LibGuides: Career Resources: Home

Choosing your future

Researching and choosing a career can be an overwhelming task. The library is here to help! The purpose of this LibGuide is to give you one spot to find many of the resources you will need to research your future career and access job sites. Please stop by the Library if you have any questions or comments!

Finding the Right Career at UCNJ

Career Services at Union College
Career Services is located on all three campuses.
Information for Employers
A description of services offered by UCNJ.
Online Career Resources
The list includes job and internship sites. Includes a closet of professional attire for interviews.

Career Search Terms

The UCNJ Libraries databases can help you find articles about your career.

Try the following searches with your job title:

Careers AND job title
"Vocational Guidance" AND job title
"Career Development" AND job title
"Job Outlook" AND job title
Education AND job title
Salary AND job title - or - Earnings AND job title.

Career Data and Statistics

Occupational Outlook Handbook
U.S. Bureau of Labor resource for job information
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment Projections
The Employment Projections (EP) program develops information about the labor market for the United States as a whole for 10 years in the future.
Career Outlook
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics site with articles on a variety of career topics.
NACE's Salary Resources • National Association of Colleges and Employers
Starting salary offers and national averages for selected disciplines. Data is compiled from hundreds of university career centers across the country and consists of starting salary offers made to graduating students.
O*Net Online
A U.S. Department of Labor Statistics site with detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more.

Professional Associations

Professional Associations with career resources.

Search the Web to find the name of a professional association in your field and then search for that association's website.

A few examples are below.

American Accounting Organization An accounting professional organization site to search careers in accounting.

New Jersey State Nurse's Association - A Nursing professional organization site to search nursing jobs