Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive career research database, providing detailed and up-to-date profiles of more than 2,900 of today’s most popular jobs in 93 industries. This database now contains more than 1,000 new and updated in-depth job and industry descriptions.
To access this data base, go to www.spcollege.edu, click on student login. Once logged in click on my courses, then on the main page under additional resources click on library resources & services. Click on the databases A-Z link, then click the letter F, and then click on the Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (InfoBase Publishing) link to open the site. This site provides 103 different languages. To change the language, go to the top-right hand corner above the SPC logo, then click the blue arrow next to select language, and choose the language you would like to use.
There are two ways you can find a career on the site. You can do a search on an area of interest or even the name of a job you are interested in, or you can browse a list of all industries and careers. The site also lists popular industries and careers you can use to look up a job. Clicking on the “Browse all Industries and Careers” link will take you to the industry overview and profession profiles page, and you can see an overview of the different areas found in each industry. Clicking on one of these areas takes you to a page that gives you an overview of that industry showing different job areas for that industry. On the right hand side of the page there is also a list of related careers listed under that industry. Clicking on the career will show you the profile page for that career.
On the job profile page there is also an overview of the career you selected. You can learn many helpful things about this career, including education and training, experience, skills, personality, salaries, a description of the position, and much more. On the right side of the page there is a sidebar with quick facts about this career with great information such as alternate titles, duties, and salary range.
Sometimes it is hard to figure out what you would like to pursue as a career and professionally. It’s good that you can see a list of your options and all you have to do is decide on which one.