Uniondale High School Library Media Center / Resource Topic Lists / Career Exploration
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About.com's Career Planning Web Site  http://careerplanning.about.com/?once=true& 

http://www.job-hunt.org/    Job-Hunt.org your objective source of the Web's best search resources. 

 

America's Career InfoNet: Career Resource Library  
 http://www.acinet.org/acinet/crl/library.aspx?LVL2=13&LVL3=y&LVL1=4&CATID=11&PostVal=2

Career resources.

Career Zone http://www.nycareerzone.org

CareerZone is a free, career exploration and planning website designed for New York State students.

 

Career Briefs http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/a/career_briefs.htm

Helpful information for career planning.

 

Career Exploration http://www.42explore.com/careers.htm

An annotated list of resources is accompanied by an extensive array of links to WebQuests to help students understand career choices.

 

Career Kids For K to High School teens, college students and adults, Career Kids offers the greatest selection of educational materials for careers, guidance, life skills, job search and workforce development.

      http://www.careerkids.com/
 

Career Tips for Teens : http://www.impactpublications.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=105
Don't worry, if you are lucky enough to know what you want to do for living when you grow up, you are one of few teens who do know. Most people change their ideas many times before they settle on a profession.
 

Careers courtesy of the Wall Street Journal  http://careers.wsj.com
Career news, resources and job postings from the Wall Street Journal

 

Career Exploration    http://www.khake.com/page2.html
 

Explore vocational and technical careers with the following links.  Each career path page on the Vocational Information Center Website includes links to various career descriptions as well as links to educational sites relating to the specific career; such as; tutorials, glossaries, directories, associations, postsecondary education, aspects of the industry, jobs, and related academics.

 

Enoch Pratt Public Library (Maryland) Job Information Center http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/jobcenter/
Helpful information on the job search.

 

Explore Careers from Eduscapes http://www.42explore.com/careers.htm

Lots of resources for the career-curious.

 

Firstgov For Kids: Careers http://www.kids.gov/k_careers.htm

Links to career information from a variety of government sources.

Getting real -- Helping Teens finding their Future 
   http://ezinearticles.com/?Getting-Real---Helping-Teens-Find-Their-Future---Book-Review&id=1965334

 

Guides for Specific Careers
http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.htm
Plan your career with information from the websites gathered here.

 

Helping Your Children Make Career Choices http://careerplanning.about.com/od/adviceforkidsandteens/a/children_2.htm

An online resource designed for parents to help their children explore career options.


Internet Public Library web page on Careers http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/bus31.00.00/ 
Job searching and employee recruiting.

 

JobStar: California Job Search Guide http://jobstar.org/
Although the focus of this site is on California, useful information is included for all job hunters.

 

Kids and Teens Career Resources http://www.edinformatics.com/careers/kt_careers.htm

Extensive links to helpful resources selected to assist ventures in career exploration.

Kids and teens -- Careers  http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Careers/
This category lists pages and sites that tell about careers, the skills and the academic knowledge needed for them.

Kids Work! http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/teachers/careers.html
Websites and resources especially designed for kids.

Learn and Earn : Tips for Teens http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Careers/learn.html
  An exploration of work-based learning.

Majors and Careers Central http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/index.html
Majors for careers.

 

New York Public Library Careers http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=1307&d3=Careers

New York Public Library Job Information Center http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/mml/jic/

http://www.nypl.org/eresources.html  NYPL e-resources for career exploration. 

 

Office of Personnel Management http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ 

The official jobs site from the US government.

 

O*Net Online http://online.onetcenter.org/

An interactive website of career information allows searchers to discover information about individual careers.

 

Salary.com http://www.salary.com/
This web site contains all kinds of information relating to compensation. Their "Salary Wizard" lists salary statistics for hundreds of positions.

SalaryExpert.com http://SalaryExpert.com/
SalaryExpert.com provides free salary and benefits information for over 30,000 jobs.
 

Ten things for High-School students to remember http://www.quintcareers.com/high-school_critical_issues.html
       Believe it or not, if you're in high school right now, you're at a great point in your life. You have your whole life in front of you. And now is a good time to start thinking about your future, to make some initial plans; just remember that plans can be easily changed. Remember too, that experts predict that the average person will change careers -- not just jobs -- more than five times in his or her lifetime. Now is the time to pursue your dreams!

United States Department of Labor website http://www.dol.gov
Excellent links and resources covering all aspects of careers and the job search.  Explore the many links, but don’t miss the following:

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

http://stats.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm OOQ provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook http://stats.bls.gov/search/ooh.htm A comprehensive guide with valuable career information providing assistance to those interested in making decisions about their future careers.  Included are details about what workers actually do on the job, what working conditions to expect, training and education needed, anticipated earnings, and job prospects.

 

Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/k12/ asks visitors to consider what they like when they begin to explore careers.

 

What Do They Do? http://www.whatdotheydo.com/

Students are offered a glimpse into what people do at work and how they contribute to society.

 

What Can I Do with a Major In? http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/

This site helps students gain an understanding of the connection between academic interests and career choices, providing an overview of careers related to particular majors.

 

What Color is Your Parachute? http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/ 
Dick Bolles, the author of the well-known book What Color is Your Parachute shares helpful resources for job hunters.

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