Career Transition & Exploration
Career Insights Database
- Firsthand (previously Vault) This link opens in a new windowAccess to industry and occupational profiles, career guides, video interviews with professionals, company profiles, and articles on a variety of career topics and advice.
Careers In...
The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector by ISBN: 9780585295305Publication Date: 2000
Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession by ISBN: 1119855306Publication Date: 2021
Real-World Media Ethics: inside the broadcast and entertainment industries by ISBN: 1317484215Publication Date: 2016
Music business essentials: a guide for aspiring professionals by ISBN: 1442274557Publication Date: 2017
ACSM's Career and Business Guide for the Fitness Professional by ISBN: 1608311953Publication Date: 2012
Applying for Jobs & Interviewing
Pre-Interview Resources
The databases below can help you learn more about the organization you are interviewing with and the industry.
- MarketLine This link opens in a new windowCompany profiles, industry reports, and case studies. Also includes city and country reports using PEST/PESTLE standard analysis framework.
- IBIS World Industry Market Research This link opens in a new windowU.S. industry reports. Includes a chapter on Call Preparation Questions (see below), which may help you prepare questions to think about and/or ask during an interview.
- ProQuest One Business (formerly ABI Inform) This link opens in a new windowArticles from trade journals and magazines, scholarly journals, and general interest magazines covering accounting, advertising, business, company information, industry Information, management, marketing, real estate, economics, finance, human resources, and international business. Coverage: 1923 - present.