Student Resources
Career Advice, Resume Preparation, Cover Letters, Interviewing Skills

• 200 Letters for Job Hunters--from a book by Ten Speed Press. Extremely useful advice as well as sample letters.
• Career Development Manual  -- takes you through the steps of determining what career is best for you.
• Career Guide to Industries -- from the U.S. Department of Labor.  Includes occupations in the industry, working conditions, earnings and benefits, employment outlook.
• Career Interests  -- suggests a variety of careers suitable to different personality types and interests. Scroll down to colored category boxes.
• Career Magazine. Full of helpful advice.
• CriminalJusticeUSA -- job descriptions and "opportunities that exist in the criminal justice industry."
• First Steps in the Hunt-- an almost daily tip sheet of job hunting suggestions and promising web sites for the job search.
• Illinois Career Resource Center -- education requirements and more for over 500 occupations, listings for potential local employers and resume help.
• Job Searching -- particularly useful in linking you by your specialization--business jobs, science jobs, arts jobs, etc., as well as pages for interviewing skills, resumes and letter-writing.
• National Association of Colleges and Employers-- Excellent starting point for people who are new at job hunting
• Occupational Employment Statistics--national and state data for 760 occupations. Includes wage data by job classification
• Occupational Outlook Handbook -- searchable database providing training & education requirements, outlook for job, salary information.
• O*Net Online -- find occupations that match your skills. Interactive. Excellent!
• Princeton Review's Career Guide --use this along with the Occupational Outlook Handbook when you're trying to determine what careers would interest you.
• Selected Resume Resources on the Web
• What Can I Do With This Major/Degree? -- each major/degree listed has information on the kinds of careers, education required, and strategies for preparing yourself for those careers. Actual info will be in .pdf fromat.