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Resources about careers, job hunting, and resume writing.
Last update: Nov 04th, 2009 URL: http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/jobhunting  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Career Weblinks

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook  
    Published biannually, the U.S. Department of Labor's guide to hundreds of careers describes the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.
  • Explore Careers  
    "Career One-Stop" from the U.S. Department of Labor leads you to self-assessments, career trend and comparison information, and lots more.
  • O*NET  
    Specify your skills and find occupations that use them.
 
 

Top 50

From the U.S. Department of Labor projections.

Top 50 In-Demand Occupations 

 

Careers from our catalog

MCPL circulates lots of books about careers.  Here are three.

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Informational Interviewing


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Career Discovery

The Montgomery County Commission for Women Counseling and Career Center offers career counseling to individuals (by appointment only) and group workshops on career- and work-related issues. The Center also administers the Strong Interest Inventory, which assesses your vocational interests and characteristics and matches them to your optimal career choices. In addition, it administers the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which can help you understand how your personality type affects your work and personal relationships. A sliding fee scale is available to Montgomery County residents, and the Center is open to both women and men.

There are many online self-assessment resources, including personality indicators, interest inventories, skills surveys, and values inventories.  They are well-explained and linked to from The Riley Guide's Self-Assessment Resources page.

The MCPL collection includes these self-assessment titles, among others.

 

 

 
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