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To help you plan your career, whether you will work for somebody else, or own your own business.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Occupational Outlook Handbook every two years. Consulting this resource to evaluate a potential career path can tell you: What they do...Work environment...How to become one...Pay...Job outlook...Similar jobs...More Info, which includes links to professional resources, i.e. industry associations. Every page has a "suggested citation" at the bottom.
My Next Move: What Do You Want to Do for a Living?
An interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. The site has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers.
Explore Owning Your Own Business—Working for Yourself
My Next Move: Careers in "Self-Employed"
Browse career fields in which "most people" are in business for themselves...and others in which "some people" are. From O*Net Resource Center, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Occupational Outlook Handbook: self-employed professions
Browse a list of self-employed occupations, see what they do, where they do it, how to become one, how much they earn, job prospects, etc. From the Occupational Outlook Handbook, US Dept of Labor.

Advising and Counseling
Services, location, and hours for assistance from Academic Advisors and Counselors.
HCC Career Resource Centers
Each HCC campus houses a Career Resource Center (CRC) staffed by professionals to assist students in selecting a career and mapping an educational pathway. The Centers offer tools and services to assess skills and interests, explore various occupations, develop resumes and prepare for interviews.
Advising Guides
The Advising Guides were created to assist students in fulfilling degree requirements for their chosen major.
Catalog
HCC degrees, programs of study, and course descriptions.
Academic Calendar
Important dates for the academic year.

You can cite information that you obtain from an expert, in-person or online, as a "personal interview" source in your paper.

To help you explore your ideal career.

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Business Plans Handbook—Online
Business plans compiled by real-life entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Typical business plans include the type of business; statement of purpose; executive summary; business/industry description; market; product and production; management/personnel; and financial specifics.

A print edition of this book is located in the library at:
REF HD62.7 .B865

REF in front of the Call Number indicates a Reference book located in the library, for in-library use only.

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150 Great Tech Prep Careers—Online
Click to access this eBook about "rewarding jobs in a number of fields that are attainable without a four-year degree—requiring only on-the-job training, an apprenticeship, a certificate, or an associate’s degree."

A print edition of this book is located in the library at: REF HF5382.5.U5 F76 2009
College Majors Handbook With Real Career Paths and Payoffs—Online
Click to access this eBook.

A print edition of this book is located in the library at:
REF HF 5382.5 .UF F644 2012.

Use the Search box above to find books, eBooks, eVideos, articles, etc.

Think of 1-4 key (important) words or phrases, rather than full sentences. For example:

architecture "vocational guidance" – "quotation marks" search 2+ words as a phrase

entrepreneur* – the * searches all forms of the word, i.e. entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, etc.

Try This: In the Search box above, type college majors careers and see what comes up.

Careers in Architecture and Construction by Barbara Sheen
Call Number: NA1995 .C257 2009
ISBN: 9781601528063
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Just an example of a book *specific to a profession". There are many such books - and eBooks - available through the library.

A few examples of books available for check-out. Your library card is your student ID or Hawkcard.