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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
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