What Can I Do With This Major?
The Career Services Center at Texas State University-San Marcos provides a series of guides designed to help students explore careers related to their major or potential major.
Job Web Sites
What To Do
What to Do
Career Services Recommended Resources
Career OneStop - A comprehensive website for students and job seekers to explore career options, perform self-assessments on skills and interests, write resumes and cover letters, prepare for interviews, and search for jobs.
Films on Demand - Video collections include Career & Job Search, Technical Education, Guidance & Counseling, Family & Consumer Science and a growing collection of individually selected titles in various fields.
Job Accelerator Database - Personalized, step-by-step job search assistance—from exploring and matching suitable occupations from over 1,000 detailed occupation profiles to finding available jobs. Create professional and effective resumes and cover letters, master interviewing and networking techniques, improve your work skills, and prepare for occupation-related exams.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Nationally recognized career handbook provides information about the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.
Onet - research detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers.
Suggested Resources
Find an Employer
Reference USA - use this database to look up employers.
Getting into Graduate School
Graduate School Information contains information on which schools offer what programs.
Testing Databases take practice tests like the GRE, GMAT and more on line.
Job Interview
Interview Books
Resume Books
Career Research at Alkek Library
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