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Guides & Tip Sheets

Need a little help with your DIY internship or career preparation? Career Success has a number of guides, tip sheets and even some templates to help you prepare for your lifetime of opportunity!

Guides & Tip Sheets

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

  • OhioMeansJobs [external link] - A comprehensive resource to help you explore career options, learn about key industries in Ohio, and access current position postings for a wide variety of Ohio employers.
  • ASC Career Success Staff's Favorite Links [link]
  • Glassdoor for Students [external link] - Creating a FREE account with your @osu.edu email address allows you unlimited access to employer reviews and salary information.
  •  LinkedIn Resources for Students - How to build an effective profile, how to network using LinkedIn, building your personal brand, communicating effectively using LinkedIn, and more!
  • Job Search for Introverts [external link] - Resource to help introverted people manage their job search in ways that are comfortable for them. These methods are also often helpful for shy people, as well, but they specifically address the issues of introverts.
  • Negotiating Salary [external link] - Indeed breaks down the art and science of salary negotiation.
  • Salary Calculator Center [external link] - Provides salary data for entry-level, median, and highest paid employees in a particular occupation; also calculates a recommended salary for you, based on submitted answers to questions asked.
  • MoneyGeek Salary Negotiation Guide [external link] - A step-by-step guide with tips for negotiating salary. Obtain tips and resources that will help address common questions and concerns related to negotiating your salary.
  • MoneyGeek Cost of Living Calculator [external link] - Compare cost of living for up to 4 U.S. cities and the national average. Also see how job opportunities and population stats stack up for the cities you're comparing -- all with visually appealing and, easy-to-understand charts and graphs.
  • LinkedIn Salary [external link]- LinkedIn wants every job seeker to have access to career opportunities and the competitive knowledge they need in order to make their dream opportunity a reality. With that goal in mind they have created a salary tool offering more metrics and insights, including education level's influence on pay.
  • What Job Seekers Need to Know About Social Media [external link] - This resource talks about the importance of responsible social media use and its possible impact on job hunting.

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

Coloring Your Future!

Career exploration should be fun and exciting. And with that in mind, we've created our very own Career Success coloring book. Each page of the coloring book is a step in the career exploration or planning process. We're making it available digitally here on our website, and plan to make physical copies available in the near future! For now, grab your colored pencils and print off any of the pages below:

Tip Sheets

Additional Resources

Connecting Majors to Career Fields

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center - For exploring career fields in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Computing, and Health Care.
What Can I Do With This Major?
Employers by Major [external link]
Federal Occupations by College Major [external link]

General Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook [external link]
O*Net Online [external link]
Following Profiles of Career Professionals [external link]
The LinkedIn Alumni Tool - exploring career paths using LinkedIn [pdf]
CareerVillage [external link]

Employment Sectors and Industries

Know Your Sector [external link] - Describes impact of working in the nonprofit environment. 
CareerOneStop's Industry Information [external link]
Ohio Insurance Institute [external link] - Use this tool to learn more about careers in insurance in the state of Ohio.
Jobs in Bioscience
Data Science and Sustainability [external link]

Post-Bachelor's Degree Education

The Application Process [external link] - Complete the short questionnaire to access a recorded Zoom session from the Big Ten Academic Alliance on the graduate school application process.
FreeApp [external link] - Through this Big Ten program, prospective graduate students can request a graduate school application fee waiver for PhD or Master of Fine Arts programs at participating universities.
Interfolio [external link] - Dossier, Credentials, and Letters of Recommendation service - link unique to Ohio State students.
Grad School Tips [external link]
GradSchools.com [external link] - An online directory of graduate schools
U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings [external link]

Employment Trends

CareerOneStop’s Employment Trends Comparison tool [external link]
2016-2026 Ohio Job Outlook [pdf]