Career Guide: Careers & Occupations

The Library has many books and ebooks about careers. Here are some examples:

Brooks, Katharine. You majored in what? : mapping your path from chaos to career. New York, NY: Viking, 2009. HF 5382.75.U6 B755 2009

Camenson, Blythe. Great jobs for liberal arts majors. 3^rd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Fogg, Neeta. The college majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs: the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors. 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works, 2004. REF HF 5382.5 .U5 F644 2004

Lambert, Stephen E. Great jobs for business majors. 3^rd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009. HF 5382.7 .L347 2009

To find more books in the "Great jobs for" series  click here or  try a keyword search great jobs and a specific major, for example: great jobs and accounting majors, great jobs and English majors in the OneSearch.

Use these keywords in the OneSearch to find additional books and in the library databases to find articles.

Commercial photography

• American Society of Media Photographers
• National Press Photographers Association

Criminal Justice

• National Criminal Justice Association

 Dietetic Technician

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Dietetics and Nutrition

EMT/Paramedic

• FDNY Emergency Medical Service
• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
• International Association of Flight & Critical Care Paramedics

Fine Arts

• AIGA: The Professional Association for Design
• Northern Michigan University School of Art & Design: Art Disciplines
• College Art Association of America, Inc. (CAA)
• National Association of Independent Artists
• National Endowment for the Arts
• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) 

Foodservice Management

• Culinary Careers
• National Restaurant Association
• New York State Restaurant Association

Mathematics

• American Mathematical Association (AMS)
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• American Statistical Association (ASA)
• Mathematical Association of America (MMA)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Nursing

• American Academy of Nursing
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
• American Nurses Association
• Johnson & Johnson Nursing
• Library Resources for Health & Nursing
• Philippine Nurses Association of New York
• The American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
• National Nurses United
   

Occupational Therapy

• American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
• Careers in Rehabilitation - U.S. Department of Education
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Occupational Therapy
• New York State Occupational Therapy Association

Paralegal Studies

• AAfPE
• NALA: The Paralegal Association
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations
• American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegals

Physical Therapy

• American Physical Therapy Association
• LaGuardia Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program
• New York Physical Therapy Association
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Physical Therapy

Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management

• American Society of Travel Advisors
• New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association

Veterinary Technology

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA)
• New York State Association of Veterinary Technicians
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Veterinary Medicine

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