Guides: Choosing a Major & Career Resources: Careers and Job-Hunting

Career & Grad School Info

The databases below are a great place to start searching for information about careers and the job search process. Visit Career & Professional Development for additional assistance.

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
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Info on major areas of starting & operating a business: financing, management, marketing, etc.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) This link opens in a new window
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The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep This link opens in a new window
Search for grad programs and scholarships, and take practice tests for the GRE, LSAT, GMAT, & MCAT.

Florida Electronic Library- Career & Job Resources
This site links to a variety of career related databases, such as Employ Florida Market Place, Florida Job Search Resources, Florida's One-Stop Career Centers, Florida's Plan Your Career, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Vocations and Careers Collection, & others.

Company & Industry Information

Use the following databases to learn more about a particular company or industry:

Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Includes industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers and more.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, industry profiles and much more.
Mergent This link opens in a new window
Mergent Online is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research. This state-of-the-art product provides Internet-based access to the most detailed, accurate and comprehensive global company database available, with the latest in features and functions.
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier contains full-text from the world's top management and marketing journals. Includes many leading journals in the areas of economics, finance, and accounting, as well as country economic reports.
NexisUni This link opens in a new window
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.
Mergent First Research This link opens in a new window
First Research is the leading provider of industry intelligence. First Research's knowledge tools (Industry Profiles, Call Prep Sheets, State & Province Profiles) are essential for call preparation, enhancing presentations, underwriting credit, and for quickly learning a company's key business issues.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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A full-text database of U.S. and Global industry market research reports.

Salary Research

Use the following databases to learn more about salary research and negotiations:

Glassdoor
Perform salary research on a job title in your area and learn about a company's culture through employee reviews.
Indeed
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In addition to their job board, Indeed allows you to research companies, salary ratings, and employee reviews for specific jobs in various locations.
National Compensation Survey
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Compensation Survey (NCS) database provides information on wage, salary, benefits, and compensation trends.
Pay Scale
Use PayScale's "price-a-job" tool and receive compensation reports and trends for over 100,000 job titles based on your location and years of experience.
Salary.com
Contains salary reports across various industries within the US and Canada.
Climbtheladder
Salary guides for occupations with details on experience, location, and similar jobs.
Wage Estimates by State
Research a salary estimate for a job title in any US state of choice.
WolframAlpha
Search salary and wage information by job title or occupation.

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