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
Suggested Books
What to Do
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.
Onet - research detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers.
Find an Employer
Reference USA - use this database to look up employers.
Here are our books on careers - see especially the guide to jobs in San Antonio and Austin.
You can read the Big Book of Jobs or Job Hunter's Sourcebook.
The first is good for giving you ideas for different careers; the
second can really help you chase down employment leads. They are
located in the reference section (main floor of library).
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
The video does zoom in, or you can blow it up in the lower right hand corner.
Subject Guide
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