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Career and Employment
Information
presented by
Kresge Library Office of Graduate Studies Human Resources Career Advising and Exploration Research is a critical element of any job search. It involves identifying your strengths and weaknesses by surveying your skills, interests, values and personality preferences. Your greatest professional satisfaction occurs when you are in a career that uses those identified traits.Individual Counseling Jan Hill, LCSW, of the Employee and Graduate Student Counseling Office, is available for individual counseling sessions to discuss your career options. She can direct you to advisors, programs or community resources that may be helpful. She can be reached for a confidential appointment at ext. 4-2950.Courses Most area universities offer courses in self-assessment and career planning throughout the year. In addition to courses, UCSD Extension's Career Development provides career consultation, resume critiques, and advice on your job search. Call 858-534-3400 for course schedules or log on to their web site http://www.extensions.ucsd.edu/. Career Development can be reached by calling 858-882-8016. See also TSRI's Career Workshops discussed below.Career Assessment Tests Self-assessment testing can help you begin the process of measuring your skills, interests and personal preferences in work styles and environments. This will assist you in developing career decision-making strategies and allow you to begin building a relevant job description, as well as articulating your strengths in resumes and interviews. Call Jan Hill at ext. 4-2950 for more information. TSRI's career information web site has an extensive list of Career and Employment Internet Starting Points. The following resources may be of special interest to TSRI graduate students and research associates and are included in the more comprehensive list. Job Postings is a list of job postings for TSRI's Postdocs and Graduate Students MonsterTRAK - TSRI has an institutional subscription to this major source of job listings from JobTRAK/Monster.com
Many colleges and universities offer specialized career services for alumni at little or no cost. Use browser and web indexes such as Yahoo to identify the home page for your alma mater, or contact your alumni association. In addition, professional associations offer career services and often have career links on the association's home page, so check the Scholarly Societies Project or use the Encyclopedia of Associations (Reference Collection, Kresge Library) to identify organizations in your subject area. Resources and Publications The Employee and Graduate Student Counseling Office and the Kresge Library have identified a number of resources - including books, special journal issues, audio and video tapes, Internet sites and on-line assessments - to help you with the process of conducting your own research. Additional sources outside of TSRI include extension or continuing studies departments of area universities and community colleges.Reference Books The following directories are available for on-site
use and do not circulate.
Journals Videotapes Additional Community Resources Job and Career Information Center
of the San Diego Public Library
Located on the 3rd floor of the
downtown branch in Business Reference, Social Sciences Division
(call 619-236-5894, press 8, for information). A comprehensive collection
of general information on the job search, including writing resumes
and cover letters. Specialized resources include books written for
women, minorities and the disabled. Geographic resources for targeting
a specific region of the U.S. or an international job search. Adjacent
to the Business Reference Division which contains excellent directories
of U.S. and international businesses, including company histories
and market performance plus many country and regional (e.g. Europe,
Southeast Asia) directories.
UCSD Extension UCSD Extension offers
courses in self-assessment and career planning throughout the year,
as do many other area universities and community colleges. In addition
to courses, UCSD Extension's Career Development provides career
consultation, resume critiques, and advice on the job search to
the general public. Call 858-534-3400 for course schedules or log
on to their web site, http://www.extension.ucsd.edu. For career
development call 858-882-8016.
Career Services Center, UCSD If the
University of California system is your alma mater, then you are
eligible to use UCSD's Career Services Center resources for a small
annual fee. Pick up the free UCSD Job Search Handbook. Located south
of the Geisel Library (call 858-534-3750 for information). Browse
their web page for additional information including Internet resources
that are available to the public. UCSD's Office of Graduate Studies
has also compiled a useful list of Fellowships & Research Opportunities.
San Diego Career Center Network The Career Center Network offers
free career planning, job search and job placement assistance to
the general public and is comprised of seven uniquely designed Career
Centers located throughout San Diego County (http://www.workforce.org/career).
Grants & Funding Opportunities If you are a graduate student seeking
pre- or post-doctoral grants, or a research associate seeking postdoctoral,
new investigator or young faculty grants, you may also wish to access
the Grants Information page, to obtain information about possible
sources of grants and funding.
Career Fairs Career Career fairs, sponsored by Science magazine and others, are held
at universities throughout California, including UCSD. Announcements
of these events are maintained on file in the Office of Graduate Studies.
Job fairs are also announced on many Internet sites listed in Starting
Points for Information about Careers and Employment Opportunities.
Go to Human Resources
Go to Office of Graduate Studies
Go to Kresge Library
Questions or comments: helplib@scripps.edu http://www.scripps.edu/resources/careers/career.html
Chemistry Career Fair TSRI's Department of Chemistry annually invites
representatives of pharmaceutical companies to campus for on-site
interviews. This effort is geared primarily toward synthetic organic
chemists. For more information, contact the Chemistry Department
Chairman's office (ext: 4-8062).
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