Career Center Library

The Career Center wants to make your career and employment search as easy as possible and has included many easy-to-use reference tools to have at your fingertips. Click on the appropriate categories below to find current template and information on everything from resumes, to employment/market information, job boards, practicing your interview skills, and more:

The Career Center

• Career Center Overview
• Workshop Schedule
• Register on Handshake for Career Center Updates

Resumes 

• Quick Reference Guide to Resume Writing
• Action Verbs
• Soft Skills Worksheet
• Career Center Resume Worksheet
• Good Resume Example
• Sample Resumes by Academic Discipline
• Words to STRIKE from your Resume
• Upload Your Resume to Handshake
• Resume Approval Rubric Checklist

Cover Letters

• Quick Reference Guide to Cover Letters

Professional References

• Quick Reference Guide to Professional References

Professional Dress

• Quick Reference Guide to Professional Dress 

Interviewing 

• Traditional Interview Questions
• Tips for Answering Traditional Interview Question
• Behavioral Interview Questions
• Quick Reference Guide to Job Fairs
• Informational Interviewing
• Informational Interviewing Sample Questions
• Interviewing Tips Guide

Thank You Letters

• Quick Reference Guide to Thank You Letters

Email Etiquette

• How to Mind Your Manners with Email Etiquette

Interning

• Quick Reference Guide to Internships

Job Boards

• Handshake
• Ohio Means Jobs
• Ohio Means Internships
• USA Government Jobs

Additional Job Search Info & Resources

• LinkedIn Tutorial
• Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE) - Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
• Strategies for Successful Job Searching with a Criminal Record
• Cuyahoga County Library Offerings
• Ohio to Work

Industry & Employment Data

• Career Guide to Industries
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
• O*Net Online
• Ohio Labor Market Information
• Career OneStop
• Salary.com
• Cost of Living Calculator