Research Guides: Job Searching: Starting Your Search

Career Resources at the UO Libraries

The UO Libraries offer a variety of resources to help you with your job search and career planning.

Check out this guide for resources on:

Expected growth of specific industries
Information on companies, their operations, and the competitors
The latest salary statistics
Resources for finding an international job
Who else at the UO you can go to for assistance

And more!

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Mergent market atlas This link opens in a new window
Provides U.S. and international public company information based on name, location, industry, etc. Additional company search criteria allow you to explore sustainability, SEC filings, annual reports, independent research and company reports.
Gartner Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Access to this resource is provided through UO's User Support Services. The Gartner Campus Access program provides faculty, students, and staff free, unlimited access to the Gartner research library which helps translate complex IT issues into comprehensive advice and meaningful analysis. This access includes Gartner's Hype Cycles, Magic Quadrants, research papers, and statistics.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
PolicyMap is a data and mapping application with access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Data comes from both public and proprietary sources.
Athletic This link opens in a new window
The Athletic is a service of The New York Times providing national and local sports coverage in the US and UK at the college and professional level. The subscription the Athletics' long-form journalism, original reporting, analysis, podcasts, mobile apps, and email newsletters.
Learn how to set up your access through UO Libraries.
Update: For the 2024-2025 academic year, users who already have a subscription to The Athletic will need to reactivate their access by clicking on the updated URL.

Learn about Career Paths

Handshake
Handshake is the UO Career Center's official hub for student career resources. Come here for access to job & internship postings, connections to UO Career Services staff, information on recruiting events, career path research, etc.
What Can I Do With This Major?
Whether you are exploring multiple majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this site will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about the typical career areas and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate.
Please note, these majors are not mapped to UO majors.
Career OneStop
From the U.S. Department of Labor. Discover comprehensive occupation, industry, and state profiles. Industry profiles include employment and wage trends at the national, state, metropolitan, and county levels. State profiles include demographic information, trends, and employment data for different occupations.
O*NET OnLine
O*NET Online is a product of the U.S. Department of Labor designed for job seekers and HR professionals alike.
- Find out which jobs fit with your interests, skills, and experience.
- Explore growth career profiles using the latest available labor market data.
- Research what it takes to get your dream job.
- Maximize earning potential and job satisfaction.
- Know what it takes to be successful in your field and in related occupations.

Reading about Job Hunting

The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2012-03-06
A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview.
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3. 0 by Jay Conrad Levinson; David E. Perry
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781118061275
Publication Date: 2014
You'll discover key techniques to reach hiring managers at the employers you want to work for most. New chapters integrate using social media and social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zoom. Info in your job search, along with case studies from successful guerrilla job hunters that detail what works in today's hyper competitive job market with commentary from America's top recruiters.
Knock 'em Dead Social Networking by Martin Yate
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 0991270452
Publication Date: 2015
Learn how to integrate social networking into every aspect of your job search and then leverage your social media presence for ongoing professional success.
So What Are You Going to Do with That? by Susan Basalla; Maggie Debelius
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780226200378
Publication Date: 2014

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