Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center—The Essential Career Research Database, Featuring Job Profiles, Skills, and Resources

AWARDS AND REVIEWS Booklist Editors’ Choice Reference Source Library Journal Best Database, “Best Job Resource” category Library Journal Best Database, “Best for High Schoolers” category

“…recommend the thorough, user-friendly, really peerless Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center to libraries serving job-seekers of all ages. Indispensable…” —Booklist, starred review

“…impressive…Highly Recommended.”—Library Media Connection, starred review

“…covers a lot of ground…straight- forward and powerful interface…Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a gold standard…” —Library Journal

“…the most comprehensive and authoritative career database available to today’s students…a must-purchase…”—School Library Journal

UNPRECEDENTED DEPTH OF COVERAGE The award-winning Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning that allows users to quickly find the valuable career information they need, whether it’s industry and professions articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice.

INDUSTRIES AND CAREERS Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center covers 140 different industries and career fields and thousands of professions in a wide range of areas.

PLAN YOUR EDUCATION Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center can help students find the schools that are the best fit—choose from undergraduate, graduate, nursing, and vocational and tech schools in the U.S. and Canada, and narrow your list by location, tuition, enrollment, sports, areas of study, campus housing, and a variety of other characteristics.

LAUNCH YOUR CAREER Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center offers solid advice on writing résumés and cover letters, interviewing skills, applying to apprenticeships and internships, professional etiquette, and other workplace skills. Users can download résumés and cover letters to use as templates to build their own. A special section on networking covers all aspects of networking, including managing your online presence and using social media in a job search.

CAREER INTEREST ASSESSMENT AND ESSENTIAL CAREER ADVICE Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s Career Interest Assessment quiz ranks users’ work interest areas and suggests related occupations and industries. Regular blog posts “From Our Career Experts” include an archive of more than 2,000 posts, and advice is provided from nationally renowned author and career expert Sue Morem.

LINKS TO OUTSIDE JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS Users can find a job with Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s searchable, current, live job and internship postings.

HELPFUL VIDEOS Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center has more than 300 tablet/mobile-friendly videos covering jobs, industries, and career development skills. Its “Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight” videos let users get a no-nonsense, insider’s perspective from working professionals across multiple industries.

AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE LIST Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center features a complete inventory of the extraordinary amount of content in the database, including titles from Ferguson’s renowned Careers in Focus series and the 6-volume Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 17th Edition.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: • Dynamic citations in MLA and Chicago formats • Google Translate • Searchable Support Center • Robust administrative section with enhanced reporting

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