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UWO Career
Services
Resources for finding employment
Presented by:
Jerry Mulcahy
Dolly Borsato-Vassal
Laura Veronese
Where to Start
Western Libraries Catalogue – books, directories
Business Library Homepage – customized guides, databases
Free Resources on Web
Western Libraries - Catalogue
Where to Start
Library Catalogue – Books on Resumes
……………………………………. Employment Interviewing
Job Hunting
Directories – Business Enterprises
Scott’s Directories
Hoovers Company Lists
Vernon’s – London & area
Vault Guides – Companies , Career
WetFeet Press – Company, Industry
Subject search – e.g. Consulting firms — Directories
Executives — Recruiting
Employees -- Recruiting
Wages -- United States – Statistics
Wages -- Canada -- Statistics.
Business Library
Resources
Business Library Prepared Guides
Are You Looking for a Job?
Business Plans
Grant and Proposal Writing
Venture Capital – finding funding
Canadian Business Directories
Canadian Associations
Job Posting Sites
Where to look
Free Sources
Newspaper classifieds (domestic and International), articles
Strategis (Industry Canada site)
Canada411, Canada Yellow pages
Canadian Business Directories
Canadian Associations
Canadian Trade Index
More Job Posting Sites: www.lib.uwo.ca/business/jobelectronic.html
Focal Point for Career
Resources
www.lib.uwo.ca/business/jobhunt.htm
A link to this powerpoint
demonstration is available on the
jobhunt.htm page
Resumes and Cover Letters
Sample Books:
Competency-Based Resumes: How To Bring Your Resume To
The Top Of The Pile. Robin Kessler
BUSSTK HF5383.K47 2005
The Resume Makeover: 50 Common Resume and Cover
Letter Problems - and How to Fix Them. John J. Marcus.
Internet
The Global Resume and CV Guide. Mary Anne Thompson.
HF5383.T53 2000
For more info: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/rescov.html
Sample Web Sites
campusaccess.com
About : Cover Letter Template
For more info:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/rescov.html
Interviews
Sample Books:
High-impact Interview Questions: 701 Behavior-based
Questions to Find the Right Person for Every Job Internet 2006
Interviewing: Situations and Contexts
DBWSTK HF5549.5.I6P685 2006
More Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview
Questions BUSSTK HF5549.5.I6D452 2001
More interview info:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/jobinterview.html
Sample Web Sites
Go Jobsite
Alec.co.uk - Interview Tips including what questions
……………...YOU should ask
More interview info:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/jobinterview.html
Sample Article search results in ProQuest
101 of Job Interviewing
John P Creveling. Chemical Engineering. New York: Dec
2005. Vol. 112, Iss. 13; p. 50 (2 pages)
Interviewing: Positioning Yourself to Get the Offer
Hank S Rennar. Financial Executive. Morristown: Jul/Aug
2005. Vol. 21, Iss. 6; p. 60 (2 pages)
Special Section: The Manager’s Viewpoint of the Interview
Starting Your Own Business
Sample Books:
The complete idiot's guide to starting your own business 2000
Internet
The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club guide to starting your own
business BUS HD62.5.H3739 1999
Library Prepared Guides: Assistance with specific aspects
of starting your own business including Franchising. Also
you will find a segment on Internships
Excellent web sites
Business Start up Assistant
Canada Business - provincial guides
Small Business BC - general information
Canada-Ontario Business Service Center
Business Start Up Checklist
More Information on Starting Your Own Business
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/careerown.html
Research Jobs, Companies
and Industries
Annual Reports
Databases
Web Sites
Top Company Lists – e.g. The Best Workplaces in Canada 2006
Articles and Reports
More info:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/careerco&ind.html
Databases: Factiva
Factiva (IE only)
Search for company information in relation to an industry
News about the industry and companies within that
industry
Build specific reports to compare top companies and
company information
Search for articles about companies
Databases: Lexis Nexis
LexisNexis
News, financial and profile searches for companies
Biographical information available for business
executives
World Business Opportunities Database contains
business and investment opportunities around the world
Find lists of company names, addresses and contact
names in specific industry and geographic regions
Databases: Plunkett’s
Plunkett’s
Industry and company information available
Search for company contact information
Export in-depth company profiles
Job Seeker’s/Careers
Databases: CBCA / ProQuest
Databases: Strategis
Strategis
Employment, Learning
Company Directories
Business Information by Sector
Economic Analysis and Statistics
Information guides (Starting a Business, Financing,
Researching Markets, Managing People, etc)
Jobs, workers, training and careers (JWTC helps
Canadians find work and decide on career directions)
Databases: CANSIM
CANSIM (Statistics Canada)
Available publicly
Employment searches
Benefit information, including salaries and wages
Unemployment information
Access available through the Business Library
Databases: STAT- USA
STAT-USA
U.S. and international country, industry and statistical
overviews
Within the State of Nation part of the database,
contains information on employment (Employment Cost
Index, Employment Situations, etc)
Within Globus & NTDB it contains business
opportunities, market reports, etc.
Company Information
Books about companies
Annual reports/company reports
Top company lists (Canada, U.S., International)
Historical Rankings
Stock exchanges
All available at:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/companyinfo.html
Industry Information
Paper Sources – Industry Guides section in Business Library
Databases - Wide selection of databases to assist with
…………………...searches - local, national, global
Web sites – Selected web sites, mega sites, NAICS listing
More details:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/industryinfo.html
Help can be obtained at:
Business Library – http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business
Websites and Related Material
Listed in this Presentation can
be found on :
www.lib.uwo.ca/business/jobhunt.htm
Please Don’t Hesitate to :