Dream It

• Explore Careers and Majors
• What Can I Do With a Major In?
• Focus with Self-Assessments
• Graduate Students at SU

Try It

• Resumes
• Cover Letters/Career Letters
• Get an Internship/Volunteer!
• Interviewing

Become It

• Find a Job/ Network
• Go To Graduate School
• Obtain References/Salary

Additional Resources

Salary Information and Evaluating an Offer

Evaluating a Job Offer

• About.com - Evaluating a job offer.
• Accepting your First Job - Tips to ponder even before your first day of work.
• BlackCollegian - How to evaluate job offers.
• Job Offer checklist - from CollegeGrad.com
• OOH-Evaluating a Job Offer - Occupational Outlook Handbook provides very good resources in the evaluation process.
• Salary.com - Evaluating job offers.

What Should I Get Paid?

• CollegeRecruiter.com - very good by career area
• NACE Salary Calculator and Compensation Data Center
• PayScale Salary
• Salary Comparison Calculator - Great site-Plug in moving from, moving to...
• Salary.com - Easy to navigate site by major.
• Salary Expert.com
• Salary Data from the NACE Salary Calculator Center
   

Cost of Living Resources:

• CityRating.com
• CNN Money
• Salary.com Cost of Living Wizard
• Salary Expert.com
• American Institute of Economic Research - Tell how much $100 is today compared to years ago.

Looking at Benefits

• Access VanGuard - Information about retirement planning.
• JobWeb - Benefits count
• Valic - Another good source of information.
• Yahoo Life and Health Insurance Resources - Check out the Health Plan Needs Analyzer, Term Life Insurance Quotes, Life Insurance FAQ, Health Insurance FAQ and the glossary.

Federal Pay Scales:

• Federal Pay-General Schedule - Great site that identifies each grade level.
• Government Pay Schedule-All Grade Levels 1-15
• What Determines Where You Stand On The GS Scale?

Salary Negotiation Resources:

• Click here for SU Salary Negotiation webpage
• Job Offer Negotiations-from CollegeGrad.com