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The Career Guide: Dun’s Employment Opportunities Directory
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5382.5 .U5 D86
Career Information Center, 9th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5382.5 .U5 C32 2007 v. 1-13
"The Career Information Center’s 13 volumes contain over 600 occupational profiles in which nearly 3,000 jobs are discussed. Each profile describes work characteristics, job entry, education and training requirements, advancement possibilities, and employment outlook, earnings and benefits."
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 13th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5381 .E52
Volume 1 provides an overview of career guidance and career field profiles. Volumes 2-4 examines over 1,000 specific occupations including the nature of work, entry requirements, employment outlook, and additional sources of information.
Mapping Your Future
Free Website: http://mapping-your-future.org/
Site sponsored by a group of guaranty agencies who participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5381.U62
Free Website: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
This single volume published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics describes hundreds of individual occupations. Topics include: the nature of the work, working conditions, suggestions for finding employment in the field, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of additional information.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Location: Current Periodicals, shelved alphabetical by title
Library subscription via web: ABI/INFORM or Business Source Complete
Free website: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
Includes practical, "how-to-do-it" information on choosing and getting jobs. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from BLS.
O*Net: Dictionary of Occupational Titles, 4th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HB2595 .D53 2007
Comprehensive, standardized occupational information in a uniform language to help match the job and worker. Each job is given an identifying number which can be used with other reference books.
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Preparing a Resume
There are many resume guides in the JPL Reference Stacks, HF 5383 area of the Library. All offer similar information and examples. The Library also has copies in the JPL Stacks, HF 5383 available for checkout.
To search for subject specific handbooks on resume preparation, log on to the UCAT library catalog, then type: resumes as a subject search.
Career Builder
Free Website: http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Also, explore web sites collected by UTSA’s Career Services
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Interviewing Tips
Most resume guides also provide tips on interviewing.
Also, explore web sites collected by UTSA’s Career Services, or select a search engine like Infoseek or web directory like Yahoo! and type in this search: "interviewing tips".
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Employers & Opportunities
Need info on specific companies? Check the Corporate Information Subject Guide
Relocating for a job? Check the Salary Calculator
Best Jobs USA
Free Website: http://www.bestjobsus.com/
Career Guide to Industries
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5382.5 U5 C316
Discusses careers by industry. The Guide discusses the nature of the work, job qualifications and advancement opportunities, job outlook, and earnings for 40 diverse industries.
JobHunt
Free Website: http://www.JobHunt.com/
Job Trak
Free Website: http://www.jobtrak.com/
Largest Employers Directory
Location: JPL Reference Desk & Downtown Library, Reference HD5726 .S37 L37
This annual directory does not contain job listings, but it does identify non-manufacturing firms in the San Antonio Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area with 50 or more employees and manufacturing firms with 25 or more employees. Information on local firms is very difficult to obtain; this is the best source.
Monster.com
Free Website: http://www.monster.com/
Net-Temps.com
Free Website: http://www.net-temps.com/
Net-Temps is a job posting resource specializing in the employment marketplace advertising in diversified jobs. Searchable job listings for both contract and permanent positions from a host of recruiters, and online resume bank. Search for jobs by city, state or keyword skill.
Peterson’s Job Opportunities
Peterson’s, a well-known publisher of educational directories, publishes guides indexed by major, degrees (bachelor’s and master’s or doctoral), job function (research and development, marketing and sales, etc.), starting location, and industry classifications (such as city and regional planning or health care). It also provides employer profiles. UTSA has guides for business, engineering/computer science, business/libreal arts, health and science.
To see which ones are in the library, log on to the UCAT library catalog , then just type: petersons job opportunities under title.
State Occupational Outlook Handbook
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HD5723 .S85
Outlines career opportunities state-by-state, taking into account regional differences in industry strength, overall economic trends, and growth potential. Each state’s top 20 growth occupations is listed projected through the year 2005.
USAJOBS
Free Website: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
"This is a United States Office of Personnel Management web site. USAJOBS is the Federal Government’s official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information."
UTSA’s Career Services
Free Website: http://www.utsa.edu/careerservices/
UTSA’s Human Resources Management and Development
Free Website: http://www.utsa.edu/hr/
What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career Changers
Location: JPL Stacks HF5383 .B56 2000
Partially Free Website: http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
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Professional Orgs.
Encyclopedia of Associations, 32nd ed.
Location: JPL Reference Desk HS17 .G334
Library subscription via web:Gale’s Ready Reference Shelf
You can look up organizations and associations by key word and then go to a direct entry that will give various details about that organization. Has international volumes as well. Electronic version includes all local, national and international directories.
Also: find associations and organizations on the web by using a web directory like Yahoo! or a search engine such as Infoseek.
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Internships
Peterson’s Internships, 19th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks L901 .I66
Explore the possibilities at UTSA’s Career Services
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Texas Labor and Wage Data
2000 Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates: San Antonio
Free Website: http://www.bls.gov/oes/2000/oes_7240.htm
Provides wage estimates and number of employees for various occupations in San Antonio.
Texas Workforce: Labor Market Information and Other Data
Free Website: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/rpm/rpmsub3.html
This government site is full of data on labor, wages, and employment. Contains both state and city level information.
San Antonio Business Journal: Book of Lists
Location: JPL Reference Desk HF 5500 .A2 S2657
Find the largest employers in San Antonio for a variety of occupations.
Business and Industry Data Center
Free Website: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/ecodev/bidc/index_html/view
Provides a variety of employment and labor data on city, county, state and national levels.
Reference USA (UTSA subscription)
Provides information on over 12 million companies. Searchable by type of company, zip-code, city, or several other characteristics.
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School Programs
Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, 26th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks L901 .F5
2001 edition available through netLibrary.
Comprehensive guide to more than 1500 American, Canadian and Mexican colleges and universities and American-operated schools abroad. Entries include data on enrollment, costs, faculty and student activities.
The College Blue Book: Degrees Offered by College and Subject, 29th ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks LA226 .C685 v. 3
CollegeSource Online (UTSA subscription)
Provides over 21,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Updated constantly.
Peterson’s Home Page
Free Website: http://www.petersons.com
This web site provides selected information from the databases of major publishers of college and graduate school guides, including information on internships, careers, study abroad and institutions which offer distance learning. Peterson’s does not provide educational ranking, but you can search for schools that offer specific majors and graduate programs.
Peterson’s Four Year Colleges
Location: JPL Reference Stacks L901 .P447
Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs: An Overview
Location: JPL Reference Stacks L901 .P44a-f
Guides for Physical Sciences & Mathematics, & Agricultural Sciences; Humanities Arts & Social Sciences; Biological Sciences; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Business, Education, Health Information Studies, Law & Social Work
Peterson’s Two Year Colleges
Location: JPL Reference Stacks L901 .P448
If you are interested in exploring more resources on colleges and universities, check out the Researching Colleges and Universities Subject Guide.
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Books
Books and Materials at the UTSA Library
UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Further Information
Career Services on UTSA Campus
Free Website: http://www.utsa.edu/careerservices/
Career Services, located in the University Center room # 2.02.04, offers a variety of services and programs to serve the placement needs of UTSA students and graduates. The office provides the following services:
- Career planning assessment and counseling to assist students in selecting a career path or defining career goals.
- An on-line job bank containing full-time professional, part-time, intern, co-op and summer jobs.
- On-campus interviews for graduating students, alumni and those seeking co-op or internship positions.
- Workshops on job search topics such as resume writing, effective interviewing, the hidden job market, and using the Internet as a job search tool.
- Employer and job market information. Employer literature files include videos, binders and brochures.
- A variety of books on career exploration and job search topics.
For more information, call (210) 458-4589, visit their web site at http://www.utsa.edu/careerservices/ or come by the office, University Center, 2.02.04.
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