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Job Search and Career Planning: Career Paths

Getting a job can be a frustrating, stressful experience. Use these resources to make the ordeal easier!

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Websites

University of Maine Career Center
The Career Center offers career planning counseling, career inventory testing to find the career that's right for you, and mentor and internship opportunities.
What Can I Do With This Major
See what careers match your major, and see what you can do now to give yourself a competitive edge.
O*NET OnLine
Explore different careers by worker characteristics, occupational similarities, job values, necessary education and technology.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics includes job descriptions, training, education, earnings, job prospects, and working conditions.
Job Search & Career Resource Center
Look into many career paths and the education and experience needed to succeed at them. This site does have sponsored content.
Jobs in Maine
Resources for job seekers in Maine with employment opportunities and links to other resources.
Career OneStop
Information for a variety of job seekers including older workers, military veterans and those entering the job market for the first time. Includes some occupational information as well.

Nonprofits and Cause-Focused Employment

Compassionate Careers by Jeffrey W. Pryor; Desmond Tutu (Foreword by); Alexandra Mitchell
Publication Date: 2015-03-23
Careers for Nature Lovers and Other Outdoor Types by Louise Miller
Publication Date: 2007-09-10
Do Good Well by Nina Vasan; Jennifer Przybylo
Publication Date: 2013-03-07

Helpful Books

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Revised by Bill Coplin
Publication Date: 2012-07-31
I Just Graduated... Now What? by Katherine Schwarzenegger
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0 by Jay Conrad Levinson; David Perry; Darren Hardy (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
Land Your Dream Career by Tori Randolph Terhune; Betsy A. Hays
Publication Date: 2013-03-14
The Subversive Job Search by Alan Corey
Publication Date: 2013-04-22
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 by Richard N. Bolles
Publication Date: 2014-08-12
All about LinkedIn by Jeffq Norman (Abridged by)
ISBN: 9781623155766
Publication Date: 2015-06-15

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