Career Wellness Resources

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An occupationally well person strives to achieve satisfaction, seek enrichment and find meaning through work. Occupational Wellness enables a person to feel empowered to maintain a healthy work-life balance, foster positive workplace relationships and make valuable contributions in one’s chosen career(s).

Resources through the UD Career Center

Big Interview: It isn’t just a training course. You’ll also get hands-on practice with mock interviews tailored to your specific industry, job and experience level.
PathwayU: Helps you think about what’s important to you and explore career paths related to your values, interest, personality and workplace preferences. Results and career matches are available immediately.
UD Career Center: Virtual Services – Resources include: job search tools, resume, cover letter and eportfolio assistance, interview practice, networking events, virtual appointments and drop-in hours.

Information Repositories

These sites will provide you with all sorts of tools, articles, podcasts, videos and more!

So You Want My Job – An article collection of occupational interviews primarily focused on people who have careers in vocational trades, but other professions are also featured including: mechanics, electrical, carpentry, app development, plumbing, IT professions, architecture, library sciences, tree climbing, commercial fishing, and more.
Networking Archives – A collection of articles and podcasts about professional networking to build career connections including information about: how to make better introductions, tips specific for college students, how to overcome failures, professional ways to share accomplishments, managing your online reputation and more.
Career Skills Collection – Videos, articles and podcasts that help you level up your professional skills including strategies for: job searches, writing resumes, cover letters, and post-interview thank-you notes, as well as information on freelance work and other part-time ways to build your experience.
Life Skills: Careers – a collection of videos by Khan Academy exploring a large variety of careers including: tech fields, freelancing, entrepreneurship, arts, construction, law, healthcare, and more.

Video Tutorials

Using the Occupational Outlook Handbook – this video describes how to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook through the UD Bureau of Labor Statistics to research a potential career to learn about median salary, educational requirements, projected growth rate and work environment for hundreds of different careers.