the CSUS Library. Books can be searched for in EUREKA by title, author, keyword and Library of Congress Subject Headings. Some suggested keywords are:                 vocational guidance and women                 vocational guidance and science                 vocational guidance and california Other Keywords: careers, jobs, occupations, employment, etc

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GENERAL American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries ref HD 8038 U5 W74 (annual) America's Job Bank  http://www.ajb.dni.us/ America's Top 101 Jobs for College Graduates  ref HD 6278 U5 F37 2005 America's Top 101 Jobs for People without a Four-Year Degree  ref HD 5724 F27 2005 Best Career and Education Web Sites: a Quick Guide to Online Job Search      ref HF 5382.75 U6 W65 2004 Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor)      http://www.bls.gov/home.htm Care.com  http://www.care.com/ Careerbuilder.com  http://www.careerbuilder.com/ CareerJet  http://www.careerjet.com/ Careers and Occupations, Looking to the Future ref HB 2581 L28 2003 Career Information Center, v. 1-13  ref HF 5382.5 U5 C32 2002 Career Journal  http://www.careerjournal.com/ Careers.org  http://www.careers.org/ Dictionary of Occupational Titles  http://www.occupationalinfo.org/ Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance  ref HF 5381 .E52 2005 v.1-5 JobStar  http://www.jobstar.org/ Los Angeles Times (job ads)  http://www.latimes.com/ Monster.com  http://www.monster.com/ Occupational Outlook Handbook O*NET Dictionary of Occupational Titles ref HB 2595 O16 2004 Quick guide to College Majors and Careers  ref LB 2361.5 S53 2002 SacJobs  http://www.sacjobs.com/ The Sacramento Bee (job ads)  http://www.sacbee.com San Francicso Chronicle (job ads)  http://www.sfgate.com/ San Jose Mercury News (job ads)  http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ Top 100 careers for College Graduates: Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs      in Many Fields  ref HF 5382.5 .U5 F374 2007 Vocational Information Center/Job Markets  http://www.khake.com/page5.html Yahoo Directory/Careers & Jobs      http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Employment_and_Work/Careers_and_Jobs/

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WEB SITED FOR SPECIFIC FIELDS/OCCUPATIONS Careers in Business  http://www.careers-in-business.com/ Chronicle of Higher Ed  http://chronicle.com/ CSUS Employment  http://www.csus.edu/webpages/employment.htm Degree Hunter  http://www.degreehunter.com/ Graduate Engineering & Computer Careers Online      http://www.graduatingengineer.com/ Fine Arts Careers/Univ. Texas      http://www.utexas.edu/student/careercenter/links/finearts.html Liberal Arts Careers/Univ. Texas      http://www.utexas.edu/student/careercenter/links/libarts.html The National Academies (Sciences, Engineering, Medicine)      http://www.nas.edu/ National Society of Professional Engineers      http://www.nspe.org/ Science Careers  http://recruit.sciencemag.org/ Teachers @ Work  http://www.teachersatwork.com/ Teach for America  http://www.teachforamerica.org/ Today's Military/Military Careers  http://www.todaysmilitary.com/app/tm/careers Vocational Information Center/Career Paths      http://www.khake.com/page2.html Yahoo Directory/Career Fields     http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Corporate_Services/     Human_Resources/Recruiting_and_Placement/Career_Fields/

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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT (CA/FEDERAL) CalJobs  http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/ California Occupational Guides     http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/cgi/career/?PAGEID=3&SUBID=139 California State Government Website http://my.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp     Select Labor and Employment CSUS Employment  http://www.csus.edu/webpages/employment.htm FedWorld.gov  http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html Select Careers (California)     http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/cgi/career/?PAGEID=3&SUBID=139 US Department of State/Careers  http://www.state.gov/careers/ Today's Military/Military Careers  http://www.todaysmilitary.com/mc/t13_mc_milcar.php USA Jobs (Federal Govenment)  http://usajobs.opm.gov/

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NONPROFIT CAREERS Jobs at Nonprofits  http://www.jobsatnonprofits.com/ Nonprofit Career Network  http://www.nonprofitcareer.com/ Nonprofit Resource Center (Sacramento Public Library)     http://www.nonprofitresourcectr.org/intro.html Philanthropy Careers  http://philanthropy.com/jobs/ US Dept. of State/International Organizations Contact Information     http://www.state.gov/p/io/empl/11078.htm

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DATABASES Databases and indexes are available to all on the Library computers. Unless noted otherwise; off-campus access is restricted to CSUS students, faculty, & staff. Instructions for off-campus access are available at Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources Use the databases to obtain articles about specific companies, specific careers, employment trends, etc. ("Want ads" are available from the newspaper web sites found listed above in the General section of this guide. Other suggested databases: Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) This is a full text general interest database. Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe Full text of articles from industry magazines and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Business and Industry databases are available from the Business & Economics database page.

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RELATED CSUS RESEARCH GUIDES Salaries, Wages and Labor Sources

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Send comments to: Debbie Rogenmoser, , Reference Librarian; drogenmoser@csus.edu California State University, Sacramento 12/04:Last updated 8/07/dr