University of North Florida Career Services
"How To ..." Guides
Career Resources in the Greater Jacksonville Area - Listings of career and jobhunting resources in Jacksonville area

Career Planning: Charting Your Course
- Guide to self-assessment, exploration and career decision making

Resume Writing
- Basic guide to resume writing.  Includes an inventory, list of action verbs, and samples of various types of resumes.  Also has links to individual packets containing samples for specific majors  (College of Business, College of Education, etc.)

Job Related Correspondence-Guidelines for writing different types of job related letters including application letter, letter of inquiry, acceptance letters, etc

Curriculum Vitae and Related Letters-
Guidelines for writing a curriculum vitae and covering letters.  Discusses differences between resume and curriculum vitae.  Includes samples of both CV and letters.

Job Interviewing-
Complete guide to preparing for all different types of job interviews.  Includes discussion of all types of interview situations and how to handle them as well as sample questions.
          - Practice Interview: General
          -Practice Interview: Teaching


How to Set Up A Career Internship-
Provides definitions for a variety of work experience opportunities and provides step-by-step guidelines for setting up a "career internship" including how to identify sources of available career internships.

Conducting An Informational Interview-Provides step-by-step approach to setting up and conducting informational interviews for researching careers.

Job Search Strategies-Discusses different sources of job openings, how to build and maintain your network, and how to conduct both local job search and a long-distance job search.

Researching Employers-
What do know about your potential employer?  In most job interviews you will be asked "why do you want to work for us?"  This guide provides a step-by-step process including worksheets for gathering information about employers.

Evaluating and Accepting Job Offers-
Trying to decide on a job offer?  This guide provides some checklists and guidelines to help you evaluate each job offer.

Success at the First Job-
Heading into your first "real" job after graduation?  This guide provides some helpful tips on how to make a successful transition from academics to the world of work.

Applying to Graduate School-
Thinking about Graduate or Professional School.  This comprehensive guide provides information that will help you decide if graduate or professional school is for you and how to go about researching programs and getting accepted.

Careers For Students With Disabilities-
Students with disabilities face important issues when it comes to career planning and job hunting.  This guide talks about many of those issues, how to handle them, and helpful resources.

The Teaching Job Search-
Looking for a teaching job?  This guide provides some tips on how to conduct a job search for teaching positions.  Includes a section on interviewing with sample questions.

Teaching In an Independent School-
Opting not to teach in a public school?  This guide discusses the nuts and bolts of how to get a job teaching in an independent school.

The Summer Job Search-
Some tips on how to get a great summer job.  Includes links to websites for summer jobs.