CETC Online Career Library

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General Career Exploration and Planning Sites

Most Recommended Sites (good to start with!):

• Occupational Outlook Handbook This site contains a large database of careers, and provides information about specific careers including the possible outlook for such careers.
  
  
• Vault Online Career Library This site contains descriptions of a variety of different careers as well as a number of different career guide books that can be downloaded. This is a subscription site that Career Services at Miami subscribes to, so you'll need to enter your Miami unique ID and password for access.
  
  
• CollegeGrad.com This site has a large database of careers, and allows you to look up careers by keyword search, hiring trends, salary information, and more. Click on the link entitled "career info" to access the database information.
  

Other General Sites (also good):

• Collegeboard.com This site has a large database of careers, and contains information about a wide variety of careers that can be accessed via the index of career fields.
  
  
• CollegeView.com Job Profiles This site allows you to access information about careers by title, and includes information including job conditions, sample resumes, salary and outlook, and "a day in the life" profiles.
  
  
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles This site uses the same codes as some of the CETC books, as well as many other resources (DOT codes). It provides short descriptions of careers, but has descriptions of many different careers. An ideal site if you want to look up a lot of careers, and don't want too much detail.
  
  
• JobProfiles.org This site provides unique descriptions of various careers written by professionals in those careers. Professionals describe their occupation, their likes and dislikes pertaining to their career, and advice to those who might want to enter the field.
  
  
• Jobweb.com This site provides information about careers that can be accessed either by the title of the career or by academic major. An excellent site.
  
  
• Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Online This site contains descriptions of the types of tasks that are done by people in various occupations. Occupations can be looked up by tasks, skills, or name. Occupations are listed with O*NET codes, but can be cross-referenced with other types of codes (i.e. the DOT codes). Good for initial research, as the information given is not too detailed.
  
  

Informational Interviewing

• Miami University Alumni Career Network This site will allow you to contact alumni of Miami University for the purpose of "informational interviewing". There are a large number of Miami alumni included representing a wide variety of fields. These individuals have volunteered to talk with students about their careers. Note that this network is NOT meant for the solicitation of internships or jobs! Rather, you can talk with alumni about their careers to learn the "inside scoop" and to get a feel for whether it is the type of career you might enjoy. Please remember to be PREPARED AND PROFESSIONAL when talking with alumni as you are not only making an impression for yourself but also for other Miami students. You should ALWAYS prepare for such an interview! Click to access the downloadable tips for an informational interview, this will help you prepare. To log into the Alumni Career Network, use your Miami unique ID. IMPORTANT: your unique ID is BOTH your username AND password!! From there, you will find a searchable database of alumni.
  

Careers Related to College Majors

• UNC Wilmington - What Can I Do With A Major In... This site provides titles of careers that go with a wide variety of majors, as well as the skills that you would gain from these majors. It also provides links for additional information about careers related to the various majors.
  
  
• Miami University College of Arts & Sciences - What Can I Do With A Major In... This site describes a arts and sciences majors at Miami, including information such as interests of majors, skills developed, and careers that correspond with the major.
  
  
• University of Minnesota - Morris - What Can I Do With A Major In... This site also allows you to find careers that correspond with different majors, and also provides information about skills and additional links.
  
  
• What Can I Do With My Major? This site provides lists of job titles related to various majors, and has especially good information about business majors. The majors can be researched further online, or with eChoices or the CETC library (come to the CETC for more information). You will need Adobe Acrobat for this site (can be downloaded online). To get to the business information, click on "business".
  
  
• Careers with a Major in Political Science This site provides a variety of different career options that people with a political science major might go into.
  
  

Business

• Richard T. Farmer School of Business (Miami)
  

• Career Resources for Business Majors This site provides links for information about a variety of different business professions.
  
  
• Careers in Business
  This site provides descriptions of specific fields within various business majors, along with links for more information if a field appeals to you.
  
  
• Business Majors Career Links
  This site provides information on common careers pursued by individuals with different business majors. The "What Can I Do With A Major In..." links are the most useful and link to career titles that can be easily researched.
  
  
• CETC Library Business Books
  Click here to see a listing of our business related books at the CETC library 196 Health Services.
  
  

Communications

• Public Relations Society of America This site provides information about public relations as a career, salary, training, and links to other sites.
  
  
• JobWeb - Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising This site provides information about public relations jobs and salaries, and also provides a comparison of this field to marketing and advertising.