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CAREER COLLECTION AT KIRSTEIN The career collection on the second floor includes materials that define job titles, provide an outlook for a variety of industries include sample resumes and cover letters and offer interviewing tips. The first floor collection includes directories of companies and executives, listings of trade associations and directories of executive recruiters. Unless otherwise noted, materials are located in the career collection on the second floor. JOB TITLES, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, OUTLOOK AND TRENDS Bureau of Labor Statistics , U.S. Department of Labor. Career guide to industries. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, Inc., HF5382.5.U5 C315. Published by the BLS is a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook (HF5381.U62) and includes overview of over 40 industries and provides information on working conditions, training, and industry outlook. Annual publication. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational outlook handbook. Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office HB2595.O23 . Similar to Career Guide but focuses on individual occupations. This is an annual publication. Career information center. New York: Macmillan Reference USA HF5382.5. U5C32. 13 Volume encyclopedia. Organized by occupational interest area rather than alphabetical order. Includes job profile, contact and salary information. Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. Chicago, Il: Ferguson Publishing Company, HF 5381.E52 . First part includes career guidance and career field profiles. Second part provides career articles including earnings and contact information. Enhanced occupational outlook handbook. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works, HF 5382.F368. Combines job descriptions from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, O*net and Dictionary of occupational titles. Annual. O*net. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works, Replaced Dictionary of occupational titles but is not as comprehensive. Includes the new Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Provides i nformation for approximately 1000 occupations. Web version http://online.onetcenter.org/ CAREER GUIDES, JOB HOTLINES, PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL SERVICES, EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS. Big book of jobs. Lincolnwood, IL : VGM Career Horizons, HF5382.5.U5 B53. Career profiles, job search strategies, salary statistics and sample cover letters and resumes. Boston JobBank, Avon, MA: Adams Media. HF5382.75.U6M43 2005. Includes all of Massachusetts. Bolles, Richard Nelson What color is your parachute? Berkeley, Calif. Ten Speed Press, HF 5383.B5. Job hunting classic. Covers interviewing process, salary negotiation and exercises for identifying career paths. Annual. Career guide/Dun's employment opportunities directory. Parsippany, N.J : . Dun's Marketing Services, HF5382.5 U5D87. Geared towards recent college graduates. Employers listed alphabetically, and geographically. Edwards Paul and Sarah Edwards. Finding your perfect work: the new career guide to making a living, creating a life, New York: Penguin Putnam, HF5381.E467. Farr, Michael J. and LaVerne L.Ludden. 300 best jobs without a four-year degree. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works, HF5381 .F456. Hunt-Scanlon's select guide to human resource executives. Stamford, CT: Hunt-Scanlon Publishing Co., HF5549.2 .U5H86. Directory of human resource executives, personnel managers and compensation benefits and training professionals at more than 10,000 leading public and private companies. Annual publication. Job hunter's sourcebook. Detroit, MI: Gale Group . HF 5382.7 J62x.. Catalogs job hunting resources for 193 professional, technical and trade occupations. Annual publication. Kennedy's directory of executive recruiters, Peterborough, N.H. Kennedy information. Details over 13,000 executive recruiters at 5,600 search firms. Contact information includes e-mail, phone and fax. This title kept on the first floor. Annual publication. National jobbank. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, HF5382.5 .U5N343. State by state employment guide to more than 21,000 American private and public companies. Includes contact information, educational background sought, job search and interviewing tips. Annual publication. Peterson's internships L901.I66 . Directory of internship opportunities across the United States and abroad. Organized by field of interest, geography, academic level and includes paid internships. Annual publication Professional careers sourcebook. Detroit, MI: Gale, HF5382.U5P76. Similar to Job Hunter's Sourcebook, this title profiles 119 professional and technical occupations. Includes job descriptions, career guides, professional associations, professional and trade periodicals and professional meetings and conventions. PERIODICALS Federal career opportunities includes thousands of currently available federal jobs nationwide and overseas. Related website: www.fedjobs.com We also have an array of trade journals covering many fields. SALARY SURVEYS Salary surveys are collected from many sources and cover a variety of job titles. Please ask a library staff member for help with finding the salary survey you need. Salary surveys are shelved on second floor and include titles below. Second floor has index of salary surveys in 3rd floor periodicals. American salaries and wages survey. Detroit, Thomson Gale. HD4873.A67. Compilation of 1,612 occupational combinations, 2,684 occupations and their corresponding salaries obtained from 348 federal, state and city government sources and various trade association and journals. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT National compensation survey (#335). Organized by geographic region includes mean hourly, and weekly earnings by job title and industry group. Annual publication Employee compensation in Massachusetts. Old Saybrook, CT:Business and Legal Reports, Inc HD4976.M35 B73 . Updated looseleaf service which includes job analysis, job descriptions, and salary surveys for positions in Massachusetts and surveys for northeast and middle-atlantic states. Geographic reference report. Redmond WA: Economic Research Institute, #656a. For each metropolitan area listed includes median base salary for 88 job titles. Includes some cities in Canada. Annual publication. Related Websites: http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.cfm http://www.salary.com http://www.careerjournal.com Revised DC 3/06 |
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