Salary Survey & Relocation
This guide covers the primary resources to support your job related needs for salary and location information. It also focuses primarily on specific resources geared more towards the graduate student level vs. undergraduates. Yet some information here would also be of interest to the undergraduate seeker. For Owen alumni, be sure to contact the Owen Career Management Center.
Another resource of interest is the Vanderbilt Career Center.
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- Top Databases
- Books, Reference & Print Resources
- Internet Resources & Websites
- Related Research Guides
- Additional Information
Top Databases
CareerSearchCareerSearch covers U.S. (public and private), Canadian, and international companies, universities, and non-profit organizations. The database is primarily designed to aid individuals in identifying job prospects based upon selected criteria such as location, industry, SIC codes, and other elements. It does not include job announcements. It usually contains the names of Human Resource Managers and top executives, as well as basic company information. The database can also be used to identify competitors by industry and SIC code, making it useful for company competitive analysis or the development of business plans. [more]
WetFeet
The WetFeet Insider Guides are independently-researched reports on leading companies, industries and career advice topics that are known for providing "inside information" that is hard to obtain from other sources. Restrictive digital rights management allows each user to download one, single copy of each of the Insider Guides to his/her computer. [more]
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Books, Reference & Print Resources
The Geographic Reference ReportREF HD 6983 .G38
Annual report of costs wages salaries and Human Resources statistics.
Annual report of costs wages salaries and Human Resources statistics.
ACCRA Cost of Living Index
REF HD 6983 .I 584
Comparative data for 274 urban areas
Comparative data for 274 urban areas
Dietrich Support Services Survey
REF HD 4966 .S452 U526
The Walker Library's Career section also includes paper copies of the BIZJOURNALS “Book of Lists” for many major cities. These list the primary companies in a specific area and are unique for each city Book of Lists.
Search for more books in the ACORN Catalog
Internet Resources & Websites
Information about Specific Places You Might Want to Live and Cost Comparisons:City Rankings
Cost of Living Comparison
This site profiles neighborhoods and also has a salary calculator so that you can compare a salary and its buying power from one city to another.
Forbes Top Metro Areas for Business and Careers
Information about Salaries and Salary Negotiations:
Hotjobs Salary Wizard
CNN Money
This site has salary calculator data based on the authoritative ACCRA and also includes a homeowner mortgage calculator.
Monster Salary Wizard
Negotiating Your Salary
Salary Calculator
Salary.com
This site has free salary data by city and zip code as well as a Salary Wizard
Related Research Guides
- Careers & Occupations
- Private Companies
- Public Companies
- Non-Profit Companies
- Industry Overviews
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Additional Information
- Use of the databases implies acceptance of our Copyright and Licensing Restrictions.
- Need help accessing a resource from off-campus? Take a look at the Troubleshooting Tips page.
- Don't know where to begin? Check out the How do I begin my research? page for information on how to get started researching various topics and use citation information.
- Do you know the name of a database that you'd like to use? Use Databases (A-Z) to locate a known resource and get more information.
- The Databases by Subject page can help direct you to similar resources by topic.
- Additional databases are also available through the Jean & Alexander Heard Library.
- Want to browse electronic journals? Check out the E-Journals (A-Z).
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