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Researching
careers is an important step of career planning. It is important for you
to be well-informed about a career before deciding to enter it.
After identifying a handful of occupations that appeal to you, visit the UCS Resource Room. You will find helpful, up-to-date materials on everything from investment banking to teaching in Asia! The UCS Resource Room is open Mon – Fri 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Friendly UCS staff are always available to help you find what you need.
Get inside information on jobs and organizations by visiting Vault
Online Career Library. UCS subscribes to this valuable resource to
help students find objective information that you won’t see on an
organization’s website! Want to know what it’s really like
working for IBM or how to get your foot in the door at MTV? It’s
all on Vault!
UCS is pleased to offer free access to the WetFeet
Career Library including the WetFeet Insider Guides. The Guides are
independently-researched reports on leading companies, industries and
career development topics that provide the inside information you need
to gain a competitive edge in the job search process. Over 50 WetFeet
Insider Guide titles are currently available and almost all are rewritten
each year to reflect the latest opportunities and market conditions. Students
and alumni must be registered with UCS to access this resource.
Also check out CareerTV from WetFeet.
At CareerTV.com, students can view
hundreds of video profiles of the world's top employers, giving them a
firsthand look inside the workplace.
What better way to get reliable information about a job than to talk to
someone who is actually doing it? Carolina
Connection provides names of thousands of volunteers who are working
professionally and want to provide career advice to UNC students.
To explore organizations that hire people with your interests, use CareerSearch
and ReferenceUSA
to identify employers by location and industry.
E-leads will provide you with profiles, names and contact information
from thousands of organizations that may have potential job openings.
E-leads is designed to help Liberal Arts students, but all majors may
benefit from this helpful tool!
eXplore will provide information
about majors, career fields, occupations, skills, videos, tips, as well
as recommended resources to expand your knowledge. You can view comprehensive
occupational reports to help you learn everything you ever wanted to know
about different careers.
Research: Salary Information
For many people, salary will play a role
when deciding which career to pursue. UCS provides a number of resources,
both online and in print, to help you find salary
data for almost any occupation.
Focus is an online career assessment program
designed to help you identify your interests, skills and values. You can
also use Focus to research career paths generated by your Personal Report.
Password for all Focus users is "uncfocus". All current undergraduates have been automatically authorized. Graduate Students and recent alumni should make an appointment with a counselor or contact UCS if interested in using this system.
On-Campus Recruiting: Something for Every Major
On-campus recruiting provides great opportunities for students in many disciplines. While the position and/or the employer are often in the business/corporate enviroment, they are usually looking for students from "Any" major. When you are researching which careers may be open to you, be sure to review this valuable database to see what the employers who recently recruited on campus have been looking for!
Going
Global Career Guides and the Global Key Employer Directory are updated
continually. This massive research tool contains more than 10,000 resources
for finding employment in the US and abroad. Developed by a worldwide
team of career specialists, each country covers job search resources,
employment opportunities and trends, business resources and networking
groups, work permits and visa regulations, cost of living and compensation
information and much more. (Please note, UCS
has subscribed to this resource so access is limited to currently eligible
students.)
Researching Employers Outside the
US
Review these 2 valuable online resources from Uniworld Publications. (Please
note, access is limited to currently eligible students.)
- "The Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries"
- "The Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States"
Questions, comments? Email us
at ucs@unc.edu
919-962-6507
Vault: Industry & Employer Information
WetFeet: Industry & Employer Information
Carolina Connection: Alumni Contacts
E-leads: Leads for Liberal Arts
CareerSearch: Directory of Employers
On-Campus Recruiting Summary Database
Diversity in the Career Search: Resources for Specific Populations
