Over 1,000 books on writing resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, job hunting, and choosing and preparing for a career are contained in the College Library Career Collection.

The collection is located in the center area of the third floor of College Library.

Topics Covered in the Career Collection

• Assess your skills and interests and identify career opportunities.
• Find college majors that prepare you for a chosen career and find careers that make use of your college education.
• Explore fields and occupations, including requirements, duties, potential for advancement, and job outlook.

• Evaluate schools using descriptions, statistics and information about specific fields of study.
• Compare ratings and rankings for undergraduate and graduate schools.
• Apply to schools, write application essays, and study for standardized tests.
• Find descriptions and sources for educational funding such as scholarships, loans, grants and fellowships.
• Identify study abroad programs and resources and prepare for a study abroad experience.

• Identify internship opportunities and internships that are currently available.
• Explore various types of summer employment and find summer job openings.
• Identify volunteer opportunities and organizations that offer volunteer experiences.
• Find temporary and part-time jobs.

• Find employers and jobs in specific career fields.
• Find jobs in the Madison area through campus and government job offices, local job services, and newspaper classified ads.
• Use job banks, lists of jobs in specific locations, and employer contact information to apply for jobs outside Madison.
• Find information on popular international jobs, companies, and current job openings.

• Learn about job hunting strategies, organization, networking, and Internet job searches.
• Use company profiles, financial information, growth and advancement opportunities and recent media coverage to compare employers and prepare for interviews.
• Prepare your resume and use on-line resume banks.
• Use sample letters and guidelines for creating cover letters to write your cover letter.
• Learn how to interview, write follow-up letters and negotiate salaries.
• Find information on city rankings, cost of living, and quality of life for locations throughout the U.S. and around the world.

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