Counseling and Career Services is located in RCF 302.        Phone 443 518 1340

• General career planning sites
• Occupational Descriptions
• Sites for various majors or fields
• Web sites for nursing majors
• Web sites for psychology majors
• The job search process
• Writing resumes and cover letters
• For help writing duties/tasks
• Action verbs
• Interviewing
• Salary information
• Company and industry research
• Military Careers
• Federal, state, and local government job posting boards
• Job search/resume posting boards
• Job search sites for non-profit organizations
• Educational information
• Financial aid information
• Disability resources
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory site
• Free online assessments
• Assessments with a fee (pay on line)
• Community resources

General Career Planning Sites

• http://www.howardcc.edu/career - Howard Community College’s Counseling and Career Services Office
• http://mapping-your-future.org/features/careership/index.cfm - Excellent assessment & career exploration site
• http://www.uncw.edu/career/WhatCanIDoWithaMajorIn.html -  - Matches majors with occupations (North Carolina State University)
• http://www.career.fsu.edu/occupations/matchmajor/    Matches majors with occupations (Florida State University)
• http://www.quintcareers.com - Comprehensive collection of college, career, & job search info, articles, resources & links.
• http://www.bsu.edu/students/careers -   Wide variety of college & career info
• http://content.monstertrak.monster.com/tools/careerconverter/ - Gives info on careers by college major
• http://www.khake.com/page2.html - Links to various career descriptions and educational sites
• http://depts.luzerne.edu/career - Has a multitude of career and educational planning information

• Occupational descriptions
• http://stats.bls.gov/oco - Online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook
• http://online.onetcenter.org
• http://www.careeronestop.com/ - Click on “Explore Careers” toward bottom of page to explore occupations
• http://www.collegegrad.com/careers
• http://www.jobprofiles.org - Select the job profiles you want to see.
• http://www.careerexplorer.net/descriptions.asp - Provides a variety of career and job descriptions

• Sites for various majors or fields
• http://www.jobaids.com/ - Biomedical – Science  
• http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/en/index.aspx – Health care
• http://www.jobprofiles.org/edu.htm - Education and Science job profiles

• Web sites for nursing majors
• http://www.nursingsociety.org - Honor Society of Nursing (Signa Theta Tau International)
• http://www.nsna.org - National Student Nurses Association
• http://www.nursingworld.org - American Nurses Association
• http://www.njsna.org - New Jersey State Nursing Association 
• http://www.nursingspectrum.com -  Nursing News
• http://www.discovernursing.com

• Web sites for psychology majors:
• http://www.apa.org/students/brochure/
• http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda1.html
• http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/career2.html
• http://www.onlinepsychologydegrees.com/   directory on the web of both online and campus-based Psychology degree and certificate programs - from Associate Degree programs all the way through PsyD/PhD programs

• The job search process
• http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Intro
• http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Getting-Inside-Hiring-Companies/
• http://www.rileyguide.com/execute.html
• http://www.jobhuntersbible.com
• http://www.quintcareers.com/job-seeker.html
• http://www.quintcareers.com/career_resources.html
• http://www.careertv.com

Writing resumes and cover letters

• http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverlettersamples/a/coverlettsample.htm  
• http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resumes/a/resumecenter.htm
• http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverletters/a/cuttingedge.htm
• http://www.net-temps.com/careerdev/career-tools.html
• http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes
• http://www.quintcareers.com/resres.html
• http://www.rileyguide.com/letters.html
  

• For help writing duties/tasks:
• Go to http://online.onetcenter.org
• Click “Find Occupations”
• Type in job title or select job title under job category under “Browse by Job Family”
• Copy and paste tasks into resume (re-word for simplicity)

• Action verbs
• http://www.writeexpress.com/action-verbs.html
• http://www.quintcareers.com/action_verbs.html 

• Interviewing
• http://www.collegegrad.com/intv/
• http://www.quintcareers.com/intvres.html
• http://www.rileyguide.com/netintv.html

• Salary information
• http://www.salary.com
• http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html 
• http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.cfm

• Company and industry research
• http://www.wetfeet.com
• http://www.collegegrad.com/employers/ 
• http://www.vault.com 
• http://www.hoovers.com/free
• http://www.reuters.com  
• http://www.glassdor.com
• http://www.nationjob.com/howardcountymd/companies
• http://www.careeronestop.com/ - Click on “Explore Careers” toward bottom of page to explore industries.
• http://www.google.com - Keyword search (e.g., the telecommunications industry)
• http://www.howardcc.edu/library   – Howard Community College Library  Click here for detailed instructions
• http://www.howa.lib.md.us/ - Howard County Public Library
  Your 14-digit barcode from your Howard County Library Card is required to access data bases. Click here for detailed instructions.
• http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/libraries/index.asp  - Montgomery County Public Library
  Your MCPL library card number and your PIN are required to access data bases, unless you are inside one of the Montgomery Library buildings. 
•  Click here for detailed instructions.
• http://www.hceda.org/ - the Howard County Economic Development Authority
• http://www.aaedc.org/ -Anne  Arundel Economic Development Corporation
• http://www.montcoedc.com/ - Montgomery Economic Development Corporation

• Military Careers
• http://www.militarycareers.com/
• http://www.todaysmilitary.com/

• Federal, state, and local government job posting boards
• http://www.usajobs.gov/ – Federal government job announcements
• http://www.firstgov.gov – Covers a variety of topics about working for the Federal government
• http://www.avuecentral.com - Covers a variety of topics about applying for Federal government jobs
• http://www.statejobs.com/md.html -Information on government and private employers throughout the State
• http://www.portaltomaryland.com/jobs.htm - A guide to employment in Maryland 
• http://www.careersingovernment.com/ - Local government job announcements, arranged by all 50 states

• Job search/resume posting boards
• http://www.blackcollegian.com - Job outlook for 2010 and top 100 employers for Class of 2010
• http://www.collegecentral.com – local employment opportunities (requires free registration)
• http://www.nationjob.com/howardcountymd 
• http://www.jobbankusa.com/
• http://www.flipdog.com 
• http://www.hotjobs.com
• http://www.collegegrad.com 
• http://www.ajb.org 
• http://www.jobs4point0.com 
• http://www.wetfeet.com/search-jobs.aspx
• http://www.careerbuilder.com
• http://www.monster.com
• http://dbm.maryland.gov/jobseekers/Pages/JobSearch.aspx 
• http://www.indeed.com
• http://www.dice.com/ 
• http://www.resumerabbit.com
• http://www.job-search-engine.com

• Job search sites for non-profit organizations
• http://www.careersforgood.org
• http://www.cgcareers.org
• http://www.opportunityknocks.org
• http://www.philanthropy.com/jobs
• http://www.idealist.org
• http://www.eco.org (green jobs)

• Educational information
• http://www.gocollege.com
• http://www.collegeview.com
• http://www.petersons.com 
• http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm

• Financial aid information
• http://www.salliemae.com  
• http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/dollars/dshome.htm
• http://www.finaid.org 
• http://studentaid.ed.gov/guide

• Disability resources
• http://www.jobaccess.org  
• http://www.abilitylinks.org
• http://www.business-disability.com/index.htm 
• http://www.mdworkforcepromise.org/
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/Careers/about.html 

• Meyers Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory sites
• http://www.typelogic.com  
• http://www.personalitypage.com/portraits.html 
• http://www.personalitytype.com 
• http://www.personalitypathways.com 

• Free online assessments
• http://www.franklincovey.com/missionbuilder/ - Franklin Covey interactive site.  Very interesting!
• http://www.bsu.edu/webapps2/quest/test.asp - Assessment with related careers & majors (Ball State University site)

•  Community resources
• http://co.ho.md.us/CitizenServices/ServicesGuide/HumanServicesGuide.htm

Counseling and Career Services                  Room: RCF 302
Phone: 443 518 1340                                  Fax: 443 518 4499
Email: CCS@howardcc.edu                           Facebook: www.facebook.com/counselinghcc