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       Sr. Barbara Duffy

 

       Mr. Tom Palguta

 

       Ms. Maryann Stenta

  

 

 

 

 

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               Career Planning Information

2002 - 03 Occupational Outlook Handbook

            The OOH is an excellent starting place to search for employment information on 

            specific occupations based on data supplied by the federal government.

 

America's Job Bank

            This site allows employers to list vacancies and applicants to file resumes. It also 

            has information about employment trends and job seeking strategies.

 

Ask the Headhunter

This somewhat irreverent site maintains that most traditional information about finiding 

and landing a job is no longer true, and it offeres alternative suggestions.

 

ASVAB Career Exploration Program

Once a student has taken the Armed forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, this site will 

assist with interpretation of the results and consequent career exploration strategies.

 

Bridges

This top notch subscription site has daily updates on careers written in a highly 

readable, informative style. Archived articles provide current career information on 

countless occupations. Also has information for educators who teach career exploration.

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and 

regional information. Helpful for high schoolers planning majors and careers.

 

Career Builder

Ever changing, all encompassing site has employment tips, links to other career 

oriented web sites, ask the experts, and career news from the USA Today.

 

Career Centers Around the Globe

List provides links to career development services at many different universities.

 

Career Currents

A different career is profiled every day in this free career newsletter. It covers the work, 

the people, the facts and the education or training you need for career success. Just 

click on the U.S. button (top of page) to read about salaries and the job outlook, 

education programs and much more. Current employment news headlines, a daily 

career news feed, and informative career e-zines keep you on top of your goals and 

connected with your next career.

 

Career Ed

This site helps students conduct an on-line job search after completing a resume and 

also has career assessment features.

 

Career Fitter

CareerFitter offers an online Career Personality Assessment, which shows people the 

careers that best fit their personality as well as personality strengths and weaknesses. 

CareerFitter also offersr esearch and secrets of how to get started and what to expect 

from hundreds of different careers. For fee site.

 

Career Key

The Career Key interest inventory assist students with identifying personality types, 

finding jobs that fit those types and has links to find out more about those jobs. A 

sections also explores how to make good career decisions. (based on Holland career 

clusters)

 

Career Magazine

Features and programs designed to assist employers and job seekers communicate 

with each other and facilitate the employment process.

 

Career Pathfinder

Career Pathfinder for students is an interactive resource that you can use to explore 

who you are and what you could be, plan for what to do after graduation, and get 

practical information and actual work experience

 

Career View

Here you'll find information on how to find the right job. In addition to resources that can 

help you locate career opportunities, it includes a wealth of information on resume 

writing, interviewing skills, best-paying and fastest-growing fields and careers, etc.

 

Career Zone

This site offers a cluster approach to career exploration based on the Holland 

organization scheme. Information on specific jobs can also be sorted by years of 

training required.

 

Center for Nursing and Health Careers

           This site, created and maintained by the New Jersey Hospital Association, provides 

           a wealth of information about nursing and health careers in New Jersey.

 

Community Learning Network

Links to sites featuring information on careers in the arts,health and medicine, 

information technology and mathematics. Also has information on finding jobs, 

researching occupations, and writing resumes and cover letters.

 

From Hobby to Career

Article from the Occupation Outlook Quarterly advises you on how you can get paid for 

doing what you enjoy so much you'd do it for free. Download and print the entire article 

as a pdf file.

 

Go For It!

Limited but growing data base of information technology programs: education, 

employment and training across the country.

 

Internship Programs

This site is a data base of over 2800 programs and 200,000 positions where students 

can locate internships and employers can list internship opportunities.

 

Job Corps

Job Corp is the only national residential job training and education program for at-risk 

youth 16 to 24 and is a top source of entry-level workers. It offers young people industry 

validated, up to date skills training, as well as world of work and social skills tips that 

teach young people how to act on the job site.

 

Job Profiles

Experienced workers share the rewards and stressful parts of their jobs, basic skills 

required, challenges of the future and advice on entering the field.

 

Job Smart

This site is packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or 

education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? 

What's hot? What's not? Some sites include personal stories from folks working in the 

field: how did they move (or stumble) into their current work situation? What advice 

would they give newcomers?

 

Job Trak

Partners with over 500 college and university career centers nationwide, Jobtrak is a 

source for jobs on the Internet. Over 280,000 employers have used JOBTRAK to target 

their full-time jobs, part-time jobs, temporary jobs and internships toward college 

students and alumni.

 

Job Web

Extremely complete collection of career information including job search, info on career 

choices from aquatic science to zoo keeping, on-line periodicals, reference sources, 

etc., Medical, Law, Business Schools, etc., minority resources, info for persons with 

disabilities, & international resources. Also contains info on writing a resume.

 

Making Choices

Extensive on-line version of a career exploration package from Australia. This 

curriculum shows students the relationship between subjects they study in 

school and possible future careers.

 

My Future

Focuses on college and career information especially for teens. Build a resume 

online, find out about college finance options, roommate stories, the military as 

an option and more.

 

O*Net Online

Use this site to find specific occupational information and search for occupations 

that use your skills. Comprehensive site.

 

Princeton Review

Information on finding and keeping a job, cover letter, interviewing, resumes, 

employment trends, etc. Also has search engine for finding information on 

specific careers.

 

Quintessential Career and Job Hunting Resources Guide

This site is designed to provide as much information and resources as possible 

about jobs and careers for job seekers. While this site has all types of resources 

and links, its main focus is on helping college students find internships and 

employment.

 

Resume Magic

This site has many links which assist students with understanding the function 

of various parts of the resume. Also gives samples.

 

Resume Writing

Helpful tips including formats, what a resume should include, and why a resume 

is important.

 

Resumes

Sites sponsored by Boston College has a list of action verbs, guidelines for 

preparing an electronic résumé, sample chronological résumés, and sample

functional résumés.

 

The Riley Guide

These days there are many web sites that list job vacancies and post resumes. 

This site uses a "master control" approach and contains links to many of them.

 

Self Directed Search

This respected interest inventory that has been available on paper for many years 

can now be taken on line in about 20 minutes for $8.95.

 

VoTech Education

Comprehensive site offers specific career information about many jobs that do 

not require a bachelor's degree. It also has articles of general interest to students 

deciding on a career.

 

What Color is My Parachute?

This long awaited site from career counseling guru Richard Bolles, serves as a 

complement to his well known book. The site has links to take an interest 

inventory, create a resume, find out about salaries and look for jobs.

 

Work for Women

Work4Women offers links to web sites, video clips, games and chats designed 

to help young women explore and prepare for exciting, non-traditional careers 

that offer high-wages and reflect their interests.