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MEL’s Database of the Week for 8/6/10

August 6th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: CareerBeam, from CareerBeam.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.  CareerBeam is also available at the CareerWiki in the sections for Career Guides and Research a Company.

Description/focus: CareerBeam offers career guidance at all steps of the process.

Start with this hint: CareerBeam requires registration with an email address and password so that the personalized career tools are stored and accessible at any time.  Once registered, the user is able to work through assessments for traits such as values, temperament, interests, and others.  CareerBeam then synthesizes the results into a Career Profile Report.

Why you should know this database: There are many career fairs on campus in early fall, and professors often receive requests for career-related advice and assistance. CareerBeam has guides to help students build confidence as they identify goals, prepare for interviews, and develop networks.  CareerBeam includes a section to help students identify and prepare references, a role that professors are often called to fill.  CareerBeam is one of the few resources students can continue to use when they are alumni.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Because students should know about a company and the industry of which it is a part before an interview, CareerBeam has basic company and industry profiles from Hoover’s.  Industry profiles include challenges, opportunities, and forecasts. Company information includes competitors.

Compared to Google: Searching for career guidance, resumes, interviewing, and other terms results in free sites offering help in these areas.  CareerBeam is a one-stop shop.

Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities, Graduate Career Services, and the Krannert School of Management.

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