Vault
The second stage of career development, exploration, involves learning about various career fields and evaluating their desirability and feasibility. In support of exploration, OCS has implemented the Vault Online Career Library.
What is the Vault Online Career Library?
The Vault Online Career Library is an educational tool that gives your students unlimited, 24-hour online access to:
- Vault Guides: Students download the electronic versions of over 90 Vault Interview and Resume, Career Topic, Industry, and Employer Guides.
- 4,000+ Company Profiles: Up-to-date Company Profiles for more than 3,000 employers. Vault obtains "insider information" by surveying thousands of employees each year. The Vault Research Team takes real quotations from the surveys, giving your students the hard-to-get, company culture information that gives them a competitive advantage in their interviews.
- Industry and Occupation Profiles: These articles cover a broad range of disciplines, giving students quick, easy-to-read profiles of industries and occupations.
- Message Boards: Access to the Internet's most popular career topic Message Boards, the Vault Electronic WaterCoolerTM. Here your students have access to conversations with employees at their targeted companies, and altogether 4 million Message Board postings.
- 1,100+ Career Advice Articles: Covering a wide variety of career topics, from the cover letter to the offer letter.
- Internship Database: Seek out the ideal internship based on criteria such as location, industry, compensation and number of interns hired. Get details on each program including application deadlines, organization overviews, and more!
What's in it for me?
Vault empowers you with fresh, relevant knowledge about companies and careers. Essential industry information synthesized with specific, insider company information provides the coherent context needed for students to identify valuable job opportunities. Our exclusive information gives you a competitive advantage over other job-seekers who only have limited information presented in a vacuum elsewhere or filtered through PR departments. You can effectively compare between competing employers to determine where you will fit in with corporate culture best, where the best salaries are, and where the best opportunities for advancement are present. The result? You radiate the confidence, insight and understanding that shine through in interviews as having "done your homework." Vault you helps you land coveted jobs, all the while feeling in control of the process. To get started on Vault, please click on the link located at the bottom of the page.
The Buzz
"After using Vault I was able to exude a lot more confidence during interviews because I felt like I knew what I was talking about rather than memorizing useless information. To illustrate how helpful both the guides and snapshots are, take my offer from Deustche Bank for example. I, an Economics major (with no accounting background) have accepted to join Deutsche Bank for the summer with their Controlling Division which is primarily an accounting job. I was able to ace the interview by reading the guides pertaining to both the firm and the nature of the job."
-- Rutgers' student
"Firsthand accounts by successful professionals in the field are an important part of the guides... These guides make for excellent starting points for job hunters and should be purchased by academic libraries for their career sections. University career centers should have them on their shelves."
-- Library Journal (2003) Lucy Heckman, St. John's University Library
"Across the board, Vault.com delivers in all areas of ‘what makes a job site good.' What sets Vault.com apart...is its extensive company information, including insider reports and discussion forums by and for people you really work at the companies...it's an excellent way to find out whether you fit with the corporate climate and to establish networking contacts. Overall, I give this site a ‘two thumbs way up!' [Vault is] a fast and smart job seeker's paradise."
-- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finding Your Dream Job Online
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