Center for Career Services
The Center for Career Services, located on the first floor of Rowley Hall (off the courtyard), offers career counseling, job search resources, networking opportunities, a career library, and more!
Contact the CCS at (703) 284-5960 or career.services@marymount.edu to schedule an appointment.
Center for Career Services Workshops
Semester workshops and orientations
SAVE THE DATES...PLAN TO ATTEND. Log on to Jobs4Saints for complete information. Contact the CCS at 703.284.5960. Bookmark us at www.marymount.edu/studentlife/career.
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Monday, Jan 7, 2013 to Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Spring Career Workshops and EventsStudents are encouraged to attend all of the workshops that they find relevant to them in their current career development phase.
Handbooks
Getting Started
Start your career at the library! Use the Marymount print and electronic collection to research career fields, employment opportunities for specific majors, company profiles, and directory information. Search the catalog for books and full text articles from the Washington Research Library Consortium.
Undergraduate and graduate students at various stages of the career process and recent graduates will benefit from this guide's selected library materials, job/internship search engines, employment websites, streaming media, blogs and more; although career changers will also find much needed information. This is your one-stop guide to the best career resources available online and on campus. Click on the links and explore!
*Marymount University alumni may obtain an alumni ID card from the Alumni Association and check out up to ten books for three weeks. Alumni may access databases in the library.
Finding Books
Search the ALADIN Catalog for books owned by MU or other members of the WRLC. Use subject headings such as:
college graduates-employment
college graduates-vocational guidance
college majors cover letters
employment interviewing internship programs
job hunting resumes
Also try:
generation X career development
generation Y baby boom generation
To Search by Subject
The quickest way to search for a subject is by typing one or more keywords or a person’s name in the search box and clicking on Keyword. For additional results, click on a book that addresses your subject and look at the Subjects assigned to that book. Click on that Subject Heading to view additional titles.
TIPS
1. Enter one or more terms that best describe your topic.
2. Use and, or, not to combine terms, psychology and careers.
3. Use quotation marks to search words as a phrase, “college to career.”
4. Add a search heading to a career field, medicine--vocational guidance.
Career Books
Ask A Librarian
If you have a question or need help you can use the chat window below, call the library reference desk at 703-284-1649, or email us at library@marymount.edu.
Chat
If you have a question or need help, you can use the chat window, call the reference desk at 703-284-1649, or email us at library@marymount.edu.
Database Resources
To find resources on careers and employment, try these databases:
- Academic Search Complete A range of articles on career choice and development. Scholarly, multidisciplinary database.
- eBooks on EBSCOhost Search for electronic books on careers, job hunting, resumes, cover letters, and more. Search by publisher for e-books from JIST Publishing, Career Press, and WetFeet insider guides.
- LexisNexis Academic Use the business tab for news, reports, filings, and company profiles. Use News search with keywords such as employment, interview, or occupation for articles on interview techniques and career advice.
- ProQuest Research Library Search terms such as career development planning, job satisfaction, careers and employment, or careers and management to find articles. Obtain news on a corporation by entering a company name into the search field.
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