If you are a GSD student, the best resource you have is the Career Services Office headed by Meryl Golden, Director.
* Learn about industry trends in architecture, landscape architecture,
urban planning and design careers
* Access job postings and employer data for GSD students
* View material on creating resumes, cover letters and design sheets/portfolios
The Career Services Office is located on the fourth floor of Gund Hall
in Room 422. For more information, call 617-495-4296.
Finding Books in HOLLIS | Researching Prospective Employers | Salary Surveys and Industry Statistics | Resumes and Portfolios | Career Planning
Finding Books in HOLLIS
The following list of selected examples of Subject Keyword searches may be useful in searching the HOLLIS Catalog. Individual subjects, such as: jobs, careers, occupations, and employment may be combined with the location limit on the Expanded Search page.
| Architectural services marketing | Architecture portfolios design |
| Architectural firms statistics | Vocational guidance |
| Architecture vocational guidance | |
| Landscape architecture vocational guidance | |
| Resumes (employment) | |
| Architects salaries | |
| Planners employment |
Researching Perspective Employers
GSD
Career Services Website/Internet Resources
Avery
Architectural Periodicals Index
Art Full
Text
Lexis/Nexis
Academic
Design Firms Subject Guide
Design Organizations Subject Guide
Salary Surveys and Industry Statistics
Avery
Architectural Periodicals Index
ABI-Inform
Trade and Industry - Search by the subject heading wages and salaries
and combine that with an industry or the publication type polls and
surveys
Architects
online: salary survey (U.K.)
Foreign Labor Statistics
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics Provides international comparisons of
production worker salaries and hourly compensation for production workers
in 29 countries.
Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Department
of Labor
Environmental salary
surveys
International Labor Stats
- International Labour Office
Provides statistics on wages, work hours, and more by occupation and
industry for 200 countries.
Lexis/Nexis
Statistical Universe
National salary survey of landscape architects and profile of professional practice - American Society of Landscape Architects. Published: Washington, DC: The Society. Loeb Design [Password required; please consult Reference]
Selected Print Sources
| A/E management salary survey / PSMJ Resources, Inc. Published : Newton, Mass. : PSMJ Resources, Inc. | |
| HD4965.5.U6 S94 Latest in Reference |
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| AIA compensation report : a survey of U.S. architecture firms. The American Institute of Architects | Reference NA1995 .C66 |
GSD Career Services Resume Examples
| Architect’s essentials of winning proposals. New York : J. Wiley, c2003. | |
| Reference NA1996 .S718 2003 |
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| Designing creative portfolios. Menlo Park, CA : Crisp Publications, c1994. | |
| Reference NC1001 .B47x |
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| How to prepare your portfolio : a guide for students and professionals. New York : Art Direction Book Co., 1994. | |
| Reference N8351 .M37x |
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| The Perfect cover letter. 3rd ed. John Wiley and Sons, 2004 | |
| Reference HF5383.B325 2004 |
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| Portfolio design. New York : W.W. Norton, c2003. | |
| Reference NA1996 .L56 2003 |
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| Resumes for architecture and related careers / VGM Career Books, 2004 | |
| NA1995 .R47 2004 |
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| Selling Architectural Ideas. New York : Routledge, 2000. | |
| NA1996 .P64 2000 |
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GSD Career Services Career Paths
Architect? : a candid guide
to the profession. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998. |
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| Reference NA1995 .L45 1998 |
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| Careers
in Architecture. VGM Career Books, 2002.
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| Reference NA1995 .C257 2002 | |
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Careers
in the Environment. / Michael Fasulo, Paul Walker. 2nd ed. VGM Career Horizons, 2000. |
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| Widener WID-LC GE60 .F37 1995 | |
| Careers in urban planning. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2003. | |
| Reference HT167 .H677 2003 |
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| A guide to careers in community development. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2001 | |
| Reference HN90.C6 B754 2001 |
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| Occupational Outlook Handbook. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. | |
| HF5382.5.U5 O33x Latest Edition Only 2004/2005 | |
| Ready, set, practice: elements of landscape architecture professional practice/ Bruce G. Sharky. New York: Wiley, 1994. | |
| SB469.37 S48 1994 |
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| Vault Career Guide to Consulting: An indispensible guide to landing a consulting position and succeeding in a consulting career. | |
| HD69.C6 S54 2002 | |
| Vault Career Guide to Journalism and Information Media | |
| PN4797.V38 2005 | |
| Vault Career Guide to Real Estate: Expert advice on achieving career success in the real estate industry | |
| HD255.S225 2003 | |
| Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms: Management and Strategy | |
| HD69.C6 V38 2006 | |
| Vault Guide to the Top Internet Industry Employers. edited by Laurie Pasiuk and the staff of Vault. | |
| QA76.25 .V38 2006 | |
| Vault Guide to the Top Real Estate Employers. Edited by Laurie Pasiuk and the staff of Vault. | |
| HD255.V38 2006 | |