Subject Guides: Economics: Career

Self Discovery Resources

Discover and understand interests & strengths through personality tests:

16Personalities
BYU Career Assessments Available assessments include Type Focus, Strong Interest Inventory, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Gain experiences including (but not limited to):

Explore careers. Learn about what a day in the life looks like and see reviews from current employees:

Firsthand (formerly Vault Online Career Library) This link opens in a new window Initial registration must be completed on campus. Provides information on what it's really like to work within an industry, company or profession. Best known for rankings, ratings, and reviews on thousands of employers and internships. For more information, see the tutorial.
For educational and research purposes only.

Career Readiness Resources

8 Core Career Readiness Competencies Identify, develop, and learn to articulate skills and competencies in a variety of context outside your major or job.
BYU Liberal Arts Advisement & Careers Find resources and help in self discovery and career readiness.
Recommended Books

Career Management: Find Jobs & Prepare for Interviews

BYU Resources

BYU Careers and Experiential Learning A great resource for help with job/internship searching, resumes, and interviews.
Handshake A resource for finding jobs and internships as a BYU student

Other

Glassdoor Find jobs, see employee reviews, and make comparisons on salary, benefits, and lifestyle.

Career Management: Industry Research

Explore Potential Industries

Careers and Experiential Learning Scroll down to view and explore resources on different industries

Informational Interview Preparation

Search for the industry of a company to view the opportunities, challenges, and trends that it faces. Look for Call Prep questions to be more prepared and informed during interviews.

IBIS World This link opens in a new window Reports on over 1,000 industries. View the tutorial to learn more about how to access executive summaries to prepare for interviews.
For educational use only. Content may not be disclosed or resold to outside companies.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window Select the First Research option to find overviews and outlook on industries. Also includes Call Prep questions to prepare for job searching and interviews. Check out the tutorial for more guidance.
Gale Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window Source for reports on the trends and outlook for industries and companies. Find information to prepare to ask and answer questions in job or internship interviews.

Career Management: Company Research

Mergent Intellect is a great source for finding and researching potential employers. It also contains resources for interview preparation.

Tutorial videos are available to learn more about using Mergent Intellect to 1) create company lists and 2) prepare for informational interviews.

Stay Up-to-Date

Keep current on companies, industries, and careers of interest by reading major news sources such as those listed below.

For more newspapers and magazines, see the Current Events tab.

Expert Help

Maggie Marchant

Research & information

Megan Hancock

Career readiness

Amanda Peterson

Career management

Internships

BYU Internships for Credit
On Campus Internships (OCI) Earn academic credits while also gaining on-the-job experience.
Washington Seminar Apply to complete an internship in Washington DC. Popular internships include congressional, non-profit, data science, and economics. Find a full list in 945 KMBL.
Utah State Legislature Internship Work for an assigned legislator for a full session on projects such as policy research, debriefings, social media, and more.

Grad School Exam Preparation

Testing & Education Reference Center (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, and more!

Video Tutorials

Business Career Research Tutorials Check out four short video tutorials to learn how to create company lists to find companies to apply to, prepare for interviews, and explore careers and induries.

Economics: Career

Levels of Career Research