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Career Research - MCC

Occupational Research

Reviewing career information (e.g., salary, qualifications, job duties) is an important step in career exploration.  An internet search on career information can be frustrating and lead to sources that are not up-to-date or accurate.  The on-line resources listed below are free, credible, and current. 

Books Supporting Career Exploration and Development

An Intelligent Career

A playbook for the modern knowledge worker, providing a complete guide that will allow workers to take a composite, dynamic view of a life's work in the 21st century.

The Career Manifesto

Award-winning CEO of XO Group and sought-after speaker, Michael Steib, draws on his own diverse work experience and career highlights as well as powerful anecdotes from other successful business leaders to offer expert guidance, field-tested advice, and interactive exercises that will help you answer these three key questions, envision a goal and then craft and execute a plan to achieve it.

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022

With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world's most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2022.

Occupational Research Databases

Informational Interviewing

Document your occupational research and pair it with your self-assessment knowledge to begin moving confidently toward a career decision.