Major Resources

FOCUS online Career Development System
(for students and alumni)

Students can explore self and careers. Contains five self-assessments and corresponding career suggestions (interest, skills, personality, values, leisure activities). “What Can I do with this Major?” connects all Penn State majors to corresponding careers. Career exploration allows students to lookup specific careers to learn skills needed, values, earnings, future outlook, associations, etc.

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Nittany Lion Career Network
(for students, alumni, and employers)

Penn State’s free private online job board lists part-time, full-time, internship and seasonal positions and:

• Is used across all Penn State campuses by students at all academic levels and employers nationwide.
• Allows students/alumni to post their resume, apply for positions, request an interview, set up email alerts for new postings, access a salary calculator, contact alumni in career fields of interest, learn about Fairs at University Park and more!
• Allows employers to post opportunities, access resumes and schedule on-campus interviews (OCI) at Harrisburg and University Park (which has 44 interview rooms).

To preview this system as a job seeker and view interview opportunities, login as a guest (refer to student/alumni or employer page for instructions). Students & alumni can request an interview (small annual fee) and arrange a video interview between Brandywine and University Park.

Interview Stream
(for students and alumni)

Webcam recorded mock interviews which students can conduct in the privacy of their own space and then optionally share with peers or a career coach in Career Services to help critique their skills. Faculty can set up an account to explore this system for potential use with their class. Career Services can create question sets (comprised of 10 questions) to assign to students to complete.

CareerSearch
(for students and alumni)

Schedule an appointment with Career Services to access this system and obtain an excel spreadsheet of employers by industry and region. This comprehensive database contains organization/company profiles, contact information, revenue, specialties, competitors, and many more details. Searches can be done by zip code mile radius and type of industry or keywords (such as software, hardware, etc.).

GoingGlobal (for students, faculty/staff)

This database contains employment information within the U.S. and abroad, including internship and job postings, as well as cultural norms and expectations. It also contains accurate and up-to-date country-specific information on hot industries, in-demand careers, visa restrictions, as well as H1B Plus database of U.S. visa-sponsoring employers.

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Vault Career Insider (for current students, faculty/staff)

Students can research employers, industries, and career subjects through free books in VAULT. This site contains over 90 career, industry, and employer guides, occupational and industrial profiles with surveys and salary ranges, an internship database, Gold company surveys that feature in-depth profiles and employee and salary surveys.

 

Wetfeet Career Resource Library
(for current students)

Contains comprehensive information related to careers, industries, salaries, and more as well as videos of career topics and employers. Contact Career Services for login information for Insider Guides.

Job Choices

Job Choices online publication contains up-to-date, relevant articles to prepare you for your job search.

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