Find your career - SLS 1106 - Dale Mabry Campus - LibGuides at Hillsborough Community College

Visit the career resource center

HCC Career Resource Centers: what they offer, where to find them

Search careers in HCC Libraries catalog

Some key words to start

Try the name of your career and additional keywords. For example:
- gaming careers
- gaming vocational guidance
Notice that each search yields different results.

Also try library databases for career research

The databases linked below are specific to career research and provide great information on many career fields - such as salary, education requirements, career field growth potential, and job listings. You must be logged into HCC Libraries Online in order to access these databases.

Fergusons Career Guidance Center (Infobase Publishing)
Besides using the Search box to search your career....Try these sections: Explore Careers; Plan Your Education; Prepare For Your Career; Find a Career
Salem Online (Salem Press)
Online reference materials across a wide variety of subject. PRO Tip: Filter by "Careers & Business"
Peterson's Test Prep Education (Gale)
A tool for standardized test prep. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
College Source Online (Career Guidance Foundation)
Search more than 19,000 college catalogs - in complete cover-to-cover, original page format - for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.

And explore these websites selected by HCC librarians

CareerOneStop: Occupation Profile Provides occupational information with detailed state information.
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.
O*NET Online O*NET database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations.
Occupational Outlook Handbook For every job, includes: A brief video plus tabs on What they do...Work environment...How to become one...Pay...Job outlook...Similar jobs...and More Info, which includes links to industry associations. There is a "suggested citation" at the bottom of each page.
Cost of Living - Numbeo Easily compare the cost of living between two cities.
Wage Tools - CareerOneStop Find out what different occupations pay and where the job market is headed in your local area.
Living Wage Calculator Developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

SLS 1106 - Dale Mabry Campus: Find your career

Visit the career resource center

Search careers in HCC Libraries catalog

Find books, articles, videos, & more

Some key words to start

Also try library databases for career research

And explore these websites selected by HCC librarians