Assignments
- ENGL 1010 - WinchesterENGL 1010 Careers. pdf open in browser
- ENGL 1010 - WinchesterDownload PowerPoint slideshow
Try making a list of synonyms or alternate forms of career titles
- journalism or journalist
- doctor or physician
- military or "armed forces"
Think of different ways to describe getting career information
- careers
- vocation, vocational, vocational guidance
- occupation
Suggested databases:
- identify terms that were useful when searching for books and their subjects
- click on PDF Full Text or UConn Full Text to read the full article
- request items as needed from Interlibrary Services
- opt for the MLA 8th edition and always scrutinize for potential errors
- Academic Search PremierIncludes articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines covering a wide variety of disciplines with the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Occupational outlook handbookU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Federal Government sites
- USA.gov: https://www.usa.gov/
- USA jobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/StudentsAndGrads
- Jobs and education: https://www.usa.gov/jobs-and-unemployment
- Career One Stop: pathways to career success: https://www.careeronestop.org/
Connecticut State sites
- Connect: Find a Job: https://portal.ct.gov/en/Services/Jobs-and-Employment/Find-a-Job
- Job search assistance: http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/gendocs/JS-Workers.html?ctportalPNavCtr=|27230|#45034
Career Opportunities
- Economics Research Network https://www.ssrn.com/en/index.cfm/ern
- UConn Department of Career Services, Job Listings https://www.career.uconn.edu/
The 2-hour job search : using technology to get the right job faster by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 1984857290Publication Date: 2020
Career Match by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 0814438164Publication Date: 2017-06-22This book is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author's revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style, then walks them through the range of career choices best for them.
Lose the Resume, Land the Job by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 1119475252Publication Date: 2018-01-24Land the Job helps you score the positions that align with your passion and match your attributes — and that will put you on a trajectory toward bigger and better things.
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 by Call Number: HF5382.7 .B64 2020ISBN: 9781984856579Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- ENGL 1010 - TroegerENGL 1010 Education .pdf open in browser
- ENGL 1010 - TroegerDownload PowePoint slideshow
Suggested databases:
- identify terms that were useful when searching for books and their subjects
- click on PDF Full Text or UConn Full Text to read the full article
- request items as needed from Interlibrary Services
- opt for the MLA 8th edition and always scrutinize for potential errors
- Academic Search PremierIncludes articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines covering a wide variety of disciplines with the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- ERIC (EBSCO)Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education.
- PsycInfo (APA PsycInfo)Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior.
Some example titles below
Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781433148255Publication Date: 2018-01-12Students, faculty, and community partners alike will find Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning From Social Justice Partnerships in Action accessible not only because it includes an array of examples regarding Latinx civic engagement, but it also demonstrates that personal experiences are powerful tools for the production of new knowledge. This book reveals an epistemology of social justice that aims to investigate and develop a new Latinx community-university praxis for how to engage with diverse communities in the twenty-first century.
Class, Inequality and Community Development by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781447322481Publication Date: 2016-09-06The book considers class as a dynamic and contested concept and examines its application in policies and practices past and present. These include local/global and rural/urban alliances, community organising, ecology, gender and education.
Promoting Social Justice Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780253031327Publication Date: 2017-10-02
