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SOCIAL WORK
Career Information
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The ABE Job Center provides a complete job search and career management solution designed exclusively for advanced clinical social workers in the behavioral healthcare field
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Careerjet [online]
This search engine searches thousands of job websites in one search. Under “Jobs by Industry,” use the link for “Social Care” for social work and social service jobs. When using the “what” search box, try terms such as social care, social service, or social work.
This NASW site provides information about various social work careers
Employment postings for academic and faculty positions.
- Monster [online]
This very popular site provides career information as well as job postings.
The “Occupational Outlook Handbook” is produced by the U. S. Department of Labor. Revised every two
years, it provides descriptions of a wide range of occupations, including working conditions, training and
education requirements, earnings, and job prospects. Please see Print Resources below for print editions
of this resource.
- The Riley Guide [online]
This well established career and jobs site does not post jobs or resumes, but provides an extensive online
guide
which points to sites that do. It points to sites that provide career information as well as many related
and varied topics such as writing cover letters, preparing resumes, salary guides, etc.
- Social Service Job Site [online]
The “job seekers” section of this site provides free services that include a job search, resume posting, and
creating a “job agent” which emails notices of new job postings matching the individual job seeker’s
geographic, educational and keyword criteria
Sponsored by the Career Services Office, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University
- Social Work Job Bank [online]
This site sponsored by “New Social Worker” magazine allows job seekers to review current social work job
openings, to post a resume for prospective employers to review, and to create a free account to manage the
job search, including storing job openings, resumes and cover letters. This site also provides useful career
and job-seeking resources.
This NASW site provides information about the social work profession
- Careers for Caring People & Other Sensitive Types [print]
- A Dream and a Plan: A Woman's Path to Leadership in Human Services [print]
- Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance [print]
- I'm a People Person: a Guide to Human Service Professions [print]
- The Many Faces of Social Workers [print]
- Occupational Outlook Handbook [print]
The “Occupational Outlook Handbook” is produced by the U. S. Department of Labor. Revised every two years, it provides descriptions of a wide range of occupations, including working conditions, training and education requirements, earnings, and job prospects. Note: The latest print edition is available for “library use only” at the Info Commons Desk in Langsam Library with the following call number: Langsam Ref Secure: L2.3/4. For a detailed list of holdings for previous editions, please use the above link for the online catalog record.
- Opportunities in Social Work Careers [print]
- Social Work Career Development : a Handbook for Job Hunting and Career Planning [print]
- What Social Workers Do [print]
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