Resources
An online tool that allows you to explore jobs and career opportunities in the Research Triangle area.
An online tool to enhance your job search, offering tailored interview lessons, practice questions and artificial intelligence feedback on your resume to help you refine skills and align your resume with job requirements.
Take personalized career assessments to find your strengths, watch virtual job shadow videos to see real professionals in action and complete interactive lessons to build vital career competencies.
This site features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information and job search resources.
Follow this electronic checklist (or download a PDF) to update your resume or build one from scratch.
Wake Tech students, faculty and staff have full access to business news throughout the Triangle metropolitan area. They also can review TBJ's Book of Lists and archives of back issues. A Wake Tech email address is required to register and log in.
Planning resources
- College for North Carolina – Tools for exploring majors and careers
- NCCareers.org – North Carolina’s central online resource for job and career information
- Explore Careers Through Real Conversations – Learn how to conduct effective informational interviews with a step-by-step guide, sample script and suggested questions
- Library resource guide – Find information on careers in Wake Tech's libraries
Occupational data
- Career One Stop – U.S. Department of Labor information on occupations, salaries and outlooks, along with videos
- Occupational Outlook Handbook – U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on salaries, education and training requirements and outlooks, along with employment resources
Career assessment resources
- O*Net Interest Profiler – Identify career interests and how they relate to the working world.
- Glassdoor – Research on employers, including employee reviews
Job search tools
- Job search roadmap
- How to write a cover letter
- Powerful action verbs for resumes, cover letters and professional profiles
- How to list professional references | No experience? Try this
- LinkedIn profile checklist | Handshake profile checklist
- Skillful Conversations: Perfect your pitch
- Interview prep quick guide | Tips for video interviews
- How to write a thank you letter
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