Career Tools and Resources
Career Coaching: Mock Interviews
The mock interview is a simulation of an actual interview which provides students and alumni the opportunity to practice and receive assistance on answering difficult questions, developing interview strategies, and reducing stress before the actual interview. Career coach’s will generate a list of questions that may arise during an interview and during a scheduled phone meeting; the career coach will play the role of interviewer and present the questions to the interviewee. Afterwards, students and alumni will be presented with advice on ways to improve their interview skills.
Career Library
Career Insider: powered by Vault offers detailed employment information including information on companies, industries, salaries, career advice, and professions, including a Day in the Life section which details the daily tasks of real employees. Other resources include videos, blogs, and downloadable guides for users.
Career Services Blog
The Career Services Blog is managed by individual staff members of the Office of Student and Alumni Affairs and covers employment-related news, U.S. economic news, the job application process, and associated topics.
Career Assessments
Access a self-guided online career assessment tool, FOCUS-2 (access code: apus123), designed to evaluate your strengths, interests, values, skills, and personality traits in order to provide you with a listing of careers relevant to your unique characteristics and degree pathway. Already have an account? Go to the student/user log-in page.
Occupational Information
The U.S. Department of Labor developed the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) program to provide information for career exploration and job analysis.
Other General Career Resources
- Career Consulting Corner: Offers links to occupational information and listings of educational preparation programs.
- Career Journal: The Wall Street Journal's career site, offering career related information.
- Equal Opportunity Publications: Led the way from affirmative action to diversity recruitment. You can view pages for Equal Opportunity, Woman Engineer, Minority Engineer, Careers and the Disabled, Workforce Diversity for Engineering and IT Professionals, and Information Technology Career World.
- The Princeton Review: Provides career profiles with the number of people in the profession, average salaries, major employers, and professional associations.
Military Veteran Career Resources
- Corporate Gray Online: Links employers with transitioning and former military personnel through their Corporate Gray Series of military-to-civilian career transition books and Corporate Gray Job Fairs.
- Helmets to Hardhats: An organization dedicated to helping military members connect to quality career and training opportunities in the construction industry.
- RecruitMilitary: A veteran-owned firm dedicated to helping military members and their spouses achieve their dreams.
- Lucas Group: Facilitated more than 25,000 successful transitions from active duty military service to civilian careers and is a preferred military transition recruitment agency for Fortune 1000 and emerging corporations around the world.
Disability Career Resources
- Disability.gov: Provides tutorials and synopses of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as career planning, training, and resources for finding a job.
- PEPNet: Assists the deaf or hard of hearing with their educational and employment opportunities.
- Disabled Person: A tool to facilitate networking between college graduates with disabilities and employers, as well as other graduates.
- Equal Opportunity Publications: Includes subscription magazines (CAREERS & the disABLED), a listing of EOP sponsored career expositions/events, and a career center for seeking and applying for jobs.
- GettingHired.com: connect individuals with disabilities to employers, while providing interactive career resources, a career assessment program, and video tutorials.
- Workforce Recruitment: Serves as a potential doorway to federal summer employment and select full-time employment for students and recent graduates with disabilities.