Library: Career and Job resources: Getting started

Career exploration

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Find career information for hundreds of jobs. Learn about duties, education and training, pay, and outlook.
Career Onestop
Take the interest profiler here
Career outlook
Also brought to you by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Provides snapshots and data. Also interviews with folks in certain careers.
ONet
The nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.
Georgia Futures Career Exploration

Learning Express (Prep Step)
Contains skill-building courses, practice tests, exercises and ebooks. There is also a career resource with advice for creating a resume, cover letter, interviewing, and more.

Careers in .... series

From Salem Press. Many of the articles in these books include a conversation with someone who is in that career. The links here are for online titles. We also have print titles in this series which you can find by searching O.W.L. for "careers in"

Cybersecurity
Computer support specialist, computer programmer, database administrator, network and computer systems administrator, software developer, analyst, tester
Artificial intelligence
Industrial Machinery Mechanic/Machinery Maintenance Worker/Millwright, Electro-mechanical/Mechatronics Technologist/Technician, Computer hardware engineer
Fish & wildlife
Veterinary Technologist/Technician, Agricultural/Food Scientist, Animal Care/Service Worker, Farmer/Rancher/Agricultural Manager, Forest/Conservation Worker,
Protective services
EMTs and Paramedics, Police and Detectives, Rehabilitation Counselors, Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance Officers, Social Workers
Automotive industry
Assembler/fabricator, auto body and glass repair, automotive service technician/mechanic, metal/plastic machine worker, small engine mechanic, welder, Heavy Vehicle/Mobile Equipment Service Technician
Paths to Entrepreneurship
Childcare worker, interior designer, machinist, web developer

Library databases for career informaiton

Career and Technical Education This link opens in a new window
Career & Technical Education includes several hundred full-text titles in the area of vocational information.
Vocational & Career Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text coverage for almost 350 trade and industry related periodicals including American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.