- Las Positas College
- Career & Employment Center
- College Central Network
Career & Employment Center
Recommended Online Resources
The internet is filled with career search help. In fact, a simple Google search for resume writing tips can turn up over 200,000 results. That’s a lot of conflicting advice. We tried to narrow that reach down for you with the resources below. This is, by no means, an exhaustive list. It is, however, a good place to start. As always, if you have questions, feel free to contact the Counseling Department or the Tri-Valley Career Center.
Career & Major Exploration
Highly recommended:
- Career Café
- CSU and CU Majors by campus
- Major Resource Kits
- O*Net - Occupational Information Network
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- University of California Berkeley Career Center
- What Can I Do with a Major In…?
- Certification Finder
- Licensed Occupations
- State of California Licenses
Other Useful Sites:
- California Career Zone
- Inside Career Info
- Job Descriptions.net
- Riley Guide
- The Princeton Review Career Search
- The Princeton Review Major Search
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- LearnHowToBecome.org
- Salary Surfer - Earnings of California Community Colleges Graduates by Area of Study
Specific for Veterans
- Military Skills Translator
- O*Net - My Next Move - For Veterans
- Career One-Stop – Military to Civilian Occupation Translator
- Career One-Stop Veteran ReEmployment
Self-Exploration
- Career Link Inventory
- Keirsey Guide to Temperment types
- Career Cluster Interest Survey
- O*Net Interest Profiler
- O*Net Skills Search
- Jung Typology Test (based on Myers Briggs)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (or contact the Tri-Valley Career Center)
Networking and Informational Interviewing
- Tri-Valley Career Center
- University of California Berkeley Career Center
- Smith College
- Linked In
- Candid Career (fee required site)
Job Search & Career Management
- Tri-Valley Career Center
- CalJOBS
- Linked In
- Glassdoor - Employee Reviews, Salaries, and Interview Questions
- EDD - A Quick Resource Guide Connecting You to the World of Work
- EDD - Find Employers by Industry/Occupation/Geographic Area/Employer's Name
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management - New to the Federal Government FAQS
- USAJOBS - The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
- Salary Wizard ©
- SalaryList.com
- Payscale Tools & Calculators
- University of California Berkeley Career Center
- Candid Career (fee required site)