Career Center Reference Library
The Career Center houses an extensive library including books, DVD’s and computer programs to assist students in researching majors, occupations, colleges, programs, job listings, labor market information, companies, and salaries.
The Career Center Library is open to all students and visitors.
Books may be used in the Center but may not be checked out.
Browse our list of books and DVDs available for use in our Career Center.
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Online Resources Listed by Category
Planning a Major and College Resources
- BrainTrack's Colleges and Career Guide
http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career
This guide offers in-depth US college and career profiles as well as degree and wage statistics for over 400 occupations that commonly require college or university education for entry or advancement.
- Career Profiles Career and Job Search Guide
http://www.careerprofiles.info/
The premier career search, information, job descriptions, and education guide
- Health Career Center: Career and Job Search Guide
http://www.healthcareercenter.org/
Helpful resource page for students interested in pursuing a health career
career or looking for a health-related occupation.
- Career Profiles: Career and Job Search Guide
http://www.careerprofiles.info/
For years CareerProfiles.info has been assisting career minded professionals,
job seekers and students make better, more informed career choices by
providing them with highly relevant, reliable and up-to-date career
information and job search resources.
- Guide to Life Science Careers
http://www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/guide-to-life-science-careers-14053951
- Student Mentor
www.StudentMentor.org
StudentMentor is a nonprofit that matches college
students seeking career or academic advice with
volunteer mentors nationwide. Students work one-on-one
with mentors to receive career or academic advice
on a wide variety of topics including financing education,
graduate school applications, and work-life balance.
- Eureka
www.eureka.org
What are your interests? Take a skills assessment. Search college majors and schools. Search information on hundreds of careers, including job descriptions, job outlook, salary, and training. Enter Site Code: NDVS4JX (for Foothill students).
- Quintessential Careers
www.quintcareers.com/
Site offers suggestions on career and college planning, applying to schools, scholarships and financial aid.
- Petersons
www.petersons.com
Search schools based on your major; can also locate special
programs. Site provides assistance with writing admissions
essays. Scholarship and financial aid information is also available.
- Next Vista for Learning
www.nextvista.org
An online library of free videos for learners everywhere. Click on the tab "light bulbs" to watch short career videos on a variety of subjects. Watching professionals at work will strength goals and generate ideas for choosing a major.
- Public Safety
publicsafetyinfo.org
The public safety career information website is a centralized
web resource for anyone who is looking for answers about
not only the criminal justice field, but also about the
academic programs that may be located in your own county
or city that can help you with the academic preparation
for either the hiring process or academy preparation.
Career Exploration and Self-Assessment Resources
- Career Key: Temperament and Career Choice
www.careerkey.org/english/
Site gives access to free online instrument to assess your career style (Based on John Holland’s Career Types). Respond to a series of questions and determine what careers would be best suited for you.
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter
www.keirsey.com/
Contains 70 questions and an evaluation to help determine personality type.
- LearnUp
www.learnup.me/
Learn top skills from employers, and get hired.
- Myplan.com
www.myplan.com
Site contains career exploration information, a career database, and a salary calculator.
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
www.jobweb.com/studentarticles.aspx?id=1297
Site provides information and suggestions on how to research new careers.
- Occupational Outlook Handbookhttp://www.bls.gov/oco/Handbook showcases various jobs, working conditions, future job prospects, and salaries.
- O*Net Online
http://online.onetcenter.org/
Research various occupations according to your skills and abilities on this site.
- PersonalityType.com
http://personalitytype.com/
Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, discover which of the 16 personality types you represent. Complete an on-line test to determine your personality type.
- Self Esteem Test
http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/self_esteem_abridged_access.html
Determine your level of self-esteem by responding to a series of questions.
- Transferable Skills Survey
www.d.umn.edu/kmc/career_transfer_survey.html
Complete a brief survey and learn which skills you can successfully transfer to a job/career.
Green Careers
Networking
- Green Drinks International
www.greendrinks.org
Environmental networking community offers monthly social gatherings.
- Jobtini (Northwest)
www.colorscareers.com/ResourcesIndex.asp
This site lists quarterly networking events that help match professional job candidates of diverse backgrounds with recruiters and hiring managers from various employers in the Northwest.
- Damsels in Success
www.damselsinsuccess.com
Networking site created for women.
- Ryze
www.ryze.com
Professional networking site: sign up to create a network of professionals.
- LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Professional networking site is designed to bring networking professionals together.
- My Workster
www.myworkster.com
Professional networking site that provides a forum to match students, graduates, and employers.
- Nu Resume
www.nuresume.com/
Networking site that links students, professors, and employers.
- Doostang
www.doostang.com
Networking site that provides a forum for students to interact with employers, other students, and working professionals.
- Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/
Search or start your own networking groups. Use keywords to search for interest groups (may require Yahoo! E-mail account).
Internships and Volunteer Websites
- Idealist.org
/www.idealist.org
Internship and volunteer opportunities are listed on this site.
- Inroads, Inc.
www.inroads.org
Organization that mentors under-represented minority students for summer internships. Click on Oakland or Los Angeles for CA mentors.
- Internweb
www.internweb.com
National database of internship opportunities.
- VolunteerMatch
www.volunteermatch.org
VolunteerMatch is database of volunteer positions, including virtual projects in IT and web development.
- College Central
www.collegecentral.com
Post your resume, search for jobs and internships, find job fairs, and get job and career advice.
- Intern Jobs
www.internjobs.com
National database of internships for students and recent grads.
- Intern Web
www.internweb.com
U.S. internship listings, internship-related articles and career tools.
- After College
www.aftercollege.com
Search for internships, entry Level Jobs, resume posting, and basic career resources.
- Externs.com
www.externs.com
Search for traditional and virtual internships (work from a remote location).
- Get That Gig
www.getthatgig.com
Summer jobs and internships listings, career and industry research, post your resume.
- IHipo
www.ihipo.com/
Combination of social network and job site for international job and internship opportunities.
- Washington Internship Institute
www.wiidc.org/d/
Information on academic internships, mostly in government, in the Washington, D.C. area.
- Intern Abroad
www.internabroad.com/search.cfm
International internships (paid, volunteer, academic, non-academic, college credit/training).
- Intern Exchange
www.internxchange.com/
Domestic internship search, professional networking, post resume.
- Rising Star Internships
www.rsinternships.com/
College students can search for internships and/or post their resumes.
- Snag A Job
www.snagajob.com/
Job site for high school and college students looking for part-time, seasonal, or summer jobs.
- Student Search System
www.studentsearch.com/
Specializes in finding internships and entry-level employment for college students and graduates.
- Summer Jobs
www.summerjobs.com/
Summer job-seekers can search by keyword or location for summer jobs.
- The Washington Center
www.twc.edu/
Internships and Academic Seminars: Earn academic credit for internships and summer jobs.
Job Hunting Resources
- BayJobs.com
www.bayjobs.com
Bayjobs.com is a San Francisco Bay Area job resource for students entering the job market.
- California Job Service: CalJobs
www.caljobs.ca.gov/
California’s Employment Development Department website that offers job preparation, job listings, and Job Fairs and Events.
- California Jobs.com
www.californiajobs.com/
This link has job seeker resources, job postings, ability to post your resume and Job Fairs.
- Career Journal from The Wall Street Journal
http://careerjournal.com/index.html
Contains advice on career management and job hunting. Career articles are also available.
- College Grad.com
www.collegegrad.com/job/caljobs.shtml
Posts entry-level positions for recent college graduates.
- Craigs’s List
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/
Is an assortment of jobs, including part-time opportunities.
- Dice
www.dice.com
Is a site created for experienced IT jobs and technology insider information.
- Guru.com
www.guru.com/
Search jobs in the creative, technology and business fields. Careers range from start-up to Fortune 500 companies.
- Idealist.org
www.idealist.org
This site is a directory of non-profit organizations in over 100 countries (including jobs, internships and volunteer positions).
- Indeed.com
www.indeed.com
This is a great site that combines searches of Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, and many company career pages.
- Job Applications
http://www.job-applications.com
You can find or download printable employment applications or find
your next employer by completing a job application online for free.
- Job Hunter’s Bible
www.jobhuntersbible.com
“What Color is Your Parachute?” author Richard Bowles, has free on-line career assessments.
- Job Hunt.org
www.job-hunt.org/
Have access to unadvertised jobs and research companies.
- Riley Guide
www.rileyguide.com
Career/job search guide, salary negotiation, and information about companies.
- Simply Hired
www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/l-Santa+Clara,+CA
Local jobs and industry information.
- Sologig.com
http://sologig.com/
Database of job postings for freelance, consultants, and independents.
- U. S. Government Jobs
http://usajobs.opm.gov/
Lists various careers available with the U.S. Government.
Resume Writing Assistance
Professional Profile Management
- Jobster
www.jobster.com
Professional profile management site that enables users to set up a URL, profile, and create an online resume, etc.
Employer Research Web Sites
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