JobStar: Explore Careers

The following sites, mainly the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or U.S. Department of Labor and are good places to start your career research. They provide up to date information on career descriptions, salary, training requirements, job outlook and more.

*The databases include international resources, including "United States" as a search term can help narrow your results. Be sure to look at the DATE of the article before using information about licensing, education etc.

To find articles on career related topic, search the databases using the suggested keywords combinations. Do not type full sentences. You may need to narrow or broaden your career/job title or use other career related phrases to find the information you need.

• history of {insert career name here}
• careers in {insert career name here}
• career development or mobility or advancement and {insert career name here}
• occupations and {insert career name here}
• wages or salary or income and {insert career name here}
• job outlook and {insert career name here}
• skills or qualifications or training and  {insert career name here}
• education or certification or licensing and {insert career name here}

You may also want to search for interviews with someone in the field about what they do and the skill required

e.g. radiographer AND interview

Use the asterisk * to truncate your search terms for more results e.g., Nurs* will search Nurse, Nurses and Nursing.

Use NOT to disambiguate search terms if you have too many irrelevant results e.g.,  Nursing NOT Breastfeeding

Click BROWSE to see catalog menu and sub categories:

OR click TITLE LIST at top left to view all Tests and Courses by category. You will see the number of exams per title and year of last update.

Peterson's Test and Career Prep uses the D2L (BrightSpace) LMS.