The following list of websites, books, and reports can provide you with even more information to help you assist your student.
Websites
Books and Articles
Reports
Websites
- Career Counseling
- Career Assessments
- Career Resource Center
- Research Career Fields and Employers
- UNLV Career Link
- Career Fairs and Employer Events
- UNLV Alumni Association
- UNLV Parent Association
- UNLV Career Development Links Page — Contains valuable links to resources such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook with salary and training information about many different industries
- College Parents of America — College Parents of America is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the parent communication efforts of colleges and universities by providing timely and relevant information and resources
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) — NACE contains a host of valuable information, including Job Outlook survey results
Books and Articles
- "The Parent's Crash Course In Career Planning" by Marcia Harris and Sharon Jones. VGM Career Horizons, Lincolnwood, Ill., 1997.
- "Hand Me Down Dreams, How Families Influence Our Career Paths and How We Can Reclaim Them" by Mary Jacobsen. Three Rivers Press, New York, N.Y., 2000.
- "Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus" by Neil Howe and William Strauss. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Lifecourse Associates, 2003.
- "Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation" by Neil Howe and William Strauss. Vintage Books, New York, N.Y., 2000.
- "Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and the Nexters in Your Workplace" by Ron Zemke, Claire Raines, and Bob Filipczak, AMACOM, New York, 2000.
- "Parents Have Their Say About Their College-Age Children's Career Decisions" by Jeffrey Taylor, Marcia B. Harris, and Susan Taylor, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Winter 2004.
- "Consumers, Adversaries, and Partners: Working With Families of Undergraduates" by Bonnie V. Daniel and B. Ross Scott Editors. New Directions for Student Services, Special Issue 94, Summer 2001.
- "Parents As Partners: Allies In Promoting and Supporting Career Services" by Marcia Harris and Sharon Jones. NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Winter 1999.
- "Pests OR Partners? Rethinking Our Relationship With Parents" by Neil Murray, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Winter 1999.
- "What Motivates and Matters Most to Generations X and Y" by Patrick Montana and Janet Lenaghan, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Summer 1999.
- "Welcome to the Future: The Millennial Generation" by Neil Murray, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Spring 1997.
- "Workshops Revisited, How Practitioners Can Design Effective Student Programming" by Neil Murray, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Spring 2002.
- "The New Student" by Fred Newton, About Campus, November-December 2000.
- "Loving Them As They Are: Helping Parents Break the Cycle of Hand-Me-Down Dreams" by Mary Jacobsen, ICDC, San Diego, Calif., 2000.
- "What Goes Into Graduates' Career Decisions" by Rhea Nagle and Jerry Bohovich, NACE Journal of Career Planning and Employment, Spring 2000.
Reports
- Graduating Student Outcomes Survey — A survey completed by UNLV alumni on job placement and salary information
- NACE Salary Survey
