Careers

Continuing its acclaimed Current Issues series, H. W. Wilson’s Careers database brings you all the careers information you need in a single source.

Whether your patrons need interview tips, resume help, or job listings, or they are interested in learning about particular professions, this addition to the Current Issues series can guide them quickly and accurately to useful, timely information.

Careers is an ideal resource for libraries serving a range of patrons, including high-school students, vocational college and technical college students, or anyone planning a long-term career path, changing jobs, or just learning about the world of work. The database offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of careers and career-related issues, including

Qualifications
Duties and responsibilities
Pay scales
Application processes
Future prospects

This unique resource features

Coverage of a wide variety of career paths and vocational choices – with new professions added regularly - each containing at least 15 articles compiled by experienced Wilson editors with an eye toward balance, insight, and timelines.
A unique Careers Toolbox, which gathers in one place many of the most beneficial and popular online tools for job searching and career building, from generalized job search sites to career-specific resources.
Career-specific lists of editor-reviewed websites, with annotations to let users know what they can expect when they visit each site.
Options for further exploration using More Full Text Articles, More Citations, and Search the Web links.
A simple, uncluttered graphical interface designed to capture the attention of younger patrons while still being sophisticated enough for adult use.
Comments link so that patrons can participate in conversations with other users and Wilson editors.
Topic Finder box, allowing patrons to "free search" the entire database for any subject of interest, including information on a myriad of people and subjects related to the main topics covered by the database.
Previous/Next buttons on search screens, for easy movement between pages of topics.
Plain-text list on the left of the Topic Finder menu invites easy scanning for topics of interest.
Print, email, or save multiple articles at a click. Use checkboxes to select groups of articles to handle on the Print Email Save page.

Professions include:
Airplane Pilot - Air Traffic Controller - Architect - Becoming a Physician - Butcher - Chef - Child-Care Worker, Commercial Fishing - Dental Careers - Driver - Early Childhood Educator - Electrician - Event Planner - Executive Assistant - Farmer - Fashion Designer - Firefighter - Fitness Instructor - The Florist Industry - Funeral Services - Graphic Designer - Green Jobs - Interior Designer or Decorator - Jeweler - Jobs in America - Journalist - Landscaper - Lawyer - Librarian - Marine Biologist - Midwifery - Musician - The Nursing Profession - Nutritionist and Dietician - Pharmacist - Photographer or Videographer - Plumbing and Pipefitting - Police Officer - Public Relations - Real Estate Agent - Restaurateur - Retirement - Social Work - Special Needs Educator - Teacher - Veterinarian
as well as articles about Retirement, Jobs in America, and more!