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Online Career Resources

FOCUS2Career
An online career exploration platform that assists with choosing a major, exploring occupations, and making informed career decisions. Assessment modules include interests, skills, values, personality, and leisure.
Career Coach
Career Coach is designed to help you find a good career by providing the most current local data on wages, employment, job postings, and associated education and training. The assessment includes questions to measure your interests.
Career One Stop
The best overall site for all aspects of career planning and job-hunting. Exceptionally well-organized and easy to use.
O*NET Online
Detailed catalog on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with over 950 occupations. O*NET Online is based on the most current version of the Standard Occupational Classification System.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The best single source on specific careers. Includes information on employment trends, working conditions, job outlook, job qualifications, earnings, and more.
Career Outlook Archives
An archive of the outlook for careers within an industry. Data may be older, but provides away to see what careers might be available to you.
Job Hunter's Bible
Comprehensive career planning and job-hunting site, with strong coverage of general and career-related research methods.

CareerOneStop- Resume Guide
Step by step instructions on how to put together a resume.
The Muse - Resumes & Cover Letters
Helpful articles on resume development and crafting cover letters.
Owl at Purdue- Job Search Writing
Provides instruction on writing applications, cover letters, resumes, thank you letters, and more.
Guide to Resume Types
Webinars, informational handouts, and instructional videos for college level resume development. University of Washington, Seattle.
The Balance Careers
Resume samples by type and job.
Cover Letters: My Sales Pitch
This quick tutorial will take you through formatting and methods for writing a cover letter that gets your application noticed and gets you the interview. Takes 15 minutes to complete.
Resumes: 6 Seconds to Fame
Learn what to do and not to do in writing a good resume to get noticed and get the interview. Takes approximately 35 minutes to complete

Career One Stop: Interview and Negotiating Tips
Tips, sample questions, and best practices when it comes to interviewing for jobs.
LiveCareer
Tips, sample interview questions, videos, and more.
The Muse - Interviewing for a Job
30 tips for Job Interview Success

Handshake - Interview Tips - Blog articles on helpful interview strategies including virtual sessions, managing stress, thank you notes, how to navigate behavioral interviews, and preparation.

ZipRecruiter
Zip is a free job search resource looking to help all job seekers, especially college students, find meaningful jobs and internships.
Indeed
Find jobs, look at company reviews, find salaries, and explore the Indeed Career Guide
USA Jobs
Search Federal Government job postings and create resumes.
LinkUp
Pulls job postings directly from small, medium, and large company websites. Very few duplicates and very up to date!
SimplyHired
Searches job sites, company websites, and classifieds all in one search. Warning: some duplicate job posting will appear.
Snag-a-Job
Search for Part-time and Seasonal Jobs for Students.
Career Builder
Jobs, resumes, and Career Advice

FCC Career Center
Phone: 301-846-2471
Location: Jefferson Hall, 2nd Floor

Visit the Career Center website at www.frederick.edu/careers for more information on individual counseling, and career and job resources.

Handshake's FCC Portal
FCC students and alumni can upload resumes, search for jobs, find out about and register for recruiting events of interest.
Career One Stop
The best overall site for all aspects of career planning and job-hunting. Exceptionally well-organized and easy to use.
Frederick County Workforce Services
This local agency provides support for career investigation, job research, resume creation, etc.
Wall Street Journal "How-To" Guide
The HOW-TO GUIDE provides
career tips from The Wall Street Journal's reporters and columnists on the job search, interviews, and more.

Salary.com
Largest site for finding average salaries on hundreds of occupations.
PayScale
Includes a "What's my worth report" and a Salary Negotiation Guide.
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics organized by State.
Paycheck to Paycheck
Compares average salary for 74 occupations with the cost of housing in 208 metropolitan areas. Scroll down the page to find the dropdown box search tool.
National Compensation Survey
Choose an area, an occupation and a work-level to see how salaries compare across the United States. Requires Java to view.

One of the best ways to prepare for an interview is to research the company. Use these resources to help you:

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
SEARCH TIP: From the Database homepage, click on the COMPANY PROFILES link found at the top of the page and then do a search on a company name.

Annual Reports.com
Search for company annual reports by Exchange, Industry, Sector, or Alphabet.
Hoover's Online
An excellent source of information and news about companies and industries..

LinkedIn - Many organizations have a LinkedIn page with organizational updates and newsfeeds. This is a great way to find out what is currently happening in the organization, as well as people who work there.