LibGuides: Careers: Advance your Career

What this guide offers

Advance your career using library databases.

This self-help guide provides materials from Bentley.edu collection, is meant for Bentley University community members, and requires passwords.

National Career Fairs
National Career Fairs lists upcoming job fairs by region and city. Provides advice and information on how to best make job fairs work for you.
Simply Hired
This site allows you to search jobs posted on job boards, company websites, and the web. Their advanced search option offers multiple search filters including location, experience, education, job type, and company size.
USA Jobs
The Federal Government's official job website for employment information and listings. Users can search government jobs by agency, job category, salary, and job type.

O*Net
Use this for self-assessment, skill identification, and occupational information. See “Skills Search” and map skill sets to the jobs that use them. O*Net is hosted by US the Federal Government.

Identify targets - Gather intelligence and research employers; be efficient with your time
Interview Prep - Rehearse elevator speech, have ready answers to Q's
Resume - Introduce yourself
Substance - know your facts about the prospect

Career Profiles
Articles, tools, tips. Explore occupations by education level, recession proof your job, building a personal brand, and more
Careers.org
A great online resource for researching the status of over 1,000 different occupations and the best education programs for those occupations. Users can also research the best employers for women, racial minorities, the GLBT community, and people with disabilities.
Indeed
Advertised as the number one job site in the world, Indeed.com is available in over 50 countries, with over 1 billion job searches per month.
State of Massachusetts Job Quest
The official jobs and emoployment website of the state of Massachusetts provides job training and career planning suggestions as well as official state employment data. Users can search for jobs in both the public and private sectors and the site lists the largest private employers by industry.