MAJOR & CAREER
ONLINE RESOURCES
The Career Center and Academic Success Center staff continuously updates and improves this handout, so please email us at the
thecasc@byu.edu
Last updated April 2012
Major and Career Exploration Resources
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
The Occupational Outlook Handbook contains various occupational information including training,
education level, earnings, working conditions and tasks, and job outlook. Search
by occupations or industries.
http://online.onetcenter.org
Search occupations by career titles and skills.
http://www.careeronestop.org
Search occupation, state, and industry information.
http://career-advice.monster.com/home.aspx
Look up job profiles, salary information, and free self-assessments.
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/majorSearch.asp
Search majors by alphabetical list, broad categories, careers, and internships with tips on choosing a
major.
http://www.wetfeet.com
Browse this extensive career library’s profiles of careers, cities, companies, and industries.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/index.html
Search many major and career profiles.
http://www.collegesource.org
Look up over 34,000 college catalogs and requirements for undergraduate, graduate, professional,
and international schools.
http://www.citytowninfo.com/career-stories
Career descriptions and interviews of 200+ professions. Professionals give a day-in-a-life, a list of
the best and worst parts of the job, as well as, tips for success within the work place.
Career Testing
http://www.act.org/discover/
Test offers interest inventories, career descriptions and career planning. This is only
available to BYU students; call 801-422-2689 or stop by room2590 WILK to request a
login and password.
http://www.livecareer.com
Answer a series of short questions and view your personalized career report.
Brigham Young University
Internet Resources
http://saas.byu.edu
BYU’s class schedule, catalogs, major academic plans, and general education requirements
http://ccc.byu.edu
Academic Support, Life Management/Study Skills handouts and workshops,
Major and Career resources, Major and Career Advisement,
Open Major Advisement, Pre-Law Advisement, Student Development courses,
Career Placement, Jobs, Internships, Personal Counseling, Testing
http://byu.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp
Search companies which recruit BYU students through eRecruiting
http://www.lib.byu.edu
1. Go to the Database Section and click on V
2. Choose Vault Career Library
3. Follow the New User directions
Salary Information
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/
Google-Salaries-E9079.htm
http://www.jobstar.org/tools/salary
http://www.salary.com
http://www.careerjournal.com
Scholarship Information
All these free websites match scholarships
of the given personal information.
http://www.scholarships.com
http://www.finaid.org
Learn the skills you need to succeed at the
Career and Academic Success Center
2590 WSC ∙ 801-422-268 casc.byu.edu