Best Places to Start
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Occupational Outlook Handbook by
Offers details on numerous careers, including the nature of the work, working conditions, earnings, qualifications needed, expectations of job growth, number of openings, and sources of additional information. Explore the suggested websites for specific occupations.
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What Color Is Your Parachute? Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by
Publication Date: 2023Includes "a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more." -
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by
Includes "a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more." This is a 2-user ebook. If you are the 3rd reader, you may get a "busy signal" and have to try again later.
Funded by the EMU Library Textbook Affordability Initiative fund
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Michigan's Hot 50 through 2028Highlights Michigan’s high-demand, high-wage careers that show a favorable mix of long-term job growth, projected annual job openings, and median wages through 2028.
Learn about Careers
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The 100 Best JobsEach year U.S. News and World Report issues a list of the 100 best jobs based on factors such as "salary, the number of expected openings, advancement opportunities and career fulfillment."
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Career OneStop - Explore CareersInformation on occupations, industries, scholarships, places to find job postings, and more.
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Careers with Nonprofit Organizations (eBook)Info on management careers with nonprofit organizations, including work in administration, advocacy, fundraising, & public relations.
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Learn About the CSD ProfessionsInformation about careers as audiologists and Speech-language pathologists.
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101 Careers in Education
Publication Date: 2015The authors also provide a guide to self-assessment that helps readers to learn about those careers that best match their interests and temperament. Interviews with education professionals in a variety of arenas, such as middle school foreign language teacher, special education teacher, Head Start coordinator, and college athletic director, offer an in-depth look at different career opportunities. -
Becoming a Mental Health Counselor by
Publication Date: 2021. Filled with practical advice and tips, this book guides the reader through early career milestones of psychotherapists, including professional identity development, applying for jobs, and obtaining licensure. -
Careers in Psychology: Opportunities in a Changing World, 5th ed by
Publication Date: 2019Offers exposure tocareers in each subfield of psychology and prompts students to consider the what, why and how of each option. Also: salary and career information, advice on getting a job after graduation, and information on applying to graduate school in psychology.
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Explore Career Preferences
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EMU University Advising and Career Development CenterThe University Advising & Career Development Center provides assistance on exploring careers, resume writing, mock interviews, on-campus recruiting and other helpful resources for the job search.
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Career Interests GameA simple exercise that allows you to match your preferences, skills, and personality to six career type groups. Careers are listed for each group and the career titles are linked to information for each career. The EMU Career Resource Center can administer a more detailed career interest test.
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Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assessment of personality preferences and how they relate to occupations. Students can take the "official" MBTI at the EMU Career Resource Center, call the Center (487-0400) for an appointment.
If you scroll down on the page behind this link, you can take a very brief version of the MBTI online.