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Career Information

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  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
    Search job profiles and learn about job hunting and workplace skills. Includes resources for women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
  • Learning Express Library
    Practice tests for graduate school entrance exams like GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT. Practice tests for professional exams like PRAXIS for teaching, and preparation for law enforcement, military, nursing and real estate exams. Learning Express also includes communication and skills improvement modules, and a job search and career success area. Registration is required. Email mahoneyonline@cse.edu for instructions.
  • Reference USA Directories & OneSource Company Research
    Search US businesses within a specific geographic location for corporate and contact information. Search U.S. Businesses/Employers USA for business descriptions within a specific industry, competitor reports and financial expenditures. Get more information on a company via OneSource.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Information resource for hundreds of different professions describing the training and education needed, average earnings, working conditions and what workers do on the job, as well as job search tips and links to information about the job market in each state.
  • NJCAN: New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator
    The New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) is an online career resource with job descriptions and projections, self evaluation tools to help determine your best career path, further educational and training opportunities, and current, New Jersey labor market data and projections. It also provides strategies for job searching, resume and cover letter creation and job interview preparation.
  • New Jersey Labor Exchange
    Career searching tool allowing the user to search for job postings by keyword, industry group or occupation, and by location through four different sources, Job Central, Simply hired, Indeed and Google. Indeed also provides additional salary information, comparing the salary currently posted to regional and national trends for the industry.
  • State of NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development
    Search the job bank for an overview of occupations and wages, as well as additional resources by category and county in the Occupation Explorer database.

Researching Companies

NJ Career Sites

Workforce NJ Public Information Network
NJ Civil Service Commission
Job Listings from Star-Ledger
NJ Wages by Profession

Careers Advice

U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. News & World Report
Vocational Information Center
O*Net Resource Center
Careers.org

Graduate Schools

GradSchools.com
Peterson's: Graduate Schools
The Princeton Review
U.S. News & World Report

Job Search Sites

Simply Hired
CareerBuilder
Monster
Indeed
Tweet My Jobs
Hound (employer sites)
USAJobs.gov (government jobs)
LinkedIn (professional network)
Snagajob.com (hourly/PT)

Salaries

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Riley Guide: Salaries
Payscale
Glassdoor