Resources for Nursing and Engineering Careers

John B. Coleman Library

Resources for Nursing and Engineering Careers

Books:

Careers:

100 Best Nonprofits to Work For. Stamford: Arco Thompson, 2000

(Ref HD 2769.2 .U6 H36 2000)

-- Sources for the ‘socially responsible job,’ including Cousteau Society, PBS, National Urban League, Habitat for Humanity and others.

American Salaries and Wages Survey. Detroit: Gale, 1997

(Ref HD4973 .A67 1997)

-- Rankings by industry, county of primary occupation. Gives high, middle and low salary ranges.

Business Rankings Annual. Detroit: Gale, annual (REF HG 4050 .B88)

-- Library has 1991-1995 and 2000 only. Shows the competition.

Hoover’s Austin: Reference Press, annual (REF HG 4057 .A28617)

-- Provides company profiles and information; also online.

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. Chicago: Ferguson Pub., 2005 (Ref E52 2005)

-- More detailed than the DOT; gives information on how to get into the field.

Job Seekers Guide to 1000 Top Employers. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1993

(Ready Reference)

-- Rankings are by location, employer and industry. Gives contact information for companies, as well as application procedure.

State Occupational Outlook Handbook. Detroit: Gale, 1998

(REF HD 5723 .S85 1998)

-- State labor market. Outlook, salary, and number of employers for each field in the state.

State Profiles. Washington, D.C.: Research Associates of Washington

(Ready Reference)

-- Population, economy and recent trends in each state.

Resumes:

Resumes for engineering careers: with sample cover letters. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006

(TA157 .R47 2006)

Real-resumes for engineering jobs. Fayetteville, NC: PREP Pub., 2004

(TA157.R35 2004)

Resumes for nursing careers. Chicago: VGM Books, 2002

(Houston Clinical Center) (RT86.7.R45 2002)

Websites:

***America's Career Infonet

http://www.acinet.org/

-- Links to state agencies, providing outlooks, wages and trends, skills required.

-- One of the best sites; provides links to the job description as well as to the company itself. Provides detailed requirements and salary expectations for each. Gives a high number of hits compared with some other sites.

***Best Places

http://www.bestplaces.net/

-- Shows comparisons of cities, crime rates, salaries etc.

-- A great site for cost of living breakdown comparisons. More subdivisions, and an easy to read and navigate site. Shows climate for cities, as well as helps you choose the best schools.

College Grad Job Hunter

www.collegegrad.com

-- Not useful for Government jobs, but includes both a salary calculator and job postings. Salary calculator is not a comparison between two cities, but a great way to track industry pay growth in a given area.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/dot_index.html

-- Online version of what the print edition has.

***Monthly Labor Review Online

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm

-- Wages by area and occupation.

***Occupational Outlook Handbook. Washington DC: Dept. of Labor, annual

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

-- Online version of what the print edition has.

***O*net Online

http://online.onetcenter.org/

-- Resource page; the best place for condensed descriptions and summary of jobs.

USA Jobs

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

-- The main site if you are looking for employment with the Federal Government.

Engineering Jobs:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

http://www.aiche.org/

-- On the gray toolbar, find ‘Career Engineer.’

American Society of Civil Engineers

http://www.asce.org/

-- On the blue tab on the left side, click ‘Kids and Careers.’

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

http://www.asme.org/

-- On the left side, go to ‘Career Center.’

Engineering Central

http://www.engcen.com

--A fantastic site for engineering jobs!

Engineering Jobs

http://www.engineeringjobs.com

-- A site dedicated to finding you that engineering job.

Jobfactory.com

http://www.jobfactory.com/indus/indus53.htm

-- Links to Employers websites.

Nursing:

American Nurses Association

http://www.nursingworld.org/

-- Links you to ‘Nurse’s Career Center’ from Monster.com.

-- Not a huge number of hits for some jobs.

Great Nurse

http://greatnurse.com/

--This site not only has job postings, but a listserv to help you keep on top of the field as you look for work.

Nursing Jobs Directory

http://www.nurse-recruiter.com/

--Includes an interesting gateway into Canadian Job postings

Nursing Jobs Online

http://www.nursingjobs.org/

-- International database of job listings.

-- Not a lot of hits, though.

MedHunters

http://www.medhunters.com/Titles.html

-- Even more jobs.

Medjump

http://www.medjump.com/

-- Not a wide number of hits from this site.

--Another database of medical jobs and career help.

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