A Great Gift to Give Yourself!

Many of you have already found your way to some of the brand new career resources at Holman Library. That’s great, but we want you all to know about the Library’s commitment to keeping the best and most up-to-date materials available for any career path you choose.

How? Start with the new Careers page http://www.mckendree.edu/academics/career.aspx featured on the Library’s homepage. There you will find dozens of new books on a variety of professions, resume and cover letter writing, preparation for graduate school and the standardized tests. The glass case on the second floor of the Library displays many of these titles right now, too. And you thought you had to buy this stuff at Border’s? Hardly! It’s all free at your Library.

The website also has links to some of the best career resources from the Internet such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09. The U.S. Department of Labor provides quality information in the “career guide of occupations that include job descriptions, working conditions, training and educational expectations and earnings."

And please don’t forget that some of the best and most current information for job hunters and career seekers comes from those same databases you use to locate the best quality peer-reviewed articles for your research papers. LexisNexis, EBSCO, FirstSearch, etc., are the quality information providers of the world.

Enjoy reviewing the new resources, then talk with one of our fine counselors in Career Services. That’s a great gift to give yourself!