Research Guides: Career Goals: Job Search

Online Job Boards

CareerBuilder
Job listings and career search advice.
Chronicle Careers | Jobs (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
A job search database for positions throughout higher education, by the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities.
CollegeGrad
Entry-level job site. Browse jobs by level, title, industry, location.
Glassdoor
Requires an account to use.
Idealist.org
Jobs and internships with nonprofit organizations.
Indeed
Indeed strives to put job seekers first, giving them free access to search for jobs, post resumes, and research companies.
InsideHigherEd Careers
Inside Higher Ed is the leading digital media company serving Higher Education Careers.
LinkedIn
The world's largest professional network with more than 875 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
A personal login account is required to access the website.
Monster.com
Monster is a global leader in connecting people and jobs.
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.
ZipRecruiter
Fastest-growing online employment marketplace.

eBooks

Look for more career information in U-Search or RamCat found on the library's homepage.

Remember to:

phrase search with quotation marks:"STEM careers"
use Boolean operators (and, or, not): "career guide" AND engineering
use synonyms: nurse OR "registered nurse"
use truncation symbols to search multiple endings of a root word
- In RamCat the truncation symbol is a question mark: engineer? (engineer, engineers, engineering, etc.)
- In most of our databases the truncation symbol is an asterisk: engineer*

"So What Are You Going to Do with That?": Finding Careers Outside Academia (3rd edition) by Susan Basalla; Maggie Debelius
Publication date: 2014
A witty, accessible guide full of concrete advice for anyone contemplating the jump from scholarship to the outside world, this book covers topics ranging from career counseling to interview etiquette to how to translate skills learned in the academy into terms an employer can understand and appreciate.
Academic Job Search Handbook (5th edition) by Rosanne Lurie; Julia Miller Vick; Jennifer S. Furlong
Publication date: 2016
Comprehensive guide to finding a faculty position in any discipline. This edition presents insightful new content on aspects of the search at all stages.
Get Career Fit : Healthcheck Your Career and Leap Into Your Future (2nd edition) by Michelle Gibbings
Publication date: 2019
This book sheds light on what you can do to reignite, reshape and liberate your career and offers a fool-proof plan for getting your career back on track.
Good Work If You Can Get It : How to Succeed in Academia by Jason Brennan
Publication date: 2020
This realistic, data-driven look at university teaching and research will help make your graduate and postgraduate experience a success. It is the guidebook that anyone considering graduate school, already in grad school, starting as a new professor, or advising graduate students needs.
Launch Your Career: How ANY Student Can Create Relationships with Professionals and Land the Jobs and Internships They Want by Sean O'Keefe
Publication date: 2021
This book shows how any college student can land the position they want by creating relationships with professionals in the industries they're interested in by using the author's proven Career Launch Method.
Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs, and New Faculty by Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Publication date: 2019
A concise and conversational manual that guides readers through starting their academic journey, surviving the demands of their first academic position, and thriving in academia and beyond.
The New Rules of Work: The Muse Playbook for Navigating the Modern Workplace by Alexandra Cavoulacos; Kathryn Minshew
Publication date: 2017
Through quick exercises and structured tips, readers will learn The New Rules for finding the right path; The New Rules for landing the perfect job; The New Rules for growing and advancing in your career.
Out of Uniform: Your Guide to a Successful Military-to-Civilian Career Transition by Tom Wolfe
Publication date: 2018
Designed to help all transitioning military personnel, regardless of service, branch, rank, rating, time in service, time in grade, or specialty, this book cover the basics and offers guidance on topics that are often overlooked, specifically the central issues of self-knowledge, interviewing empathy, and the power of questions.
Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow's Workplace by Karie Willyerd; Barbara Mistick
Publication date: 2016
Built on solid, global research and dozens of personal interviews with people who have achieved new and inspiring goals, this book offers advice, valuable insights, anecdotes, and recommendations to make achieving your goals practical and within reach.
What Color Is Your Parachute? for College: Pave Your Path From Major to Meaningful Work by Katharine Brooks
Publication date: 2021
An indispensable guide for college students, it covers deciding on a major, designing a four-year plan with your interests and values in mind, creating impactful social media, developing a resume that stands out in a crowd, and making invaluable connections to the workplace.