Career Exploration Websites

www.vocbiosonline.com

  • Please contact Career Center or a counselor for current student password
  • Website has "bios" of over 1001 different careers 

www.online.onetcenter.org

  • Website has the basic tasks and characteristics of various careers, the educational level, information on "demand", wages, etc.
  • Great for use in creating resumes.

www.bls.gov

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good website for wage and "in-demand" job information

Occupational Outlook Handbook

  • A guide to career information and descriptions about hundreds of occupations
www.mynextmove.org
  • Search careers by "key" words
  • Search by industry
  • Search by what you like to do.

www.citytowninfo.com

  • Details on 20,000+ communities, including demographics, climate, zip codes, area codes, maps, libraries, high schools, ancestry, hospitals, neighborhoods, latitude/longitude, airports, landmarks, hotels, community comments, comparisons against other cities and towns, and original articles.
  • Details on hundreds of careers, including salary data by occupation and city, required educational levels, career videos, career stories from people currently on the job, and original career overview articles.
  • Details on 7,000 colleges, universities, & trade schools, including admissions, financial aid, SAT scores, tuition, faculty, diversity, application requirements, athletics, housing, and original school profiles.

www.mappingyourfuture.org

  • Mapping Your Future is a free resource for career, college, financial aid, and money management information. The goal is to help individuals achieve life-long success by empowering students, families, and schools with web-based information and services.

www.cacareerzone.com

  • Use this one to explore "career families" and complete a "reality check" on your life style.

www.keirsey.com

  • The Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II (KTS®-II) is the most widely used personality instrument in the world. It is a powerful 70 question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The KTS-II is based on Keirsey Temperament Theory™, published in the best selling books, Please Understand Me® and Please Understand Me II, by Dr. David Keirsey.

www.eureka.org

  • Please contact Career Center or a counselor for current student password
  • Assistance in discovering: aspects of your personality, your skills, values that are dear to you and more!
  • Explore more than 3,000 career references which include descriptions, related careers, and specialty occupations. Our databases cover careers from the certificate level through those requiring a postgraduate degree. "EUREKA is a Goldmine of Career Information"

Military Career Guide

  • Explore how military careers work, career fields, entry process, skills training
  • Read about military careers from the perspective of service-members in a variety of roles.
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