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The following information is important if you: What is vault.com? Vault.com is a system that the Dickinson Career Center subscribes
to which you can use to conduct extensive career-related research. On
vault.com you will find approximately 2500 specific company profiles,
as well as detailed industry overviews, career overviews, career advice
articles, and downloadable career guides. There are also message boards
which allow for the opportunity to observe, as well as partake in, discussions
on specific companies, career and industry topics, and graduate school.
Additionally, vault.com provides a tour of their site, which is great
for new users. How do I login to the vault.com system? If you are a Dickinson alum: If you have a vault.com password: If you have a vault.com password
but it is not letting you into the system: If you do not have a vault.com password: Why doesn’t my password work? After your password has been assigned to you it will only be good
for 24 hours. You can use the system as many times as you would like
and simply need to request a new password if 24 hours have passed since
the last time you used the system. How do I use the vault.com system?Access
vault.com
request a new password by clicking the “Get your password now!”
link. A new password
will be e-mailed to you within seconds.
There are six main areas within the vault.com system, all accessible from
the vault.com homepage: Downloadable Vault Guides, Occupational Profiles,
Industry Overviews, Company Profiles, Message Boards (called the “Vault
Electronic Water Cooler”), Career/Occupational Surveys, and Career
Advice Articles. Additionally, there is a “tour” of the site
for those who may be new to the system and not sure where to begin.
There are over 90 career-related guides accessible through vault.com.
These guides provide information on industries and specific companies,
as well as general career advice. To access these guides, click on the
blue tab on the left side of the vault.com homepage.
There are 53 occupational profiles. The information provided in each
occupational profile includes a general overview for each occupation,
a description of a typical career path and salary for someone in that
occupation, “uppers” and “downers” about the
occupation, and the types of personalities that are typically a good
match for the occupation. To access the Occupational Profiles, click
on one of the occupations listed on the left side of the vault.com homepage
under the blue tab titled “Career Profiles.”
There are profiles provided for each of 40 top industries. These profiles
include general information about working in the industry, a brief history
of the industry, as well as career path and salary information. To access
the Industry Overviews, click on one of the industries listed on the
left side of the vault.com homepage under the blue tab titled “Industry
Research.”
There are over 2500+ company profiles listed in the vault.com web site.
These profiles provide contact information, a brief overview, a company
“snapshot,” which includes general information on the company,
tips on getting hired, information on the company provided by current
employees, an employment contact, the products or services that the
company provides, and the various locations of the company. To access
the company profiles, click on the blue tab titled “Company Research,”
on the right side of the page. You can then search for companies alphabetically
or by entering a specific company’s name and clicking “Go.”
To access the message boards, click on the link to the Vault Electronic
Water Cooler (a blue tab on the right side of the page). This will take
you to a page where you can access message boards on various topics
including specific companies, career information, industries, and graduate
school).
There are 2400 career and occupational surveys in the vault.com system.
The information you will find in these surveys come directly from people
working in the career or occupation you select from the list. Information
provided includes job responsibilities, hiring and educational requirements,
uppers and downers about the job, and lifestyle. To access one of the
career or occupational surveys, click on the Vault Occupational Surveys
link on the right side of the page, under the blue tab titled Career
Surveys.
There are over 1100 articles available in the vault.com system. The
articles give advice on everything from how to find a job to dealing
with office romance. All of the articles are accessible at the bottom
of the vault.com homepage.
You can search for internship opportunities by location of industry and get detailed information on each of the internship programs in the system.
