Research
Sources
on
Careers
and
Companies

 
 

Blue Ridge Community College
Houff Library

 
 
Online Reference Sources - the first place to start your research
 
COMPANIES:
Annual Report Gallery

Corporate Information
Thomas Register - search over 72,000 product headings and more than 170,000 company listings


CAREERS:
America's Job Bank
Assessment.com - you can take the Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential test here.  Which is an excellent idea.
BakosGroup.com - tests your job searching savvy.  Free advice on your resume, too.
Career Guide to Industries - U.S. Department of Labor guide provides "information on available careers by industry, including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information." Companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Career Key - quiz to help you figure out what job you would be suited for
Careerbuilder.com - can post your resume here.  And get tips on how to interview.

Careers.org  - directory of over 6,000 links to jobs available now, employer resources, education, personal business, career services, and references by topic and region.
Career Search
- 237 popular careers from College Board Online
Career Voyage - This Web site "features 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. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.
CollegeGrad.com - search engine for employment by location, career or industry.  Lists 50 questions you should expect on an interview and a list of questions you should ask the interviewer.

Dilbert Zone - you have to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing
Job Hunter's Bible - Home page of Dick Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, a classic career book
Jobstar.org - quiz to find your dream job and scoop of great jobs that never get advertised.
Monster.com- post your resume, career advice, search for jobs.  World famous site.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Peace Corps - With site map and information on countries where volunteers are assigned.
Americorps - like Peace Corps only you don't go out of the U.S.  Very impressive on a resume.
Princeton Review Career Quiz
Riley Guide to Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
Salary Expert

Salary.com
Worst Job Hall of Fame (according to Science Magazine)
 
 Books and Print Resources - no limit on how many books you can check out at one time.  Our checkout period is four weeks.  Library cards are free at the Circulation Desk.
 
 
- To find books in the Library, search the BRCC Online Catalog  
 

Quick Book Search:        

 
Area Libraries
Augusta County Library
Staunton Public Library

James Madison University
Massanutten Regional Library
Old Dominion University
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech Library
WorldCat - 88+ million books worldwide

 
 
 Periodical Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers) - where you can print articles from actual magazines, journals and newspapers.  For free.
 
Periodical Indexes containing full-text articles - as it's always good to know the company's recent developments (to impress them with your knowledge about them AND to make sure you're applying to a good company)

Academic Search Complete -
the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals.
Business Source Complete - indexing and abstracts for the 1,200 most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
Factiva (must use Internet Explorer)
Is a vast archive of the world's most important publications, reports and news.  Great for an international viewpoint.
Mergent Horizon seamless capabilities for finding, filtering, and organizing information about companies and industries.
Mergent Online info on over 35,000 publicly traded companies including company histories, annual reports, years of stock prices and more
Regional Business News -
database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States and is updated on a daily basis.  
 
Resumes and Cover Letters
 
The library has a large collection of  resume, cover letters and career books.  Their call number is HF5300-HF5400.

Microsoft Word 2003 has several resume templates under General Templates, in the right hand window.  Click on the General Documents tab and that will bring up the resume templates.
Microsoft Word 2007 - click the Office Button and then click New.  In the Template list in the left panel, choose Resume.  Then you can select from a large variety of resumes styles.

The Internet has 107,000 free resume templates (last time we checked).  There are also ones you can buy, so beware.  Use the Google search engine below and type in free resume templates and check out the results.  This also works for cover letters.

 
 
Newspapers - check out their Help Wanted classified ad sections
 

International
Internet Public Library Online Newspapers
News and Newspapers Online - links to hundreds of newspapers around the world.
Newspapers:  USA and Worldwide
The Times/Sunday Times - London

National
Academe this Week (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Chicago Sun-Times
Christian Science Monitor
Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune 
New York Times
San Francisco Examiner

US Newspaper Links
USA Today
Washington Post 

Virginia
click here for a list of Virginia newspapers online

 
Internet
 

Google Scholar
Evaluating Online Resources You want to be sure you have correct facts about your company for your interview. 
You won't get a second chance to make a good impression.

 

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