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Career
Assessment Tools and Tests
This site offers reviews and links to the best
career and self-assessment tools on the Web. A must stop for those
searching for a direction and a measure of your personality, skills,
abilities, and interests.
Career
Research Checklist
As you begin researching career paths, using this checklist will help
you take adavantage of the many resources available for learning about
different careers.
Developing
a Strategic Vision for Your Career Plan
A great article that takes the job seeker through exercises and plans
for both short-term and long-term career planning.
Choosing
a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path
A great article that takes you through the steps of a journey of self-discovery
leading to a choice of major(s) and possible minors, from Quintessential
Careers.
Quintessential
Careers: Search the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Use career and occupation keywords to search the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics' handbook for all types of information, including future
potential, salaries, education required, and much more.
The
10-Step Plan to Career Change
Most job-seekers will change careers several times over their lifetimes.
This article will help you prepare by taking you through a 10-step
plan to successful career change.
Using
a Personal Mission Statement to Chart Your Career Course
This will guide you in the development of your personal mission statement,
a useful tool for self-discovery and career planning.
Using
a SWOT Analysis in Your Career Planning
This shows you how a key strategic planning tool can be successfully
applied to marketing yourself and advancing your career.
Career
Browser
(http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/careers/index)
Provided by Collegeboard.com. Browse specific jobs within general
career categories and learn about working conditions, job forecasts
and related professions.
Career
Descriptions and Information
(http://www.careerexplorer.net/careers.asp)
Provided by CareerExplorer.net. Basic information about job titles
and education requirements within specific careers.
Careers
& Industries
(http://www.wetfeet.com/asp/home.asp)
Provided by WetFeet.com. This is a site where you'll find overviews,
outlooks, and compensation reports on a wide variety of careers, as
well as job descriptions and tips on numerous industries.
JobProfiles.org
(http://www.jobprofiles.org/index.htm)
Find advice from real people who have submitted profiles of their
jobs and careers. You'll find information about the rewards they get
from their jobs, the stressful parts of their jobs, challenges for
the future and advice for entering the field.
Occupational
Profiles
(http://www.vault.com)
Provided by Vault.com. Get the inside scoop on the compensation, career
path, skills required, and other key information of "hot"
occupations.
CareerInfoNet
(http://www.acinet.org/acinet)
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state
by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide,
and the most extensive career resource library online.
Career
Exploration Links-Occupations
(http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/links/occup.cfm)
This site allows you to search through a list of occupations to help
you find one that caters to your needs.
Ashland
University
(http://www3.ashland.edu/services/cardev/cdm-major.html)
A university site designed to help you decide what to do with you
major
Bureau
of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook
(http://www.quintcareers.com/occupational_outlook_handbook.html)
A site to learn more information about various careers and also the
future trends in those fields.
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