Career Information

New Jersey State Library’s Virtual Career Center
A great set of job- and career-related links

Job and Career Accelerator
Create resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams, and access millions of job listings. Let’s you gather all your job-hunting projects in one convenient online “dashboard”.

Ferguson’s Career Giudance Center
Career information from Facts on File, a library subscription database (scroll down the list of FoF databases to find the Ferguson’s link)

Skills Assessment and Career Counseling Centers

Personality and Skills Tests

The Princeton Review Career Quiz
Skills Profiler by America’s Career InfoNet

Local Career Centers

Essex County One-Stop Career Centers

Labor Market Information, Job Descriptions, and Vocational Training

Employment Outlook Statistics – Find out what jobs are in demand or decline. Get reports at the local, state and national level

Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network
Employment Projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jobstar Salary Surveys

Job Descriptions

Job descriptions can further define the skills involved, licensing information, or training and education needed

Licenses and licensing boards in New Jersey from America’s Career InfoNet–Select New Jersey from the list of states
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Vocational Training and Apprenticeships – Learn a specific trade or occupation through vocational training programs or apprenticeships

Incentives and Training Programs from the State of New Jersey
New Jersey Laborers’ Union Apprentice Program