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 * TEMPLATE FOR THIS SECTION:**

//**TEMPLATE FOR THIS SECTION: (REVISED)**//


 * CONTENT FOR THIS SECTION:**


 * Spring 2011 changes:**

Ready for input to BuILDR:

ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE FOR Fall 2010:



Here is the current draft of the Careers in Business Section with the sentences for sources included.


 * Here is the revised template for BuILDR Module 1B for the new version of BuILDR. **
 * Section: Careers in Business **

Topic 1: Occupations and Career Paths in Business BLS, Careers in B usi ness**, Vault, Careers in Accounting, Careers in Finance,Careers in Management Consulting,Careers in Marketing, Careers in Supply Chain Management, Career Guide to Industries (BLS) **

Topic 2: Professional Organizations Yahoo! Business and Economy Organizations, ASAE

Topic 3: Learn About Salaries Salary.com, BLS**, Indeed, Salary Expert, Payscale, Sperling's Best Places, Move.com, Mercer's Cost of Living Survey**

Topics 4: Find Open Positions Monster, Career Builder**, USA JOBS, Yahoo! Hot Jobs, AL.com/jobs, Simply Hired, FlipDog**

Topic 5: Other Resources for Careers in Business
 * Business Week, Wall Street Journal, College Journal, Fortune 500 Magazine, Job Hunters Bible.com, Hoovers, Lyco's Companies Online, Gary Price's List of Lists, Resume help **

Here is the current draft of the new Careers in Business Topic. 

I updated the Word document I had made to match the new and improved outline.
 * From Brianne:**
 * Here is the sample outline for Careers in Business. I really like Cal Berkeley's careers in business site, so this is a combination of their website and our previous topic.**

[[file:Topic Careers in Business.doc]]
From Brianne: Here is my outline of the topics used by other research guides:  Here is my matrix of topics and sources of other research guides:  Government Sources
 * BLS

Professional Associations Commercially-Sponsored Websites
 * [|Careers in Business]

From Brianne: //Topic: Careers in Business// Section 1: Learning About Positions
 * There are several websites available to help you find careers in business related to a field you are interested in. In this section, you will be given two websites with detailed instructions to help you find lists of current careers in business.**
 * The first website we will explore is the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics or the BLS, as it is commonly called.**
 * 1) Go to the BLS Website by right clicking and opening [|http://www.bls.gov] in a new tab or window.
 * 2) Find the heading "Occupations" in the "More" column down the left-hand side. Move your cursor over this and then click on the link for the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
 * 3) You may wish to scroll down a bit and read about the three ways to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook site.
 * 4) Search the handbook for careers in busness that interest you. Each of the job description headings on the left contain many different jobs. You may have to explore through the headings to find the career you had in mind.
 * 5) After finding a career that interests you, click on it. You will find many useful topics about the career such as Nature of the Work; Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement; Employment; Job Outlook; Projections; Earnings; Wages; Related Occupations; and Sources of Additional Information. The Projections section is extremely useful because it gives you the expected growth or decline for that career for 10 years.
 * 6) Keep exploring this information about careers in business until you have satisfied your search objectives. This website will be useful to you in the future as well if you decide to change careers.

From Carrvetta: Other websites that you can use to look up careers in business on your own include [|Careers in Business], [|Career Overview], and [|**Berkeley Career Center**]. You can also enter the search term "about careers in business" into a search engine and explore your search results.
 * The second website we will explore is the University of Texas's Career Exploration Center.**
 * 1) Visit the University of Texas Career Exploration Center Website. []
 * 2) In the left navigation bar, scroll over the tab 'Learn more about Major/Careers' and click on the "What can I do with a major in..." link. Here you will find a list of all majors. Under each major is a list of career options in that field in PDF files. Click on the PDF file that you are interested in. Each file give a description of the major, direct job opportunities, as well as a list for more job opportunities that are potentially available for all majors. Each career option is discussed in detail.
 * 3) For a list of job titles in the business industry, enter "Career Ideas in Business" into the search box on the Career Exploration Center's homepage.

From Brianne: //Section 2: Learning About Salaries//
 * Salaries are an important part of a career, and sometimes salaries may determine if you accept a job or not. These websites will give you the average salaries for careers that you are interested in so you will know what salary to expect once you begin looking for a career. Because you will have knowledge about the average salary, you will be able to more readily determine whether a job offer is acceptable or not in its salary offerings. **
 * The first website we will explore is Salary.com. This website gives useful information on average salaries within a specific geographical area through its Salary Wizard tool. **


 * 1) Right click and open http://www.salary.com in a new tab or window.
 * 2) Under the Personal section, click on the Salary Wizard. Enter one of the job titles you found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and a zip code relevant to you career search.
 * 3) Select one of the jobs from the search results that is the closest to matching the job title you are interested in. To see the full job description, click on more underneath the first line of the job title and description.
 * 4) Click on the Base Salary Range ("For you"). Click on the tab labeled Bonuses to see the Base Salary Range including Bonuses. Click on the tab labeled Benefits to see the Total Compensation and its components.
 * 5) You may use this website to look up salary information on many careers that interest you by simply beginning your search on this website again.

From Carrvetta:
 * The second website we will explore is Indeed.com. You can find out the average salary in a particular area, city, or state and it will show the national salary trend for the career you are searching for. You can also compare rates for different careers/job titles in different states as well.**
 * 1) Go to [|www.indeed.com]
 * 2) At the top of the page are links to different sections of the site. Click on the 'salaries' link.
 * 3) Type in any career name (marketing, accounting,etc.) and it will bring up the average salaries in that field, as well as salaries of jobs with related titles. You can modify your search to view the average salary in a particular state, region, or a particular job title.

Another website to explore is [|Career Overview Salaries in Business]. From Brianne: Section 3: Available Job Openings
 * It is important to know how to search for a career available in your area after you have decided on a career that is of interest to you. We will explore two websites that give you information on job openings in your area of interest in your field of interest.**
 * The first website we will visit is Career Builder.**
 * 1) Right click and open [|http://www.careerbuilder.com] in a new tab or window.
 * 2) Enter in any keywords related to the position you wish to search for, the location you wish to search in, and the category your job of interest is most closely related to. Click "Find Jobs."
 * 3) Look in the job results for any positions that may interest you. You may also change the distance away from location by clicking the dropdown box and selecting your desired amount of miles away from your location of interest. Click on any positions that interest you to learn more about them.
 * 4) If you are interested in submitting an application for position you find, scroll down towards the bottom of the page and click on the orange "Apply Now>>" button. You will have to set up an account to apply.

FROM CARRVETTA:** The second website we will explore is Monster.com.
 * 1) Go to []
 * 2) Scroll over the JOBS tab at the top of the page. Click the 'search jobs' tab to search the site for a job in an area of your interest. You can do a POWER SEARCH, that allows you to enter specific skills that you are looking to use in that job to narrow down the search.
 * 3) To browse job listings, scroll over the JOBS tab and select the 'browse jobs' tab. You can browse listings by state, industry, category/occupation,career level, education level, years of experience, etc. This filtering will help to narrow down the options of 500 to 1.
 * 4) Scroll over CAREER TOOLS tab, click on the 'career snapshots' tab. Enter a job title into the search box and a results list will drop down to choose the title you are interested in. Click on the title and you can view job purposes, qualifications, required skills, industry forecast,duties, and featured jobs.
 * 5) If you find a job that you are interested in, you can apply for the position by clicking on the "APPLY" button at the bottom of the description or by creating a profile on monster and uploading a resume and cover letter and submitting to the company you wish to apply for.

Another interesting website to consider exploring is [|USAJOBS]. This website gives you available jobs within the United States Government.