Established: 1843
President: R. Fred Zuker
Student Body: About 800
Location: Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Campus: Urban, 50 acres
Colors: Blue & White
Mascot: Eagles
The Career Development Center (CDC) is open from 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday-Friday and is located in the lower level of the Wilder Student Union.
The on-line resources listed below will help you explore numerous career fields, graduate schools, and the curent job market.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Explore approximately 400 different occupations to discover the job outlook, working conditions, salary and sources of information.
True Careers
This site provides career information, salary expectations, resume advice, and available jobs in your area. You must register but it is free and very helpful.
Academic Careers Online
Academic Careers Online since 1998, is an academic job site where universities and colleges in the US, Canada, and beyond, advertise faculty, research, and administrative job openings.
Top College Graduate Employers
CollegeGrad.com offers information on the top entry level employers for 2006. Learn all about these companies and other job hunting resources that will provide you the tools and information you need to secure a great job.
Riley Guide
A comprehensive collection of specific career field sites as well as how-to information on using the internet in all aspects of your job search: electronic resume writing, researching companies, salary surveys, etc.
ERI's Cost-of-Living and Salary Calculators
This website offers a free salary potential calculator and a cost-of-living calculator for over 7,200 U.S. , Canadian and international cities. ERI's website also offers a wealth of salary survey and relocation information. ERI Economic Research Institute provides compensation software for over 80% of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other organizations to set salary and relocation costs.
| Assess your Interests, Abilities, and Work Style |
The Career Key
Interests, abilities, and values exploration
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Personality exploration
| Job Finding Resources |
The Lambuth University Career Development Center hosts a database of available jobs. Please visit our office in the lower level of the Wilder Student Union.
In partnership with the Career Development Center, MONSTERTRAK.COM provides full-time, part-time, temporary and internship opportunities targeted by employers to "Your School" students and alumni.
West Tennessee Career Center
The West TN Career Center system serves job seekers in Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, McNairy, Madison and Weakley counties.
Education America
Job Seekers are able to find, free of charge , information about thousands of employment opportunities via our web site's easy-to-use interface. We have jobs in hundreds of job categories not just for teachers.
Career Conferences
Careers 2007 recruitment conferences are designed for one purpose - to help you find the job or internship you want, with the employer you want!
JobLynx
Job Lynx lists jobs available throughout the country. There is a fee to use the recruiters for this service.
Career Resources
The Career Resource Center website lists jobs by occupation, state or country, and city. This site also contains a directory of other helpful job websites.
EmploymentGuide.com
EmploymentGuide.com is a job posting board for hourly, skilled labor, full and part time jobs, internships and summer jobs.
Careers In Gear
Careers In Gear provides listings of driving jobs, and other jobs in the transportation industry.
Health Career Web
A job-search tool for those looking for a career in the healthcare industry.
Job-A-Lot
A simple and extensive national job listing site.
Other Tennesse Job Opportunities:
memphishasjobs.com
nashvillehasjobs.com
chattanoogahasjobs.com
| Job Skills for Getting Hired |
Job Hunters Bible
An excellent resource for job searching skills, including fundamental mistakes made by job searchers. Created by the author of "What Color Is My Parachute?"
Job Web
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) created this page that contains Job Choices on-line magazine for job skills training
Monster's Student Center
Student Center has everything, including a diagnostic career choices test which can help you find a career. They also have information on over 35,000 employers.
| Graduate School Information |
Peterson's
A comprehensive web source on education and careers. Research and connect to the college programs, graduate schools information, and job information.
Gradschools
Gradschools.com contains a comprehensive list of graduate schools. You may search by choosing the appropriate curriculum and then by geographical region. The site then returns a list of schools containing the desired study and offers links to their web pages.
| Disabilities and Minorities Information |
Careers On-Line
These services are intended to make job and internship listings more accessible to students and graduates with disabilities as well as provide them with resume and job accommodation information and referrals.
Minorities Job Bank
Features job announcements, resume postings, career information, and minority concerns and opportunities
| Federal Jobs Links |
Federal Government Vacancies and The Federal Jobs Digest
Listings of job openings with the federal government
Federal Job Openings
Most of the federal job openings require military background; however, there are some positions for non-military personnel and occasionally there are entry-level opportunities that are specifically open to college graduates. This website would be more beneficial to the professional who has had a few years of experience.
Internal Revenue Service
Job Seekers can tailor their search by specific job type, location and submit their application online for most positions.
| Internship Opportunities |
National Internships
The National Internships site requires a paid subscription to access internships all over the nation. The Career Development Center at Lambuth has the National Interships Guide in their office that students and alumni can use to locate the intership of their dreams for FREE!
Washington D.C. Internships
Get an experience of a lifetime in Washington, D.C.!
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI has numerous internship opportunities available for undergraduate and graduate students.
The Affirmative Action Register
The Affirmative Action Register is a notional resource for Equal Opportunity employers to advertise for qualified candidates for their open positions. The AAR notifies potential employees of open positions and makes every effort to reach qualified candidates within all segments of society. There is no charge for this service.
Come into the Career Development Center to get even more information and assistance.