LibGuides: Telecommunications Resources: Explore Career Options

Choosing a Career

Undecided? The Library's Career Collection has books that provide advice and guidance about which careers to consider.

The Big Book of Jobs 2012-2013 by McGraw-Hill Editors
Call Number: Auburn Career HF5382.5.U5 B54 2011
ISBN: 9780071773515
Publication Date: 2011-08-16
The 9-to-5 Cure by Kristin Cardinale
Call Number: Auburn Career HD5110 .C37 2011
ISBN: 9781593578077
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
This Is Not Your Father's Job Market by Winston Kotzan
Call Number: Auburn Career HF5382.7 .K666 2012
ISBN: 9780985757113
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
100 Conversations for Career Success by Laura Labovich; Miriam Salpeter
Call Number: Auburn Career HF5382.7 .L33 2012
ISBN: 9781576859056
Publication Date: 2012-09-16
The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton
Call Number: Auburn Career HF5382.7 .D35 2012
ISBN: 9781607741701
Publication Date: 2012-03-06
101 Best Ways to Land a Job in Troubled Times by Jay A. Block
Call Number: Career HF5382.7 .B5946 2010
ISBN: 9780071663281
Publication Date: 2009-12-09

Career & Job Descriptions

These resources, from the Library's Career Collection, or found on the web, provide overviews and background information on hundreds of jobs and careers.

O*Net Online
From the U.S. Department of Labor, this resource provides hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors, along with career tools and publications to help individuals in the workforce.
Explore Careers from CareerOneStop
Browse occupations and industries, employment trends, with data from a variety of federal and state agencies and offices, and private institutions. Sources of data are cited and web links are provided where possible.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Call Number: Career HF5381.U62 .U62
Training and education, earnings, job prospects, duties and working conditions for hundreds of jobs.

Self-Assessment Tools

Match skills and interests with potential careers through these online assessement tools.

New York Career Zone
Explore careers related to
your strengths, skills and talents.
To begin, click one of six clusters
or select View All Careers.
Skills Inventory from Career OneStop
Create a list of your skills and match them to job types that need those skills. Identify occupations that use your current skills, find gaps you need to fill, or polish your resume.
Skills Profiler from O*Net
Skills Search is designed to help you use your skill set to identify occupations for exploration.
New York Job Zone
This free, online job search and career planning system helps adults make informed career decisions.