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Provides career resources as well as community resources for job seekers and businesses

Career Resources at B-CU

B-CU Office of Career Services

This office provides students and graduates with individualized career planning as well as workshops and resources to assist in their graduate school and career selection. 

Handshake-A-Wildcat

Handshake is B-CU's career portal for launching your career or seeking internship opportunities. Features, to include:

  • Personalized job recommendations based on your major and interests visible on your dashboard
  • Search for internships co-ops, and/or professional jobs
  • An easy way to register for and attend career fairs
  • Scheduling appointments with The Office of Career Services
Your Handshake profile is preloaded and ready to go. Please log in at cookman.joinhandshake.com to fill out your profile and start searching for jobs.

Career Exploration Web sites

Journal Databases

HELPFUL FOR ALL CAREER SEARCHES

  • Academic Search Complete
  • Vocation & Careers (GALE ONEFILE) 
     
    Library resource that provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Then pick one of these other databases depending on the careers you are researching:

Search tips

Try the  following search strategies in each database you select. Nursing is used as an example : 
  • nurs*+ job satisfaction    
  • If the job title didn't work, try the career group:  nursing careers + job satisfaction   
 

The term  outlook or trends or forecast or future also worked well with either the job title or career group:

  • for example, try nursing careers outlook

Selected Community Resources for Job Seekers and Businesses

Job Seekers and Businesses- Resources

  • "We are here to help you find the right job or employee."
  • Speedway Business Plaza, 359 Bill France Blvd Daytona Beach, FL. 32114
  • 386-323-7001

Entrepreneurs and Aspiring Entrepreneurs - Resources

Reference Works on Careers

Books (Print and Ebooks)

When searching for  books, use career groups  in the library catalog, i.e. health careers , criminal justice careers, law careers, nursing careers, legal careers , etc.

Link to library catalog - https://www.cookman.edu/library/index.html

More terms you can use in place of the word careers are listed below:

  • occupations
  • professions
  • vocational guidance
  • vocational interests
  • college graduates - employment
  • employment

Examples: health vocational or try health employment

Filter (Narrow)  Results by Years

Also, you can filter your search results by year so you will only view the most recent ones. Use the filter on the left side of the screen (the year filter is near the bottom. Add a specific time span into the box or check one for the pre-configured ranges, such as 5 years.)