Career Resources

 

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information
     
  • Career Browser
    Choose a  general career category and  browse specific jobs and learn about working conditions, job forecasts, related professions, and what you can be doing right now to reach your goals
     
  • Career Explorer
    Click on the list of career fields for a short description of the career, salary, and related career links.
     
  • Career Calculator
    The E-Career calculator lists most of the critical items (salary, marital status, and children, etc.) to help you consider all of your expenses and resources. Based on the figures entered, an estimated budget figure will be calculated with career paths and job listings.
     
  • Career Fest
    Choose a career path. Select from Art, Communication and Media, Business and Marketing, Health Science Technology, Human Services and Industrial and Engineering Technology. Then choose among the career listings for more information. Includes Description, salary, work environment, Job Outlook and certification.
     
  • The Career Key
     Take The Career Key, a professional test or quiz. It measures your skills, abilities, talents, values, interests, and personality. You will identify promising jobs and get accurate career information about them. 
     
  • Career Zone spinstar.gif (4104 bytes)This is an excellent site for organized, simple career information. Choose "Text-Only Site" from the main page to assure the best results. 
  • Choosing a Career
     
  • Job Star Central
    This site contains links to career sites that are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?
     
  • Lunch-Money.com
    This site is dedicated to being a one-stop resource for students regarding life after high school. All the features on the site are free for students to use. It allows students to search through up-to-date information on thousands of scholarships and also provides a wealth of interactive tools and content to help students navigate the college admission, financial aid, and scholarship process.
     
  • Monster Career Center - Job Profiles
    This site profiles a variety of careers according to job description, skills needed, education needed,  and future outlook. It also contains many helpful links. 
     
  • National Park Service Career Information
    This site is designed to provide basic information on career opportunities with the park service, as well as provide links to information on volunteer and internship opportunities. 
     
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Career information designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
     
  • Princeton Review Careers
    Click on a letter to research your career. Site is very complete.  Includes: A Day in the Life, Quality of Life, Past and Future, Facts and Figures, Majors and Internships
     
  • Science and Technology Careers
    This easy to understand. site features information on careers in the science and technology fields.
     
  • The Top Ten Steps for Choosing a Career
     
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency Careers
     
  • US Department of Labor
    To access links to specific occupations click on the letter of the occupation or type the occupation in  the Search box.
     
  • Vocational Information Center
    Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics and take a look at the current job market.

On line Interest Inventories

  • The Career Interests Game

  • The Career Key

  • Career Matching and Exploration Take the quiz first to see where your students' specific skills and strong points lead the, then explore careers in a wide variety of fields. Online games in each category help students nail down their interests.

  • What Interests You? Match up your students' interests with promising careers. This site offers several different careers for your students to explore, with a question and answer guide on what students might expect for each job, what salary is usually matched with the occupation, and what the job out-look is like in all the different fields

  • Work Interest Quiz

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