Focus

Focus is a self-paced, online career and education planning tool for use by college students. It will enable you to self-assess your career relevant personal qualities and explore career fields and major areas of study that are most compatible with your assessment results. Students who use FOCUS make better decisions about their goals and plans and learn how to self-manage their careers. Use FOCUS to help you - Choose or change your major and also to verify your preferences or early choice of a career field. Click on the icon to gain access to the link.

Going Global

Going Global - career and employment resources include world-wide job openings, internship listings, industry profiles and country-specific career information. More than 30,000 pages of constantly-updated content is included on topics such as: work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, corporate profiles and worldwide job listings.

You can also create a personal account where you will be able to bookmark pages and make notes, for a personalized tool. To access your personal account, click on the Sign into Personal Account button in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. You can also set any page in the collection as your default page by clicking on Set as default page in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. When you log in, you will be returned immediately to your selected default page. Click on the icon for the link to Going Global

Reference USA

Reference USA is a directory with US private and public company reports also including household data. One source accessible by selecting "international businesses" provides international company, industry (Datamonitor, Freedonia, BMI) and executive reports. Industry financial norms from RMA and trade and business news. Reference USA is only available to Villanova students and alumni.  Click on the Reference USA icon to gain access to the link.

Wet Feet

Wet Feet Top candidates rely on WetFeet's award-winning website for the most comprehensive company research and career-related information to help them make better career decisions, as well as for the latest job opportunities for college-educated talent. Additionally, WetFeet publishes the highly-regarded WetFeet Insider Guides series of career management guidebooks for job seekers, which are sold to job seekers worldwide. Click on the icon to gain access to the link.

CareerShift

CareerShift provides an easy-to-use, approach for cracking the “hidden job market” and for managing your job hunt all in one place. You’ll be able to search for jobs and save your searches, find and save a list of contacts, create resumes and cover letters, and put them together in a targeted e-mail or postal mail campaigns. Villanova’s Career Center has partnered with CareerShift to offer you a great job hunting web service. You need to be logged in as a student/alumni to view the link. Please contact the Career Center, 610-519-4060.

Access your confidential CareerShift account from anywhere, anytime, 24/7. Register now. Villanova’s Career Center has partnered with CareerShift to offer you a great job hunting web service.

Career Insider powered by Vault

Comprehensive online career resources. Content is updated daily. Industry and Career Guides, Employer Profiles, A Day in the Life...., view online or print copies. Click on the icon to gain access to the link.

InterviewStream

InterviewStream - is a customizable web based practice interview tool that helps candidates gain confidence by better knowing and preparing themselves for interviews. Students can conduct self-assessments or share their answers with a counselor for more personalized feedback. Technology requirements are : an internet connection, a Mac or PC and a webcam. Click on the InterviewStream icon to gain access to the link and the FREE downloadable iPad app for InterviewStream Go..

What Can I do With This Major?

“What Can I do With This Major?” is a website that helps you connect majors to careers.  Whether you are exploring multiple majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this site will be a helpful resource.  Learn about the typical career areas and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. Continue your research on majors and careers through the websites provided. Click on the icon to gain access to the link.