Research Guides: U.S. Border Security: Career Resources

Career Resources

Career OneStop
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, this web site provides career, training and job search information, resources, and tools.
Career Outlook (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
Provides data and information on a variety of topics—including occupations and industries, pay and benefits, and more. These articles are helpful for students, career counselors, jobseekers, and others planning careers.
Occupational Outlook Handbook Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
Excellent resource for researching careers. Includes information about required education and training, job duties, work environment, salary, job outlook, similar occupations, and more.
Texas Workforce Commission
Contains great information for for job seekers, workers and employers.
Jobs Y’all – Career Exploration (Texas Workforce Commission)
A program that shows young Texans the many different careers available in Texas. It inspires them to learn about different industries and explore their options.

Career Center Plus™
Combines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use online application. First-time users are required to create a personal account.
LearningExpress Library™
eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.
O*Net OnLine
Provides broad access to information on skills, abilities, knowledges, work activities, and interests associated with almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. Job seekers can use the available key features to find out which jobs fit with their interests, skills, and experience; explore growth career profiles using the latest available labor market data; maximize earning potential and job satisfaction.
Vocational & Career Collection
Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this database provides full-text coverage for 337 trade and industry related periodicals.

Compliance Officers (O*Net Online)
Customs and Border Protection Officers (O*Net Online)
Customs Brokers (O*Net Online)
Homeland Security Careers (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
DHS has unique career opportunities to help secure our borders, airports, seaports, and waterways; research and develop the latest security technologies; respond to natural disasters or terrorists’ assaults; and analyze intelligence reports.
Military Careers (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Career information for Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Border Patrol, and the Office of Field Operations. Site includes an Applicant Portal, Jobs and Internships for Veterans, Students and Recent Graduates, and more.
USAJOBS
The Federal Government's official employment site. Create a profile to save jobs, automate job searches, and manage everything you need to complete your job application process.
You're a What? Customs Broker (Career Outlook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Provides an overview of what a Customs Broker does and how to become one.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
The largest federal employee union proudly representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Provides comprehensive services for members including legal, legislative, communications, technical, educational, political, and union-building assistance.
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)
The largest nonpartisan, nonprofit professional association, exclusively representing federal law enforcement officers. Born out of necessity by a group of concerned agents from Customs, IRS-CI, TIGTA, FBI and INS, FLEOA's primary tenet was, and still is, legal assistance and representation are only a phone call away.
National Treasury Employees Union
NTEU represents federal employees in 38 departments and offices including but not limited to the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. NTEU also provides a variety of benefits to members from protecting your workplace rights to protecting your wallet.