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Jobs, Occupations & Employment: Research Links

Occupation Information Databases Job Posting Databases Databases for Finding Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles Catalog for Finding Books Selected Web Sites

Related Research Pages: - Skyline College Career Center - Company Information

Occupation Information Databases:

CareerOneStop: A US Department of Labor-sponsored portal that provides extensive information about careers and job hunting, including: occupation and industry information, salary data, career exploration assistance, links to state job banks, resume advice, etc.  Includes an online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Latest information from the federal government on employment outlook, educational requirements, salary to expect - for most occupations.

O*NET OnLine: Explore occupations, identify your current job skills (and get a list of occupations that match your identified skills), discover related occupations, and get a snapshot of the skills and knowledge required for your selected occupation.

Career Voyages: Detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations." Includes information about "on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs for skilled trades, and two-year professional degree programs at community colleges." From the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education.

California Occupational Guides: Information covering individual occupations or groups of related occupations, including statewide information about job duties, working conditions, employment outlook, wage data (state, regional, and local; minimum wage; and prevailing wages), benefits, entrance requirements, and training.

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates: Employment and wage estimates information by occupation from the federal government. The information is available at the national, state, and metropolitan area level. It is further categorized under managerial, professional, sales, clerical, service, agricultural, and production.

Job Postings Databases:

Monster.com: Largest online jobs database on the Web; search by company name, location, discipline, industry, job title, or combinations of these; employer overview gives some background information into the company selected, the products and services, and employee benefits.

CalJOBS: County-by-county listing of jobs from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).

JobStar Central: Library-sponsored guide to job-search resources on the Web focusing on California; connections to over 300 salary surveys.

Spherion Jobs: geographic, industry, and/or keyword search for thousands of jobs, updated daily; free resume posting to a database used by companies searching for employees.

JobWeb: Searchable database of job postings and Career Planning Resources: which includes a Career Library and Relocation, International, Minority, and Disability Resources.

Craigslist: Extensive local Bay Area job postings plus postings about community, housing, personals, etc.

Magazine, Journal, Newspaper & Reference Article Database:

Gale PowerSearch databases
Articles from popular magazines, academic journals, newspapers and reference books; excellent set of general periodical databases. 
To narrow searches, combine topic concepts with AND.
- PLEASE NOTE: When search results are first displayed, only magazine articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on: the “Academic Journals” tab to display magazine articles; "Books" tab to display book articles; "News" tab to display all news articles.

Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library Sytem. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:

• Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.*
• The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
• To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.

Recommended Web Sites:


Links to Other Recommended Career Websites (from IPL2)

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last revised: 1-25-10 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA