Check out The Career Center Library

If you haven’t checked out the Career Center’s Career Library lately you’re missing out. Whether you’re looking for internships, summer jobs or wondering what you can do with that history major we have the books for you. Come talk to Tina, our career librarian, to assist you with your search. The Career Library is located in the Career Center on the second floor of Hendricks Hall. Here’s a few of our latest spring arrivals:



 



SUMMER JOBS WORLDWIDE 2008 published by Vacation Works

Summer Jobs Worldwide maintains up-to-date, invaluable information about jobs abroad, combined for the first time with an additional section covering jobs in Britain. Summer Jobs Worldwide contains more than 40,000 exciting summer jobs worldwide from crewing yachts in the Canaries to leading treks in Peru or yoga centre helper in Greece to an animal keeper for London Zoo. Summer jobs are profiled for countries in Africa, Middle East, Britain, Europe, Asia, The Americas, and Australasia.



 



CREATIVE CAREERS: Paths for Aspiring Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers by Elaina Loveland



Combining work and creativity isn’t impossible. Numerous careers are available for creative types. Ever want to know how to become a cinematographer, commercial writer, documentary filmmaker, book publicist, music therapist, set decorator, artistic director or video game animator? These are just a few of the careers you'll learn about in Creative Careers. With interviews with nearly 100 real-world professionals in creative careers, you'll learn the inside story on how they reached success and learn advice that you wouldn't find any other way. Creative Careers also offers information on a wealth of creative career paths, income information, job descriptions and shows that creative people aren't doomed to be "starving artists" and that there are numerous ways to make a living in creative fields. More than 95 creative professions are featured from across the arts spectrum, with practical advice from working professionals about the advantages and disadvantages of their chosen creative careers. Whether one wishes to pursue the traditional path of professional performer or writer and find a related part-time arts career or wants to investigate full-time employment in creative fields, this guide shows that real-world jobs can offer creative fulfillment.



 



CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT by Paul R. Greenland and Annamarie L. Sheldon

Constituting a significant portion of the U.S. job market, the conservation and environmental field is remarkably broad in scope, encompassing environmental protection and resource conservation to monitoring the environment to careers that focus on nature in some way. Gain a comprehensive view of careers fields and learn more about the 65 careers profiled such as--wilderness guide, environmental engineer, agricultural consultant, urban forester, environmental compliance specialist, landscape architect, field education coordinator, recreation planner, atmospheric scientist, geoscientist, veterinarian, and more.   Throughout the book, the reader will find a quick-reference Career Profile for each career summarizing its notable features, a Career Ladder illustrating frequent routes to and from the position described, and a comprehensive text pointing out special skills, education, training, and various associations relevant to each post. Appendixes list educational institutions, periodicals and directories, professional associations, and useful industry web sites.



 



HANDS-ON HOLIDAYS: Short-Term Adventures That Make a Difference by Guy Hobbs

Hands-On Holidays is the definitive guide to rewarding short-term breaks. The first and only title on the market to cater for travelers wanting to combine a working holiday with a career back home, Hands-on Holidays also contains details of internships and training courses for students focused on furthering their career. Whether you want to make a difference or just do something different, Hands-on Holidays is the essential guide for individuals wishing to find exciting short-term breaks. Designed for those with little time but huge amounts of enthusiasm, Hands-on Holidays provides extensive information on short term working holidays ranging from conservation and humanitarian work to helping at festivals or on organic farms.