These online resources are tools that the Career Center makes available to you because they are designed to help college students explore potential options, find targeted jobs and internships, and practice critical skills like interviewing. If you have any questions about these resources, make an appointment to speak with a Career Coach.
Featured Online Resources
Exploring Options:
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center serves as a research database organized into three main sections: Industries and Careers, Plan Your Education, and Launch Your Career. The material draws from a range of authoritative sources, including the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.
FOCUS 2
FOCUS 2 combines self-assessment, career and major exploration, decision-making and planning in a single product. Your assessment results are matched to career options and majors/programs. FOCUS 2 guides you through a career and education decision-making model to help select a major, and make informed career decisions.
Goin Global
The Goin Global team is comprised of individuals representing many different nationalities who all have one experience in common—we have all lived and worked outside of our home countries. Goin Global is committed to providing "grassroots intelligence" through our team of in-country researchers. These individuals are in place around the world to monitor and update the career information and resources that we deliver to you.
Temple University Career Guide
The Career Guide is a comprehensive collection of job search resources, tips and strategies relevant to all majors and industries.
Firsthand
Firsthand combines the know-how of Vault’s career resources with the know-who of a world-class mentoring and networking solution to create a platform that knows you, the career seeker. Our mission is to equalize access to valuable career insights, expert advice, and connections to help career seekers to navigate their career from a position of strength, knowledge, and assurance so that they can find their best next step.
Versatile PhD
Versatile PhD is an online community helping humanities, social science, and STEM graduate students and PhDs identify, prepare for, and succeed in non-academic careers.
What Can I Do With This Major?
Whether you are exploring multiple majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this site will help you connect majors to careers. 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.
Finding Jobs and Internships:
Career Shift
Career Shift was created to help job seekers successfully navigate the published and hidden job market to find gainful employment. Career Shift has offered an online set of integrated applications proven to help job seekers since 2007.
Handshake
Handshake serves as Temple University's virtual career center and provides thousands of job and internship postings from 200,000+ employers. Students can customize their job search, apply for jobs and internships, and even schedule an appointment with a career coach using this comprehensive virtual resource.
Practicing Skills:
AAUW Start Smart
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is working with partners across communities, cities, and states to offer free salary negotiation workshops to eliminate the gender pay gap for good. These salary negotiation courses can be taken online by clicking the above link, or an in-person presentation by Career Center staff can be requested for your class or organization.
Interview Stream
Here you will find valuable resources, like the ability to record and review your practice interviews, to assist you with your interviewing skills. Interview Stream provides the right fit of pre-recorded and live video solutions that help individuals prepare for their next interview.
Jobscan
Boost your interview chances by optimizing your resume keywords against job descriptions with Jobscan. Jobscan compares your resume with any job description you choose and identifies changes you can make to maximize your chances of being selected by recruiters and Applicant Tracking Systems.
OwlNetwork
Network with Temple alumni via the OwlNetwork to make connections, learn about job opportunities, and much more.