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Online Career Research

The San Jacinto College Career Services website has some great resources.Click on the link below to open their page in a new window.

Optimal Resume - provides resume, cover letters, portfolio, and website builders - choose the template you want and just insert your own information into the template. You can even record a sample interview on webcam and send it to the Career Center for feedack. Sign in or create a free account with your SanJac student email address.

Focus 2 - a career planning program that offers free tests to find out which career is right for you, Focus 2 also has detailed profiles that list the requirements, salary, and duties of a variety of occupations. To log in, use "career" as the access code. If you have any questions or problems with logging in, contact the Career & Employment Center at 281 922 3488.

Achieveworks - a free, online test to help you determine which careers suit you best. Click on the Register Here button to get started.

Here is the pattern for citing your Focus 2 and Achieveworks assessments in APA 7th edition format:

(Be sure and include the entire web address in your own citation)

 

Career Dimensions (2020). Focus 2 Career. http://www.______

Human eSources (2020). Achieveworks. http://www._____ 

Here's how to cite the Occupational Outlook Handbook and O*net in APA 7th edition format:

 

Librarian. (n.d.). Occupational Outlook Handbook. Retrieved September 16, 2020 from

      https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/librarians.htm

 

39-4031.00-Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. (n.d.). O*net online. Retrieved September 16, 2020

     from https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-4031.00

 

Of course in both cases you would put your own job title / retrieved date / and url in the citation, but you get the idea.

 

Here is the pattern for citing your Focus 2 and Achieveworks assessments in MLA 8th edition format:

Career Dimensions. Focus 2 Career. 2020, http://www_____

Human eSources. Achieveworks. 2020, http://www._____

Here's how to cite the Occupational Outlook Handbook and O*net in MLA 8th edition format:

United States, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Librarians.” Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17
          
           Edition. 17 Nov. 2020, www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-andlibrary/librarians.htm.

 

"39-4031.00 - Morticians, Undertakers, and, and Funeral Directors." O*NET OnLine, National Center for

            O*NET Development, www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-4031.00. Accessed 11 November 2020.

Of course in both cases you would put your own job title / retrieved date / and url in the citation, but you get the idea.

 

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