MyMajors.com - An important step in career planning is deciding on a college major. Explore college majors at this site to get an idea of what might interest you.
American Educator Publications - A must-read article for
students who would like to join the workforce directly after high school.
2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook - The OOH is an excellent starting place to search for employment information on specific occupations based on data supplied by the federal government.
AmeriCorps - AmeriCorps is the national service program through which 40,000 people each year tackle community problems from disaster relief to tutoring. Find out how you can join AmeriCorps.
ASVAB Career Exploration Program - Once a student has taken the Armed forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, this site will assist with interpretation of the results and consequent career exploration strategies.
Best
Jobs in the USA - Database of jobs currently available across the
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and regional information. Helpful for high school students planning majors and careers.
Business Job Finder - Specific information about specialized careers within the business world - venture capitalist, managerial accounting, strategic planning, for example.
Career Builder - Good! Ever changing, all encompassing site has employment tips, links to other career oriented web sites, ask the experts, and career news from the USA Today.
Career Resource Homepage - Provides links to many career related resources.
Career Magazine - Features and programs designed to assist employers and job seekers communicate with each other and facilitate the employment process.
Career Match - Career Match is a quick, easy way to get useful, personal vocational guidance. All you need do is fill out a simple form which involves the ranking of various describing words, submit your form online and within seconds you will receive your personal Career Match results.
Career View - Here you'll find information on how to find the right job. In addition to resources that can help you locate career opportunities, it includes a wealth of information on resume writing, interviewing skills, best-paying and fastest-growing fields and careers, etc.
Community Learning Network - Links to sites featuring information on careers in the arts,health and medicine, information technology and mathematics. Also has information on finding jobs, researching occupations, and writing resumes and cover letters.
Go For It! - Limited but growing data base of information technology programs: education, employment and training across the country.
Interview
Skills - Lots of tips and links to more information on job interview skills
from William and
Job Corps - Job Corp is the only national residential job training and education program for at-risk youth 16 to 24 and is a top source of entry-level workers. It offers young people industry validated, up to date skills training, as well as world of work and social skills tips that teach young people how to act on the job site.
Job Profiles - Experienced workers share the rewards and stressful parts of their jobs, basic skills required, challenges of the future and advice on entering the field.
Job Web - Extremely complete collection of career information including job search, info on career choices from aquatic science to zoo keeping, on-line periodicals, reference sources, etc., Medical, Law, Business Schools, etc., minority resources, info for persons with disabilities, & international resources. Also contains info on writing a resume.
Michigan Occupational Information
System - Career Information, Michigan Career Pathways,
Princeton Review - Information on finding and keeping a job, cover letter, interviewing, resumes, employment trends, etc. Also has search engine for finding information on specific careers.
Quintessential Career and Job Hunting Resources Guide - This site is designed to provide as much information and resources as possible about jobs and careers for job seekers. While this site has all types of resources and links, its main focus is on helping college students find internships and employment.
Resume Writing - Helpful tips including formats, what a resume should include, and why a resume is important.
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The Riley Guide - Employment opportunities and information about many different careers.
What Color is My Parachute? - This long awaited site from career counseling guru Richard bolles, serves as a complement to his well known book. The site has links to take an interest inventory, create a resume, find out about salaries and look for jobs.
http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm The
homepage for the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics. This is also the home of the
Occupational Outlook Handbook. Information and statistics available on industry employment levels,
career exploration, and labor market information. Parts of this site are specifically designed for
students.
http://www.ajb.dni.us
http://www.futurescan.com Careers for Teens exploration site.
http://adventuresineducation.org/planning Adventures in education site focused on career exploration, identifying
interests and skills, and career information.
http://www.metronet.lib.mi.us/WEST/tclcareer.html Teen Cyberlounge career exploration site.
http://www.des.state.mn.us/cjs/cjs_site/cjs-home.htm The
Creative Job Search Internet site is a service of the Minnesota Department of
Economic Security. The site has articles
on Internet job search strategies, skill identification, employment
applications, resumes, cover letters, interviews, and dress and grooming tips
for job seekers.
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/careers/process/process.html This
site encourages individuals to explore and gather information which enables
these individuals to synthesize, gain competencies, make decisions, set goals,
and take action. Career planning and
exploration assistance provided at the site.
http://www.careermag.com/ An
on-line career magazine with articles on career and job seeking skills. A large number of articles are
available. The on-line magazine is free.
http://www.fastweb.com/ A place
that students, parents and others can search a database of over 180,000
scholarships using individualized search criteria.
http://www.myfuture.com/ A good on-line resume generator, career information, scholarship information,
resume and cover letter writing tips, and other career data available.
http://www.careersonline.com.au/
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html A site that can calculate the cost of living across the