Career Selection & Job Hunting


Choosing a career involves matching the person and their skills abilities and interests to a job or profession. The UMC Career & Counseling Services provides in person Career services and Career Planning resources that help a student know their skills, interests, and strengths and how these match a particular career.

The UMC Library has books and online materials to assist you in choosing a career. Recent print books are listed below under the heading On Campus Materials. To search for other on campus print materials use Crookston Catalog - On Campus Materials.

The basic informational resource for career selection is the Occupational Outlook Handbook. The UMC Library holds this as a book, and in several versions as an eBook and provides access to it as a searchable database. Minnesota has an interactive resource called Minnesota careers which guides the student through the career selection process interactively.

The UMC Library also has a large number of eBooks on career selection. The list of eBooks below consists of the more recent online publications. To search for eBooks and other internet resources use Crookston Catalog Plus Internet Resources.  If you want to see all of the UMC Library's materials click on vocational guidance.

On Campus Print Materials

Books

371.425 Oc1 2006-07
Occupational outlook handbook. (2006). United States and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington, D.C. : The Bureau ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is also available as a searchable database and is found at:  http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS51754

331.702 M666c3
Minnesota careers. Minnesota, Dept. of Economic Security, and Office of Research and Statistics. St. Paul, Minn. : Research and Statistics Office, Minnesota Dept. of Economic Security.

http://www.iseek.org/mncareers/

650.14 W168c
The complete job search book for college students (2007). Walsh, Richard and Adams, Robert Lang Avon, Mass. : Adams Media.

650.14 In34i
Information Technology jobs in America 2007: Corporate & Government United States (2007). Info Tech Employment New York, N.Y. : Info Tech Employment.

650.14 H831h
How to survive your first job or any job : by hundreds of happy employees who did (2007). Frankel, Ricki and Reddock, Angela J Atlanta, Ga. : Hundreds of Heads Books.

Ref 331.702 En19c 2005
Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. (2005). J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company. New York, NY : Ferguson.

Ref 610.25 Y12g
The Yale guide to careers in medicine & the health professions : pathways to medicine in the twenty-first century. (2003). Donaldson, Robert M, Lundgren, Kathleen S, and Spiro, Howard M. New Haven : Yale University Press.

Ref 331.702 F688c
College majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs : the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors. (2004). Fogg, Neeta, Harrington, Paul, Harrington, Thomas F, and Fogg, Neeta. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works.

Also available online at: http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=106963

796.02 H366c3
Careers for sports nuts & other athletic types. (2004). Heitzmann, William Ray. Chicago, Ill. : VGM Career Books ; McGraw-Hill Education.

Ebooks

Young person's occupational outlook handbook. (2005). United States, Dept. of Labor, and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=113975

America's top 101 jobs for people without a four-year degree detailed information on good jobs in major fields and industries. (2005). Farr, Michael and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, Ind. : JIST.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=113977

Enhanced occupational outlook handbook. (2005). Farr, J. Michael, Shatkin, Laurence, and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=112135

America's 101 fastest growing jobs detailed information on major jobs with the most openings and growth. (2005). Farr, J. Michael and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : Jist Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=113973

Career guide to America's top industries essential data on job opportunities in over 40 industries. (2004). United States, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Pub.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=112132

America's top 300 jobs a complete career handbook. (2004). JIST Works, Inc, United States, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN. : JIST Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=106964

Occupational outlook handbook. (2004). JIST Works, Inc, NetLibrary, Inc, United States, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Indianapolis, Ind. : JIST Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=102049

Best jobs for the 21st century. (2004). Farr, J. Michael, Shatkin, Laurence, and NetLibrary, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works.
http://www.netLibrary.com/summary.asp?id=100873

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Designed by Akil Burgess for UMC Career Services Office Bibliographic information maintained by James Carlson University of Minnesota, Crookston Library Email: James Carlson Updated April 25, 2007.