DCCC LIBRARY SOURCES FOR THE
EMPLOYMENT/CAREER PAPER
When ready to decide about employment one must consider the facts about career orientation, business versus career availability, background business information, career education (which schools for example offer degrees that would enable one to pursue such a career), metropolitan areas information for job availability (demographic figures in order to find out the economic climate of an area, both for business availability and way of living), resume writing, interviewing.
In order to come across all this information it would be ideal to examine both print and online sources. Information can easily be found in Reference books; Circulating books; newspaper/periodical articles from the latest issues located in our periodical room, as well as articles accessible through our online databases; internet documents.
Let us go step by step and try to locate the above sources, evaluate them and use the information if applicable. Remember to document your sources and keep copies of all your documents. All that will be useful for your bibliography at the end.
In general, in order to locate employment/career sources in our DCCC
Library collection, one should enter under subject the subject headings employment
; careers; vocational guidance; employment interviewing; resumes(employment).
But this would be a very general approach. To be more specific see the recommendations
that follow. For reference books on careers, check the following sources:
For career information check the following reference book:
America's 50 Fastest Growing Jobs Ref HD 5724 .A583
America's Top 300 Jobs Ref HD 5724 .A585
Career Guide: Dun's Employment Opportunities Directory Ref HD 5724 .D926
Career Information Center Ref HF 5382.5 .U5 C32
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance Ref HF 5381 .E52
Occupational Outlook Handbook Ref HF 5382.5 .U5 O94
For career circulating books locate the appropriate areas in the book stacks by entering the following Subject Headings under Subject, in our online catalog: Occupations; Vocational guidance; Career development; Career education. Helpful areas in the book stacks would be the following: HF 5384; LC 1037; HF 5381; HF 5549.5 C35.
For Internet Sites consider:
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
In the case of information on companies, their history and financial state, check the following reference books:
Moody's Industrial Manual Ref HG 4961 .M67
Moody's OTC Industrial Manual Ref HG 4961 .M7273
Annual Reports on Corporations may be found through the Internet You may try typing at the home position the name of the company as in the example below: www.sears.com (look for information in about sears and then for investors). Annual Reports may be searched through search engines such as: YAHOO (www.yahoo.com) or HOTBOT (www.hotbot.com) where you can search under the name of the company. For more sites see:
Stock information when needed can be found in other financial sites:
To locate books on resume writing, enter in the online catalog under subject the subject heading Resumes (Employment) -Vocational Guidance. Most titles would appear in the sections HF 5383. See the following examples:
Resume writing made easy: a practical guide to resume preparation and job search
HF 5383 .C69
Wow! Resumes for sales and marketing careers: how to put together a winning resume
HF 5383 .C623
To locate books on interviewing, enter under subject the subject heading Employment interviewing. Most titles would be located in the section HF 5549.5 .I6. See example:
The essential book of interviewing: everything you need to know from both sides of the table
HF 5549.5 .I6 K358
In order to be well informed and have some demographic knowledge background check: American Demographics at: http://www.demographics.com Also the Rand MacNaly Marketing Atlas has valid information about Metropolitan areas.