College Search:
www.collegeconfidential.com
We really
love this site. If you are searching for the college that’s right for
you, this site has everything. The forum is a great way to get the scoop
on real campus experiences – better than the official “party line”. There is
information on financial aid/scholarships and careers as well. You must check
it out!
www.campustours.com
Quick
5-minute video tours of colleges. Gives great overviews and highpoints of
campus, major courses of study, latest developments. Also gives written
profiles of colleges – cost of tuition and living, enrollment, environment,
academic highlights, etc.
www.collegiatechoice.com
Offers $15
videos that run from 30 to 120 minutes long. Walking tours of a wide selection
(350!) colleges and universities from around the world taken by U.S. guidance counselors. Money saving!!
www.collegesthatchangelives.com
Detailed
descriptions of a wide variety of lesser known universities by region.
Highlights college events and has an easy-to-access resource list for things
like financial aid/scholarships, FAQ’s for students and parents.
www.collegeanswer.com
Explores
resources for choosing a major, college testing and financing your education.
This site gives simple explanations and takes you from the very beginning of
your exploration.
www.phd-survey.org
Thinking
about grad school or advanced education? This is a unique link where students
answer questions about their grad school experiences. One example is:
"Knowing everything that you know now, what advice would you give others
entering or in the early years of graduate school?" It covers several
different fields depending on what you studied as an undergrad and what you
want to study in graduate school.
Career Planning
www.nextsteps.org
This is a voluminous collection of
career stories of all types of jobs – professional and craft. The site
itself is geared toward teens and those just beginning to think about their
direction. This site is based in Canada but the information is relevant
and worth checking out. It’s easy to navigate yet doesn’t disappoint if
you want to know who to get started on your journey.
www.bls.gov
This site
has professional societies in many fields listed with their email and mailing
addresses – nice! The
BLS provides data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including
projections and regional information. This information is helpful for
high-schoolers planning majors and careers.
www.rockportinstitute.com
Help for
all career levels
www.careercornerstone.org
Explore
careers in science, technology, math, computing, medicine
www.collegegrad.com/ccc
This site
has career exploration information with job descriptions - including salary
information, description of working environment, duties, responsibilities,
etc. It connects job seekers to jobs, has interview tips, resume tips, career
center connections and tips on how to negotiate a salary
www.careernet.org
Good for
both students and job seekers. The site has career descriptions, career tests,
life-planning guides, college and financial aid tips. Numerous links are
included for students, counselors, parents, and employers. This site has very
cool tests for self assessments, great links and trends.
www.jobstar.org
This site
has information about career planning. What kind of training or education is
required? What can you earn? What’s hot, what’s not? It has advice on finding
hidden jobs, salary information. There are personal job histories of people in
careers and great advice.
www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/majors
Career
Services: What Can I Do With a Major In...? This website provides information
about various majors with an overview of majors including required skills, link
to specific career sites, and organizations for the specified majors.
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
This online
guide helps students considering careers in science, engineering, and math.
Secondary school students and undecided undergrads can use this guide to find
practical suggestions for pursuing these careers. Check out the career
biographies and the self-assessments.
www.rileyguide.com
The site
has a directory of employment and career information sources and services on
the Internet.
careerservices.rutgers.edu/careerhandouts.html
The
universities have some great career center websites. This one has “Majors and
Careers” - a Rutgers University’s career service which includes “Career
Opportunities in…” series addressing career options for many university
majors. Each profile summarizes the major and lists related occupations,
typical employers, and example of jobs obtained by recent and experience
graduates.
www.nycareerzone.org
New York’s Career Zone is not just for New
Yorkers. It is a useful and free tool for accessing the Occupation Information
Network, a comprehensive listing of occupations. Information includes
description of occupations, skills and knowledge required, as well as the job
outlook.
www.onetcenter.org
O*NET is
the nation’s primary source of information on occupational titles, and finds
occupations job outlook data. O*NET can assist teachers and counselors with
preparing adults or students for careers by providing tools to understand
knowledge and skills needs for certain jobs. This site has great links!
stats.bls.gov/oco
Occupational
Outlook Handbook. This online version of the career handbook produced every
two years by the U.S. Department of Labor provides information about specific
occupations, including earnings, working conditions, training and education
required, and future outlooks. Also, check out the Occupational Outlook
Quarterly, which provides current and practical information on jobs and
careers.
www.collegeboard.com
Great
general profiles/descriptions of over 700 majors and careers. This is site is
one of the best for all high school and college levels.
www.wetfeet.com/Content/Careers.aspx
Career
advice, descriptions of careers, industry trends. Check out the “Real People”
section. You have to pay to see the entire interview, but you get enough of
the interview to get the idea. This site is also interesting because it links
you to “Monstertrak” which shows job listing associated with various careers.
Even if you‘re not job hunting right now, you can get descriptions, location
and salaries of prospective jobs in the field you’re exploring.
jobweb.com/
A very
complete list of professional associations ordered by career categories. A
great one stop!
www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/advising/majchoos.html
This is the
University of Washington’s site dedicated to helping you start your search
for the right major. It does a good job of explaining how choosing a major can
lead you to many different career options – not just one. Some of the advice
is specific to U of W’s on-campus students, but the general advice is good
anywhere you are.
www.learnativity.com/organizations.html
Lists
professional organizations, addresses, contact information
www.skidmore.edu/administration/career/field.htm
Skidmore College’s career website has links to
professional associations, job boards and informational sites associated with
various careers. www.skidmore.edu/administration/career/majors/:
this section has suggestion of careers you can go into based on your college
major.
www.facts.org/cgi-bin/eaglec?MDASTRAN=SW-HMMNE00
Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking
for Students. Career planning, college planning and advising tools, financial
aid. All Florida students should take advantage of FACTS to help them through
the high school and into the college experience.
www.careers.iptv.org/search.cfm
This site contains
videos and text interviews with professionals from a long list of careers. Get
a great idea of what it’s really like to work in a career.
jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.php
Find a career
that interests you and get connected to the professional societies and other
sites that contain career descriptions, industry information and educational
opportunities for that field.
www.careervoyages.gov
In addition
to the advice and how to explore careers and get direction, this site has great
up-to-date articles and information on growing industries and the latest news
on where the jobs are in their “In Demand Occupations In the News”.
www.streamingfutures.com/: streaming video interviews with
well known professionals in a variety of careers. This is very informative and
entertaining. Well done!
www.khake.com
This site
has an enormous amount of information and resources regarding career
descriptions, links to colleges/universities, helpful tips on the career
subjects. For example, under “journalism” there are links to resources on
better writing. The site also provides concrete ideas of what you can do if
you have an interest in the career subject. There are links to career guidance
resources like a table of definitions for transferable skills needed for
success in any career. This site is a real find! Check it out.
www.jobprofiles.org
Descriptions
of hundreds of specific jobs categorized by general career headings. Gives
guidance on what kind of education is needed and what skills are required for
success.
www.teachcalifornia.org
Want to
know what a teaching is like? Ask a teacher. Really great
interviews with actual teachers who specialize in various subjects.
Aptitude and Career
Testing
www.9types.com
Enneagram
Personality Dynamics: The Enneagram is a system for understanding our
personalities. You can take the test to determine your own personality type
and clarify career choices. The site offers in-depth information on the
Enneagram.
www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/planning_process.html
A site from
Bowling Green State University, the Career Planning/Competency Model
encourages individuals to explore and gather information that enables them to
gain competencies, make decisions, set goals and take action. There are five
steps in this process, and each one has an interactive set of quizzes to help
you understand them.
www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/default.asp?careers=6
Contains a
twenty-four questions quiz. After you answer the questions, you are linked to
careers that match your profile.
www.illinoismentor.org/career
Good self
assessments
www.careerkey.org/english
Career Key
provides a personality and interest inventory, based on the work of John
Holland, then lists careers that match. Lists of job titles are linked to the
Occupational Outlook Handbook, which gives in-depth career profiles. Another
section has advice on how to make good career decisions. Also included is a
special version designed for middle school students.
www.careerprospects.org/Links/links_tests.html
Plenty of
information on aptitude testing - both free and paid tests are available
through the numerous links on this site.
www.act.org/wwm/index.html
This is a
very cool way to match your personality type with a career idea. Using John
Holland’s 6 personality types, the site contains a wheel containing traits and
connecting them to careers. Great way to get started!
Special Interests and
Needs
www.engineeryourlife.org
This site
is geared toward high school girls exploring the possibility of making a
difference as an engineer. There are career stories and informative
explanations of different options within the field.
http://www.tryengineering.org/life.php
Here’s
another site dedicated to the engineering world. Both students and
professionals share their personal stories and experiences. Ask an expert with
the interactive Q&A and discover a very easy to use tool to find the best
universities for your engineering interests.
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
Students
with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and
Responsibilities: If you are a student with a disability, you need to be well
informed about your rights as well as the responsibilities that postsecondary
schools have to you. From this site, you can download a brochure that
describes your rights & responsibilities as a student. There is also a
helpful Q&A section available.
www.ams.org/eims
For those
of you interested in studying math but not sure what kind of work you would do
after graduating, here’s a site that has job listings for math majors at all
levels of education. Even though you may not be looking for a job now, you can
see what kinds of jobs you could get if you were to get a degree in math.
Now’s the time to evaluate if you want to do the kind of work available in that
field.
www.engineergirl.org
We like
this site because it connects you to the professional society sites specific to
the field you want to explore. We also like that it encourages girls to
explore the wonderful field of engineering!
www.todaysmilitary.com/mc/t13_mc_milcar.php
This site
contains career information for all branches of the military.
www.myfuture.com
Check out
the sections on personal finance, beyond high school, and career options, with
an emphasis on military opportunities. The Career Toolbox section provides
advice on cover letters, resumes and interviews. Check out the Work Interest
Quiz, which suggests career ideas based on preferred activities.
www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining
This site
helps young people understand the changing world of technology. It is targeted
to middle and high school aged kids and educators but those beyond H.S. should
check it out too. Everything is free and the resources are vast. This site has
streaming video of many career and technology related topics.
www.dnr.wi.gov/eek/job/index.htm
EEK! Is a
site geared toward the younger reader but great for everyone to read personal
interviews with professionals in interesting jobs.
www.iienet2.org/Default.aspx
Official
website for the Institute for Industrial Engineers – check out the cool Disney
video on it.
www.accessexcellence.org
All things
related to the field of biotechnology. This site has the latest trends in the
industry and interviews with professionals. It’s great for students and
educators.
Job, Cooperative
Education & Internship Opportunities
www.rileyguide.com/intern.html
We had to
list this one first because it offers great links to sites listing internships,
apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities both in the U.S. and abroad.
www.rileyguide.com
Yes, the
riley guide again but another section of the site. You can look up salary
information on all careers. Look at Seasonal/Kinda Cool Opportunities” for job
listings for teens.
www.wetfeet.com/Undergrad/Internships.aspx
Read some
interesting interviews with students who did internships.
www.aftercollege.com/job-channel/internships/
Check out
listings of current internships gigs across the country for all fields of
study.
www.ams.org/employment/internships.html
Look at
listing of both internships and research opportunities.
Great Reading Topics
Today's Teen
This is the
South Florida publication of Today’s Teen which is in partnership with the
Palm Beach Post. It contains articles, advice and other material on
topics important to teens. Much of the material is written by
teens.
