Career Reference Materials

The following resources are available in the ACAC main or Jacobetti Center offices, and many of them online.

Resources/tools available to use for career advisement

• Career tracks brochures
• Curriculum sheets and program information on majors offered by NMU
• Focus computer program
• Ideal path brochures
• Internet
• "Investigating a major" sheet
• Career services monthly postings
• List of all NMU degree programs
• Lydia Olson Library career resource sheet
• Myers Briggs  
• NMU Undergraduate Bulletin
• NMU Graduate Bulletin
• Strong interest inventory (Counseling Center)
• University bulletins from other Michigan universities
• Vocational biographies
• "What you can do with a major . . . " sheets

Just a sample of available books, magazines and papers

• Career Connection for College Education (majors that qualify you for certain careers)
• Career Planning (a student workbook)
• Career Starter
• College and University Directory
• The Complete Guide for Occupational Exploration
• Dictionary of Holland's Occupational Codes
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) Vol. I, II
• Enhanced Guide for Occupational Exploration (EGOE)
• Index for EGOE
• Focus II - Career Planning Workbook
• The Job Game - A Career Handbook
• Liberal Education and Careers Today
• Making Vocational Choices (Holland)
• Newspapers, periodicals, journals
• Occupational Handbook 1998 through 2002
• Psychology / Careers for the 21st Century
• The Right Job for You!
• Self Directed Search - Professional Users Guide
• Storming Washington - An Intern's Guide to National Government
• The Ultimate Job Hunter's Guidebook 12/97