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Career Information
Confused about your choice of career? Don't know how to write a resume or a cover letter? Need information about education and training? Puzzled about addressing selection criteria? The Library has a wide range of books to assist you as well as leaflets from the Career Centre.
Major References
Here is a selection from the Library's many books that can assist with career choices and job hunting.
- Steer Your Own Career
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- ASCO Australian Standard Classification of Occupations
- Job Guide for Western Australia
- Job Hunting for Dummies
- 101 Best Cover Letters
- The Resume Guide
- How to Address Selection Criteria
- Ready for Work
- Tap the Hidden Job Market
- The Beginners Guide to Small Business in Australia
- Work Around Australia
Other Information Resources
Government
- Myfuture
Career information provided as a joint initiative of the Federal, State and Territory governments. - Jobjuice
Career guidance, job hunting and further training information for school leavers, from the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. - Jobguide
The Job Guide provides an in-depth look at a range of occupations, and their education and training pathways. It also gives useful information about how to work out what occupations suit you best, based on your interests and abilities. - Employment section of the Australian Workplace Portal
Access to online information about employment initiatives and services. - jobs.wa.gov.au
Gateway to information about employment opportunities in the Government of Western Australia including all the information you need to know about careers in the WA public sector. - Getaccess
Western Australian government site to help you develop your skills to gain employment, provide career guidance and help you understand how the world of work is changing. - Australian Jobsearch
National vacancy database. - The Career Centre
A comprehensive free career service - Australian Government Education Portal
Points the way to education and training information from authoritative Australian Government, State and Territory sources.
Internet
- Good Universities Guide Comprehensicve and independent infromation source about tertiary education pathways including postgraduate courses. (See Good Universities Guide for print copies).
- Mycareer.com.au
From FairfaxDigital, offers information about employers of choice and provides a forum for job seekers and recruiters to interact. - Gradlink
The Gradlink website is a user-friendly, central source of information about graduate careers and employment, which has been created for students and graduates of Australian universities, as well as employers, researchers and careers professionals. - Careers Online
Written by professional careers advisers (since 1979) Australia's Careers OnLine has been helping internet Job Seekers with their Job Search and Career Development since 1995! - Best Companies to Work For
Lists of best companies to work for in specific countries and regions, published by Great Place To Work Institute. - Careerjet
An employment search engine for Australia. It enables a simultaneous search of a large number of jobsites. Jobsites are identified in the search results.
Page last updated: Friday 6 July 2012
