Career/Major Exploration Resources
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The XU Career Services Center may recommend students to complete one or a series of assessments through *MyPlan.com. During the second meeting, your career coach will interpret your results and show you resources that will help with your exploration process.
Online Abbreviated Assessments - Here are some other assessment tools that provide you with a snapshot of your profile as well as give you an insight to how assessments work. These are not monitored or interpreted by the Career Services Center.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS MAJOR/DEGREE
CAREER RESOURCE LIBRARY (Exploration Books and Resources)
ONLINE CAREER EXPLORATION
Vault Online Career Library - Now Available to Xavier students - Vault Online Career Library! Vault is the world's leading source of career information. It will make your efforts at researching employers, industries, and career subjects infinitely easier and more efficient. This new online resource contains: Over 90 Vault Career Guides and Employer Profiles in PDF, over 3,000 Company Profiles, more than 1,100 Vault Career Advice Articles, Industry and Occupational Profiles, Access to the Vault Message Boards for insider information, and much more!
For assistance in using this resource, view the tutorial!
A list of links compiled and organized based on the majors and degrees conferred at Xavier University
Provides industry and career resources as well as job searching tools.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years. It provides the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects, what workers do on the job; and working conditions of various career areas.
The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this data and O*NET OnLine provides easy access to that information. You can search specific occupations or do a search based on your skills.
JobWeb®, a web site of career development and job-search information for college students and new college graduates, is owned and sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE is America's bridge between higher education and the world of work.
Designed by the University of Waterloo, the eManual is designed to help you consider the following questions:
Offers in-depth career profiles as well as degree and wage statistics for over 300 occupations that commonly require college or university education.
Various career, job, and industry guides to assist with career exporation
