Career Resource Sites for Students

Career Explorations: An online tool that breaks down the career exploration process into five manageable steps. Each step provides guidance and directs you to CareerOneStop and other resources to help you succeed. Use their menu, follow the step-by-step process or browse through the specific topics: Assess Yourself, Explore Career Options, Gain Skills, Find a Job, Manage Your Career

Career Explorations and Hottest New Jobs: Explore careers and find out what they are all about. Or, you may want to look into the future to check out what the predicted "hottest" jobs are going to be

The Career Key: A free public service to help people make sound career decisions; Fill out an online survey about your interests, values, and abilities to determine potential careers

CareerOneStop.org: A U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration sponsored website that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy.



Career Overview: A Comprehensive Career and Job Search Resource Guide; Career Overviews

College Grad.com: Career Information: A listing of careers, the nature of the work, working conditions, training, other Qualifications and Advancement, employment, job outlook, earnings, related Occupations

Exploring Occupations: Designed to provide occupational information to help students become aware of their potential career options; information on almost two hundred occupational options

Job Profiles: A multitude of job descriptions that describe each career path and what to expect from each.



PBS.org: Cool Careers in Science: Thinking about a future in science? Ever wonder just what scientists do every day? Or what it takes to prepare for a science career? Check out what these real-life scientists have to say about how they chose their work, what they do everyday and why they enjoy being scientists.ife

Quintessential Careers: Teenage Jobs, Careers and College: This section of Quintessential Careers is all about teens. You'll find stuff to help you get a job, get a summer job, find a career, find a college, apply for financial aid, discover a college major(s) and minor(s), and more. This is the college, career, and job resource for teenagers!

Career Magazine

Next Step Magazine: Everything you need to know about planning for life after high school in one handy place, including information on doing a career search, financial aid and scholarship research, attending a college fair, going on a campus tour, and MORE.


Career Videos

Career Videos: Each career video below may be viewed using either Windows Media or RealPlayer; careers listed in alphabetical order

Career Voyages: In each industry, you will find videos about some of the specific occupations in that particular industry. To learn more about the industries and the in-demand occupations in them, click one of the industry buttons on the upper left-hand side of your screen.





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