. Career Resources
Use these databases to search for information about different careers. You can find salary information, job duties and descriptions, education requirements, and more.
If you are interested in a career as a social worker, you've come to the right book. What exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to succeed? How much can you expect to make? How do you avoid burnout? This book can help you answer these questions and more.
This book provides a set of questions appropriate for any job candidate to ask. Review all of the questions. Choose the ones that you believe provide you with the information you need. Learn to interview the interviewer!
If you are interested in a career in criminal justice, you've come to the right book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day in and day out? What kind of skills and educational background do you need? How much can you expect to make? How do you avoid burnout? This book can help you answer these questions and more.
Careers in Human Services explores a variety of growing fields to help young adults gain a head start in learning more about the many career opportunities available and to help those make a better-informed decisions when selecting a career path or field of study.
This book provides real-world advice with compassion. Step-by-step guidance to approaching tasks and challenges, questions to discuss with mentors and colleagues, and professionally vetted online career development resources.
With coverage of over 40 careers in policing, courts, corrections and victims services, students receive a comprehensive overview of the most popular and growing careers in the field. Self-assessment tools enhance students' self-awareness and steer them towards realistic and suitable careers in criminal justice.
Becoming a Mental Health Counselor is a guide for students on the path to becoming licensed mental health therapists, as well as for those starting their careers. Filled with practical advice and tips, this book takes readers through early career milestones, including professional identity development, applying for jobs, and obtaining licensure.
Search the library catalog for print books and the ebook database for ebooks to find more career related information.
For the best results, search using specific keywords or short phrases rather than full sentences, questions, or strings of words. Thinking about your topic and different aspects of your topic can help you to identify relevant keywords. Good keywords are single words (usually nouns) OR specific phrases (two or more words that must go together to make sense). When searching for an exact phrase, use quotations. Here is an example of some keywords and phrases:
"cognitive dissonance" "law enforcement" "forensic investigation" democracy
To find books related to careers add the phrase "vocational guidance" or a keyword related to career/job searching. For example:
