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Career Exploration:
WHAT TO DO WITH A MAJOR IN...?
Click on your major to see a list of occupations.
WHAT DO YOU REALLY DO IN THAT JOB?
THe Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
O*Net
O*Net provides information on specific occupations, including descriptions and salary information.
Career Zone
A FREE site to search for jobs based on your skills and interests. It's based out of New York and it has a ton of great information.
Hoovers - Look up a company for FREE
Receive comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Updated daily, you'll be able to look up a company and find out what it does, who the key people are and learn about their competitors.
Career Assessments
MBTI - After taking the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, your Career Counselor will help you understand your four letter personality type. Click here to learn more: http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html
Hollands Code - The six personality types: http://www.careerkey.org/asp/your_personality/hollands_6_personalitys.asp
Job and Internship Search:
www.jobweb.org (sponsored by The National Association of Colleges and Employers)
A comprehensive site that includes employer profiles, articles about job searching, complete career fair listings, and an on-line version of Job Choices magazine.
www.chicagojobs.org
A very comprehensive site offering other great career-related links.
www.idealist.org
Jobs and internships in the non-profit sector
www.careerconnector.com
Job and internship postings in the Chicago Area.
www.careerbuilder.com
The Chicago Tribune connection for job postings, career fair information, and other items of interest to job seekers. Click on newspapers, then The Chicago Tribune for the best coverage of Chicago.
www.career.com
Internship listings, salary information, resume posting service, Cyber Fairs (virtual job fairs), and resources especially for women. There is a tremendous amount of information at this site!
www.monster.com
Job and internship postings including and international opportunities.
www.myjobsearch.com
This is a great place to start your search! This comprehensive site offers career fair information, resume help, e-newsletter, salary calculator, assessment, tips on negotiating, networking, and interviewing, and an option to search Fortune 500 companies exclusively.
www.wetfeet.com
This is a great site to research companies or industries. Excellent job search techniques are shared in the Career Advice section. (some information is by registration only)
USDA Agricultural Resource Service Careers
Employment opportunities are numerous and challenging at the principal in-house research agency of the USDA, with 8,000 employees and 2,000 research scientists. Over 100 locations across the United States and 4 overseas laboratories
Internships-USA
Search over 3,000 internships nationally. username: prof, password: exper
Vault Internship Board - Go to the On-line Career Center for more VAULT RESOURCES!!!
Internship postings from Vault.com
InternshipPrograms.com
Search internships in Chicago and across the country
