LibGuides: ACA 111: College Student Success: Researching Careers, Finding Jobs & Writing Your Resume

Job & Career Databases @ RCC

Career & Technical Education Database | ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center | Infobase This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive career research database is organized into three main sections: through Industries and Careers, users can explore a multitude of industries, career fields, and professions; Plan Your Education helps users find the schools that fit them best; and Launch Your Career offers solid advice to help users perfect the skills that beget success.
Films on Demand Video Collection | Infobase This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand is a streaming video service containing outstanding educational programs. Many programs from the History Channel, Biography Channel, BBC, PBS and other news channels are included in this collection of over 6,000 titles.
Job & Career Accelerator | EBSCO LearningExpress This link opens in a new window
This innovative job-hunting platform has everything students and job seekers need to create professional and competitive resumes and cover letters, search for jobs that fit their needs, give professional interviews and more.

PrepSTEP
Learn about careers in nursing, education, industrial systems, and more.

Vault | Infobase This link opens in a new window
This one-stop career resource provides downloadable versions of more than 80 career guidebooks and offers thousands of company and industry profiles and articles, as well as a jobs and internship database.

Build Resumes and Job Letters
A step-by-step resume builder. Get resume advice and choose your resume format.
CFNC.org Resume Builder
From the College Foundation of North Carolina, this online resume-builder helps you create your resume automatically.
Great Resumes
This tutorial will help you through each step of the resume creation process. Explore what a resume is and the different resume sections and their uses, find the right format for you, learn about keywords and action words, view sample resumes, and more.
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Part of EBSCO's LearningExpress.
Resume Builder
Find the right words and automate your resume writing process with Resume Builder’s free AI resume writer. Just enter a job title or phrase, and our AI will provide suggestions that show employers you’re the best fit.
Resume Templates
A free career development and resume design site, providing the internet’s largest database of resume templates in MS Word and Google Docs formats. Highly recommended!

CFNC Cover Letter Builder
The College Foundation of North Carolina provides users with a tool for writing your job application cover letters.
Build Your Cover Letter | Job & Career Accelerator

College Central Network
College Central Network is a robust career platform designed to provide job seekers with employment opportunities and career development resources, while providing a pipeline of new talent to business and industry. It features opportunities for part-time jobs, internships, and full-time employment, making the job search experience easier and more productive for you.
Find a Career Matcher | Job & Career Accelerator
Use this tool to determine to which careers you are best-suited.
NCCareers.org
The College Foundation of North Carolina provides guidance on planning for your career.

Careers for Tech Girls in Computer Science by Heather Moore Niver
Call Number: QA 76.25 .N58 2016
ISBN: 9781499461053
Publication Date: 2016
Careers for Tech Girls in Science by Rebecca T. Klein
Call Number: Q 130 .K54 2016
ISBN: 9781499461039
Publication Date: 2016
Powering up a Career in Biotechnology by Eric Minton
Call Number: TP 248.218 .M56 2016
Publication Date: 2016
So you want to be a cop : what everyone should know before entering a law enforcement career by Alley Evola
Call Number: HV 8143 .E96 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Top STEM Careers in Technology by Laura La Bella
Call Number: TA 157 .L285 2015
ISBN: 9781477776681
Publication Date: 2015
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019 by Richard N. Bolles
Call Number: HF 5383 .B56 2018
ISBN: 9780399581694
Publication Date: 2018
In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't.