Research Guides: Career Research Guide: Career Exploration

Explore Occupations

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site has short descriptions of hundreds of careers, and includes required training, likely salary, growth potential, and more.
Labor Market Insights
The Labor Market Insights tool allows you to look up live labor market trends pulled from real-time data to explore top employment opportunities. Whether you are graduating and searching for a position or just beginning your career exploration journey, this tool has something for everyone!
O*Net Online
Developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, O*Net provides information on skills, abilities, knowledges, work activities, and interests associated with occupations.
Career OneStop
Brought to you by the American Job Center, this free resource brings everything together in one place for you to research industries and occupations, job postings, resume and interview tips and tons more.
California Career Zone: Industry Sectors
An easy way to browse annual openings, average salaries, and potential occupations within California industries.
Self-Assessment for Career Exploration
From the State of CA's Employment Development Department; also includes links to Labor Market Information Resources & Data.

Career Center at Sacramento State
What Can I Do With This Major?
This website will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about typical career areas and types of employers that hire people with each major.
Career Center's On Demand Workshops & Videos
The Career Center has a ton of videos about internships, job search strategies, career options, and more! The video below is a recent Student Employment Workshop.

Bound-for-Career Guidebook: a student guide to career exploration, decision making, and the job search by Frank Burtnett
The Bound-for-Career Guidebook, with its information and exercises, will point you in the direction of opportunities and options that are realistic, desirable, and achievable.
Launch Your Career by Sean O'Keefe
This book shows how any college student can land the position they want by creating relationships with professionals in the industries they're interested in by using the author's proven Career Launch Method.
Compassionate Careers by Jeffrey W. Pryor; Alexandra Mitchell; Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Foreword by)
Compassionate Careers is filled with examples of people who have meaningful jobs in cause-focused organizations.

OneSearch contains the material holdings of the Sac State Library including print and electronic books as well as videos and more!

Try searching the name of your career or major and vocational guidance.

Pro tip! To find the newest books, use the filters on the results screen 1) limit to books and 2) limit the creation date from 2010 to 2023.

Career books from OneSearch
Quick list to get you started.
Try "ADD A NEW LINE" to the search so you can type in your major or career field.

Last Updated: Jan 25, 2024 11:28 AM