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Self-Assessment  
Exploration of Personal Interests
Careers and Career Information
Targeting Potential Employers
Existing Employment Opportunities
Entering the Workforce
Meta-Search Engines and Wide Area Periodical Classified Searches
Issues in the Workplace – New Employees

I.  Self – Assessment  

II.  Exploration of Personal Interests

A.     Career Opportunity Awareness via the SHU Core Curriculum

B.     Volunteer Opportunities through the Seton Hall Division of Volunteer Efforts (D.O.V.E)

C.    Internship Opportunities through Seton Hall Career Center

III.  Careers and Career Information

A.     Professional Organizations

1.      Websites for Professional Organizations

http://www.cpadirectory.com - CPA Directory.com – The largest online database of Certified Public Accountants.

http://www.computer.org - Technical information through Computer Society Press, conferences, workshops, technical and  standard activities, awards, and personal recognition programs.

http://www.nyssa.org – New York Society of Security Analysts: A professional association for portfolio managers, financial analysts, and investment professionals.  Search here for scholarships, education mentors, and internships.

http://www.asanet.org - An online database of thousands of professional organizations across the United States.  Some services are free, while others require membership and a fee.-------asanet.org is only for sociology.

http://www.erieri.com - The Economics Research Institute is a research organization that provides salary, compensation, and benefits statistics information.  Some of the services are free while others require a membership fee to use.----what fee info here is worthwhile?

http://www.sec.gov - The Securities and Exchange Commission’s website provides investor information, news, and litigation information on firms with publicly traded stocks.

 2.      Professional Journals 

B.     Researching Career Fields

 1a.   Career Exploration
O*NET OnLine - includes information on skills, abilities, knowledges, work activities, and interests associated with nearly 1,000 occupations.
Include the description.

 1b. New Jersey Next Stop...Your Career

 2.  Industry Demographics & Statistics – Sources

 3.  Regulating Agencies

C.    Seton Hall Student organizations/Professional Fraternities

1.      Seton Hall Honorary Fraternities

2.      Seton Hall Academic and Professional Student Organizations

D.    Industry/Trade Publications

1.      Websites

2.      Trade Journals

E.  General periodicals following trends in economy and private sector

IV.  Targeting Potential Employers  

A.     Career Center Workshops – Workshops in interviewing, resume writing, career development

B.     Company research – Links to corporate websites, company financial reports, investor information, and internet based corporate news and information

V.  Existing Employment Opportunities  

A.     Employment Websites

B.     Seton Hall Campus Employment Opportunities

VI.  Entering the Work Force

A.     Websites – for New Entrants Into Workforce

http://www.mbajungle.com - Website geared toward MBA students. It is designed to inform, entertain, and to provide tools to master the art of success.---

http://www.thepavement.com - The Pavement is a site for young adults with 0 to 5 years of work experience.  The site provides a national database of entry level and early career job opportunities.-----change description to…is a site for individuals with less than five years of work experience….

http://www.wetfeet.com - This site offers advice and information on many facets of getting and holding a job, including the ability to research careers and companies as well as building a network of contacts in various industries.

http://www.hoovers.com - This is primarily a subscription site, but is does have decent amounts of free information about 14,000 US Corporations in its capsules section.

http://www.monstermoving.com - This site allows people to search for new housing (to rent, or to buy) around the country.  This site also has web-based tool to help people manage the logistics and costs of moving to a new location.

http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html  or http://www.homestore.com for the main site.  This web-based application is a salary calculator that allows one to compare base salaries in different cities to the relative costs of living in those cities.  As a result one can see if one has to earn more or less in order to maintain the same standard of living in a different area.

VII.  Meta-Search Engines and Wide Area Periodical Classified Ad Searches  

A.     Websites

http://www.askjobs.com - Is a meta- search engine designed to find career opportunities from the largest of all job banks, all at one time.

http://www.bonafideclassified.com -  Offers quick up to date links  to the online classified section  of nearly every newspaper in the US.

http://www.ajb.org - America’s job bank allows job seekers to search for job openings as well as create and submit resumes to the AJB network. 

VIII.  Issues In the Workplace - New Employees 

A.     Compensation & Benefits – Information on various subtopics on employee compensation and benefits in the workplace

B.     Employee Rights – Discussion of various HR issues and links to more information on employees’ workplace rights

C.    Office Romance – Information regarding the perils and pitfalls of workplace romances for both employees and employers

D.    Business Attire -  Links to sites with information regarding business dress in relation to company standards

E.     First Job Issues after College – Collection of links leading to issues new corporate world entrants face.

Comments or questions?  Contact sternric@shu.edu.