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Resources for career planning & job search lib.nus.sg/lion/s/career.html

Resources for career planning & job search www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/career.html. Lim-Yeo Pin Pin Reference Services NUS Central Library 6 April 2006. Search LINC Use Keyword Career planning Career development Vocational guidance Job hunting Career changes. Otazo, Karen L.

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  1. Resources for career planning & job searchwww.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/career.html Lim-Yeo Pin Pin Reference Services NUS Central Library 6 April 2006

  2. Search LINC Use Keyword Career planning Career development Vocational guidance Job hunting Career changes Otazo, Karen L. The truth about managing your career : … and nothing but the truth. 2006. HF5381 OtaHSSML Books Books on career planning

  3. Career Planning Singapore Websites • AsiaOne Careers careers.asia1.com.sg • Career Guide Singapore (SetForm Ltd) www.yourcareerguide.com.sg • Careers in Asia (Hobsons) www.asia.hobsons.com

  4. AsiaOne Careers

  5. Career Planning Websites • Quintenssential Careers www.quintcareers.com • Career Zone www.nycareerzone.org • MSN Careers msn.careerbuilder.com • Next Steps.orgwww.nextsteps.org • Mapping your futurewww.mapping-your-future.org/planning/ • ISeek Explore Careerwww.iseek.org/sv/10000.jsp

  6. Iseek Explore Careers

  7. Job Information Websites • Career Voyages www.careervoyages.gov • Occupational Outlook Handbookwww.bls.gov/oco/ • Occupational Information Network (O*NET)online.onetcenter.org • Prospects Explore Types of Jobshttp://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jobs/p!elmjX

  8. Career Voyages

  9. Testing Websites • Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential www.assessment.com • Personality 100 www.personality100.com • Keirsey™ Temperament Sorter www.advisorteam.org • Jung Typology Test www.humanmetrics.com • Self Perception Profiler personal.ansir.com/test.htm

  10. Testing Websites • PsychTests www.psychtests.com • Aptitude test www.3smartcubes.com • Skills test www.iseek.org/sv/12403.jsp • Career test www.livecareer.com

  11. Job Advertisements Singapore • Straits Times (especially Saturday ed.) • www.asiaonecareers.com • jobsearch.monster.com.sg • sg.jobstreet.com • www.jobs.com.sg • ele.ecitizen.gov.sg/Employment/JobSearch/ • www.jobsdb.com.sg • www.jobseek.com.sg • www.moe.gov.sg • www.singaporeitjobs.com

  12. Job Advertisements Asia/World • www.monster.com • hotjobs.yahoo.com • www.careerbuilder.com • www.adecco-asia.com • www.icpa.com • www.jobweb.com • www.jobstreet.com • www.j-hunter.com • www.jobaa.com • www.recruit.net • www.recruitasia.com

  13. Job Hunting Tips • Finding a Job and Evaluating a Job Offer http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2004.htm • Tips for resumes & interviews http://www.international-executive-search.com/index.htm • Land the Job You Want!http://hr.dop.wa.gov/jobtips/default.htm

  14. Books on Resume Writing • Search LINC • Use Keyword • Resumes (Employment) Kenkel, Cindy S. Extreme résumé makeover : the ultimate guide to renovating your résumé : plus sections on cover letters, thank-you notes, and electronic résumés HF5383 Ken (HSSML Books)

  15. Websites for Resume Writing • www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html • www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/ • resume.monster.com • www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Applications_and_interviews/Applications/Putting_together_an_effective_CV/p!eXfdpk • sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/tools_resources/how_to_guides/how_to_craft_a_winning_resume

  16. How to write a masterpiece of a resume

  17. Search LINC Use Keyword Employment interviewing Wendleton, Kate. Mastering the job interview and winning the money game. 2006. HF5549.5 Int.We (HSSML Books) Books on Job Interviews

  18. Job Interviews Websites • www.collegegrad.com/intv/ • interview.monster.com/ • www.acetheinterview.com/ • career.ucsd.edu/sa/CDPEffectiveInterviewing.shtml • www.nextsteps.org/interview/ • www.advantageresumes.com/interviewing.htm

  19. Researching the Organization • History • Strategies & goals • Response to difficulty • Management staff • Products / services • Financial data • Location • Company size • Employee morale

  20. NUS Libraries Resources • Access from NUS Libraries website www.lib.nus.edu.sg • Need NUSNET userid & password • Global Market Information Database (GMID) • ISI Emerging Markets (company/market info) • ABI/Inform (journal articles, trade magazines) • Business Source Premier (journal articles, trade magazines) • Factiva (for news articles, company info) • LexisNexis Academic (news articles, company info) • Help with subscribed databases for statistics & articles www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/hlb/companydata.html • Company reports (at Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library)

  21. Researching the Organization • Website of company • Public-listed companies information • Singapore Exchange SGX www.sgx.com.sg • Talk to people working in the company or industry

  22. Researching the Industry • Search for industry specific organizations/associations • Background information • Industry outlook • Industry news • Industry trends & statistics • Jobs available

  23. NUS Libraries Resources • Access from NUS Libraries website www.lib.nus.edu.sg • Need NUSNET userid & password • Global Market Information Database (GMID) • ISI Emerging Markets (market info) • ABI/Inform (journal articles, trade magazines) • Business Source Premier (journal articles, trade magazines) • Factiva (for news articles) • LexisNexis Academic (news articles) • Help with subscribed databases for statistics & articles www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/hlb/companydata.html • LINC for books on the industry

  24. Banking: www.aseanbankers.org

  25. Engineering: www.ies.org.sg

  26. Insurance www.gia.org.sg

  27. Skills valued by Employers • Teamwork • Problem solving • Initiative • Desire to learn new skills • Interpersonal skills • Independent worker • Oral communication • Flexibility in knowledge application Koh, W. (2000) Executive summary of the employers' survey

  28. SCANS Skills & Personal Qualities Thinking Skills • Creative thinking - generates new ideas • Decision making - specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternatives • Problem solving - recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action • Visualizing - organizes and processes symbols • Knowing how to learn - uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills • Reasoning - discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem

  29. SCANS Skills & Personal Qualities Personal Qualities • Responsibility - exerts a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment • Self-esteem - believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self • Sociability - demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings • Self-management - assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control • Integrity/honesty - chooses ethical courses of action What Work Requires of Schools: A SCANS Report for America 2000, U.S. Depat of Labor, June 1991, pp. xvii-xviii.

  30. SCANS Five Competencies • Resources: Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources • Interpersonal: Works with others, Participates as member of a team, Teaches others new skills, Services clients/customers, Exercises leadership, Negotiates, Works with diversity • Information: Acquires and evaluates information, Organizes and maintains information, Interprets and communicates information • Systems: Understands complex interrelationships, Monitors and corrects performance, Improves or designs systems • Technology: Works with a variety of technologies, Selects &applies technology to task, Maintains & troubleshoots equipment http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/fulltext/document.cfm?docn=6140

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