LibGuides: College &amp; Careers: A Guide to Library Research: Career Planning

Career Information and Preparation

LearningExpress
Prepare for a career exam, explore occupations, and improve your workplace skills in the Career Center module.
Includes a resume builder you can save, edit, and print. Over 700 courses, practice tests, tutorials, eBooks, and flashcards. Practice tests include GRE, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, PCAT, MAT, and DAT, as well as trade certification, civil service, math and reading tests, and U.S. citizenship. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well on your college admissions tests and essay.

LearningExpress is also available to Michigan residents using their Michigan Driver's License or State ID:
- Login via Michigan eLibrary
Further info:
- Short video introduction
- Quick Start Guide (pdf)
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Profiles of hundreds of occupations and descriptions of what they do, work environment, how to become one, pay, and employment projections.

Employment | Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS has some great statistics about current and future employment sectors. Areas on interest include "Employment Projections," "Employment by Occupation," and "Employment and Worker Characteristics."

Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Content from nearly 400 journals; this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

GoinGlobal
Resources to help citizens of one country find jobs or internships in another country (including the U.S.).

Provides world-wide job openings, internship listings, industry profiles and country-specific career information designed to help citizens of one country find employment in another country (including the U.S.). Constantly-updated content, including topics such as: work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, corporate profiles and worldwide job listings. Includes a directory of U.S. employers who hire holders of H-1B Visas, the most common non-immigrant category for university graduates who wish to work in the U.S. in their field.
USA Careers
Contains career and employment resources for job-seekers covering the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.

Includes: job search resources, employment outlook, professional networking groups, cost of living, major employer listings by industry sector, non-profits and volunteer opportunities. Also includes a directory of U.S. employers in all 50 states who hire holders of H-1B Visas, the most common non-immigrant category for university graduates who wish to work in the U.S. in their field. Updated continuously.