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UMSL Career Services

UMSL Career Services offers assistance to students and recent graduates as they prepare for their job searches and seek employment.

They can help with:

Resume and interview preparation
Career Fairs where you can meet with employers and other events
TritonCareers, an online internship and job search database
On-campus job listings

UMSL Career Services Office
278 Millennium Student Center
(314) 516-5111
careerservices@umsl.edu

Guides & Exams

LearningExpress Library This link opens in a new window
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The LearningExpress Library is designed to help people:
- Improve their testing skills and succeed on tests by providing online test preparation materials for various (see list below)
- Write resumes and cover letters (Resume and Cover Letter Builders)
- Learn basic computer skills (Computer Skills Center)
IMPORTANT: Users must register by creating an account with a unique user name and password (NOT an SSO ID) in order to track their progress in tests and other resources.
Available sections include:
1. Career Preparation
2. High School Equivalency Center
3. College Admissions Test Preparation
4. School Center
5. College Students
6. Adult Core Skills
7. Computer Skills Center
8. Recursos para Hispanohablantes (Resources for Spanish Speakers)
9. Resume and Cover Letter Builders
Included tests: GMAT, GRE, NCLEX-RN, Officer Candidate Tests, ASVAB, Civil Service, Cosmetology, EMS, Firefighter, Missouri's HiSET, Law Enforcement, Paramedic, Real Estate, AP, SAT, ACT, United States Citizenship and more.
This resource is provided to UMSL via MOREnet, the Missouri Research and Education Network.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy, including the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Employment & Earnings Online, and the Monthly Labor Review.
Keyword search for Career* in the Catalog
Books & E-Books which have "career", "careers" or similar variations in UMSL's catalog.
LC Subject Search for "Career"
Books & E-Books in UMSL's catalog which have a subject heading beginning with "Career"

Company & Industry Information

Company & Industry Information (UMSL LibGuides)
Databases for researching companies and industries

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
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Worldwide business information that enables users to access private (via D&B®) and public U.S and international business data, key business ratios, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, industry profiles, and much more.
Mergent Intellect includes the following types of data:
- North American Database
- Global Database
- Key Business Ratios (also see the Mergent Archive database for older editions)
- Industry Database with access to over 900 industry segments via First Research
- Job Search Solution Database
- Residential / Local Business Database with over 200 million residents and 30 million businesses
- Executive Database with over 90 million executives details including contact and biographies
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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Find a company by company name, ticker symbol, Primary SIC, Primary NAICS, or MIC codes. Mergent Online also offers Industry Analysis reports (Industry Analysis --> Search by Industry).
UMSL's subscription to Mergent Online includes the following products:
- US Active and Inactive Data
- International Active and Inactive Data
- Expanded Long Term Debt
- US and International Earnings Estimates
- Executive Biographies Basic and Plus
- Institutional and Insider Holdings
- D&B Private Company Data
- As Reported All Years, Standardized All Years, Transparency All Years
- US Equity and International Equity Pricing
- Unadjusted Pricing
- SEC Filings, SEDAR Filings
- North American and International Annual Reports
- Industry Reports (NA), (AP), (EU), (LA)
- News
- Competitors
- Equity Reports, Equity Reports Integrated Search
- Mergent Reports, Report Builder, Custom Report, Report Wizard, Comparison Report
- Risk Analysis, Net Basis
- Bond Search
- Ratio All Years, Restated All Years
- Factsheets Plus, International and Express
- Equity Portraits
- Bond Portraits (D&B 20 Million Plus Private Company Database, D&B 20 Million Plus Corporate Family Tree)