Career Resources on the Internet
Career Assessment
Email the Career Center to set up an appointment to take the Kuder assessment.
Match your interests and skills to specific careers or majors.
Create a personal career key using Holland's code of 6 personality and work environment types. Use your career key to identify groups of jobs most likely to fit you.
A powerful 70-question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type.
Choosing a Major
What can I do with a major in...?
A great site from Boston College that lists majors and provides related career titles and other related web resources.
The University of Delaware links academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of related resources.
Resume Tips
Career development and job-search advice for new college graduates.
The Riley Guide is here to guide you through the many online sites and services that are useful for your job search. We do not post jobs nor resumes, we don't review resumes, and we cannot forward them to others on your behalf.
With job search tools and career advice they show you how to land the job that's right for you.
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View resumes written by professional resume writers
Resume examples by occupation and other career related advice
Occupational and Career Information
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Virginia VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work)
Find out more information about specific careers in Virginia such as: required education/training, job growth projections, salary according to location and more.
Explore alternative career paths, compare salary data for different occupations, learn which careers are growing, get resume writing tips, job interview strategies and more.
The largest open access entry level careers Web site for college students and recent grads, with more than 10,000 job postings, 140 resume templates, a searchable employer database (more than 8,000 entries), and the entire contents of the best-selling book College Grad Job Hunter online and free for all to access.
Describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations; published by US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Virginia Employment Commission
Information about job opportunities, unemployment insurance, and the labor market in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Public employment service linking you to 1,000s of jobs
(ACINet) helps people make better, more informed career decisions. ACINet is ideal for job seekers, employers, human resource specialists, and workforce development specialists.
Guide that offers numerous articles on getting an education, looking for and finding a job, various career trends, as well as links to career advice, self-tests, salary surveys and internships.
Simplifies the connections between people, pay and performance
The Job Accommodation Network is an international, toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities.
