Career Research Links

 

1. Career information for health professions: job descriptions - http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14598.html

2. Career information: videos, high growth industries, interest guides - http://www.careervoyages.gov/

 

3. Career overview: individual job descriptions - http://www.careeroverview.com

 

4. Occupational Outlook Handbook: career information - http://stats.bls.gov/search/ooh.aasp?ct=OOH

 

5. Interest inventory - http://www.okcareertech.org

 

6. Career Focus: interest inventory - http://www.iccweb.com/careerfocus

 

7. Vocational Information: career information, job skills, lesson plans - http://www.khake.com

 

8. Career Profile: interest inventory/profile, job possibilities - http://ilcis.intocareers.org/onet_work/onetwork_intro.aspx

 

9.  Career Quest: a guide for students to understand careers and to make some decisions about what they may want to do - http://www.usatoday.com/educate/careers/cqdoc.pdf 

 

10. Career Interest Inventory – http://www.calhoun.edu/wd/inventoryprinter.html

 

11. Career Visions – computer software program for career exploration

 

12. Career Exploration WS: A graphic organizer guide for researching careers

 

13. Cyber Guides: hands-on/minds-on activities – http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html

 

14. JobWeb: job information for students, parents, employers, and colleges – http://www.jobweb.com

 

15. Career Notetaking Worksheet – modified from http://www.highschoolrenewal.org/collegeandcareer/po6AAworsheet2_careerResearch.asp

 

16. Research Information: suggested classes/extracurricular activities for high school, average income of career, characteristics needed - http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/   

17. Career Exploration: job descriptions, how to prepare, pay, job availabilities, future - http://www.bls.gov/k12/

 

18. Career Interest Inventory:  gives a bar graph to show what type of careers may fit your interests -

http://www.iccweb.com/careerfocus/UserInput.asp?Page=1

19. Career Interest Inventory:  Provides a suggested work style according to your interests and lists careers as well as a military counterpart for each of the careers suggested.
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html

20. Great resource:  lists multiple career interest inventories, interest inventories, and personality tests -

http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4personaltest.html

 

21. Horizons: Bring Futures Into Focus, published by Illinois Information Coordinating Committee - a tool for career research and valuable skills needed in the workplace - Countdown Activity Book -

www.ilworkinfo.com/PDF/cntdact3.pdf