Resources

Resume Maker

This service offers features to conduct a thorough job search. The following assistance is available:

• Writing resumes and cover letters

• Tracking appointments and interviews of job prospects

• Virtual interviews with samples of how to respond to over 500 job interview questions

• Salary information based on job title and geographic location

• Expert advice, tips and useful information about interviewing

• Career planning to discover which careers best suit their skills and future goals and objectives

• Resume postings to every major career web site for review by thousands of hiring employers

• Job search through every major job listing site on the Internet

Development Works

This package is designed to provide individuals an extensive view of areas necessary for career decision-making. Development Works consists of five main sections, each of which is a building process that leads to a complete assessment. Sections included in this package are:

• Assessment - a detailed self-assessment of style, motivation, skills and internal barriers that are collected in a Career Portrait.

• Investigation - information about companies, industries, the economy and businesses that address the Web as an effective information source. This area finds opportunities within organizations that may not be advertised and provides useful Internet sites as well as extended bibliography of useful books for development.

• Matching - a detailed exercise that helps translate assessment results into position and skill/competency development.

• Professional Development - the final development targets where the development plan is written.

O*Net Career Interest Inventory

The O*Net Career Interest Inventory helps individuals explore jobs in the U.S. Department of Labor's O*Net database based on interests. The assessment will ask for likes and dislikes of various activities. Based on the scores, the individual will identify career areas that match interests and will identify specific jobs to explore.

O*Net Career Values Inventory

The O*Net Career Values Inventory helps individuals explore jobs in the U.S. Department of Labor's O*Net database based on work values. The assessment will ask the individual to sort work value statement cards by each value's importance. The process results in scores for six major work values that will be used to identify career groups that tend to include these values and to indentify specific jobs to explore.

John Holland's Self-Directed Search

John Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) helps the individual with a variety of vocational uncertainties including determining what career path to follow, supporting career path decision, and considering other career alternatives. This assessment will also help individuals who are considering second careers, who are returning to school or those who who are questioning the suitability of their current career or job. Based on the results, individuals will use a three-letter ocuupational code to identify and explore the relationship of occupational activities, competencies, and self-estimates to the occupational clusters.