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April 29, 2009
Career Cruising
Just back from a demonstration on one of our new databases called Career Cruising. What a timely, useful and well-organized program! There are two separate and distinct targeted audiences for the database.
The first is high school students, preparing their college searching. There is lots of material for college selection -- exploring and comparing colleges, financial aid and scholarship information, etc. A student can answer questions about their selection criteria and the database will provide them with a list of potential colleges. There is also a portfolio feature that enables the students to save their work in a central location. They can save their searches as well as upload essays, resumes, community services, etc., so it's all in one place. And, it's printable! As the parent of a junior in high school, I know that I will be turning to Career Cruising quite often!
The second target for this database is either someone graduating from college and deciding on a career path or an adult making a career change. Just like the college module, you can elect to answer questions and the program will return a list of potential careers. Clicking on the career will give you all the information you would need to make a decision -- you'll get salaries, job availability in your area, the education you would need to pursue this career -- even two interviews with people who currently hold jobs in this area! Additionally, Career Cruising offers a resume builder that is incredible! All you need to do is enter the information and the program does the rest! You can format it to look just the way you want it to, or you can export it as a Word document and polish it up on your own!
As an aside, I just came across this link from Staples today. They're offering free copies of resumes and business cards from now until June 13th! Job searching is very much a hot topic these days, and Bryant Library is on top of it all! If you need assistance with your career search, please call the Reference Desk and make an appointment to see our career counselor. And, please check out Career Cruising!
Posted by Michele at April 29, 2009 11:49 AM
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