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Home » About » Administrative Offices » Career Center » Career Lab and Resources

Career Center Resources

The Career Center in Lucina Hall 220 is the only central source of career information on campus. In addition to printed materials, the Career Center has computers available for searching the web. You can also use these computers to work on your résumé and other career-related activities. Personal assistance is available to help with every aspect of your career and job search.

The Career Center has print and electronic resources for

  • career and major assessment and exploration
  • finding internships and jobs
  • job-search skill development (résumés, interviewing, etc.)
  • employer research and salary information
  • graduate school
  • international and minority employment issues
  • Career links by category 
  • and more!

 

View an online catalog of the Career Center's collection.

The  Vault Career Insider  contains a wealth of information for your job search, including

  • internships database
  • PDF versions of 70+ Vault industry and career guidebooks
  • company, industry, and occupation profiles and surveys
  • message boards for networking with real employees at companies

Use your Ball State username and password to access Vault Career Insider.  Vault Career Insider is only available to currently registered Ball State students.

Computer programs and online databases are available in the lab to help you with

  • career assessment and exploration 
          TypeFocus 
          Sigi3 
  • résumé and cover letter writing
          Cardinal Career Link Résumé Builder
          Résumé Deluxe (CD-ROM available in the lab) 
  • interviewing
          Résumé Deluxe (CD-ROM available in the lab)
          Adams Job Interview Pro (CD-ROM available in the lab) 
  • internships 
          Cardinal Career Link 
          InternshipsUSA  (Enter your Ball State username and password and read the screen for 
          further instructions.)
          Internships.com (Enter your Ball State username and password and read the screen for 
          further instructions.) 
          Vault Career Insider internship database (Enter your Ball State username and 
          password.)
  • finding on-campus student job openings 
  • finding full and part-time off-campus job openings 
  • researching employers
          Library databases such as Reference USA, Business Source Premier, and Lexis Nexis
          Business

Links to web sites are available to help you 24/7.

  • Career Links for Ball State Majors
  • Great Links to Explore 

Links to Career Center publications are available to help you with every aspect of your career and job search.

 

Free resources are available in the Career Center.

  • tip sheets for every aspect of the job search
  • AAEE Job Search Handbook for Educators
  • Graduate School Guide
  • and more!

Adaptive technology is available in the lab.

  • Window Eyes
  • Zoom Text
  • Kurzweil
  • Kensington trackball mouse
  • Headphones

Hours

  • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. during the academic year
  • Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. during summers

 

For more information

  • Call 765-285-1522
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