There is a definite link between
having a solid career goal and success in college. Having a solid career
goal means working toward a career you would love. Licensed professional
counselors are available to discuss the career counseling needs of all currently
enrolled, full or part-time, students. Through our vocational counseling
program, which includes comprehensive testing with follow-up career exploration
activities, assistance can be provided to those needing help with career
decision-making.
If you are interested in learning or researching more about careers (career
exploration) please feel free to access the following sites for quality
resources available on the World Wide Web:
Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition
The standard for occupational information used by counselors and educators.
The entire content of the book is online at this site.
CareerOneStop
The nation's publicly-funded resource for jobseekers and businesses. Find
jobs--from entry level to technical to professional to CEO. Identify job-ready
workers with the right skills. Locate public workforce services in your
area. Explore alternative career paths, compare salary data for different
occupations, learn which careers are hot, get resume writing tips and job
interview strategies, and much more.
O*NET™
OnLine!
The O*NET is the authoritative source of occupational data collected and
organized by the Department of Labor.
Washtenaw
Community College
A premier career web site right here in Michigan.
Talent
Freeway
This is marketed as Michigan's Highway to success for all ages. The site
offers information on careers, jobs, tips, career inventories and much more.
MyFuture
This site is operated by the Defense Information School. It reviews career
opportunities in the various branches of the military.
The
JobWeb
An excellent career resource web site.
The
Career Key™
A career test that measure your skills, abilities, values, interests, and
personality. Identify promising careers and get accurate career information
about them. This is a professional-quality test.
Job
Profiles
This site covers the personal side of work, because they believe that a
good fit between your interests and your chosen field is the number one
correlation for your success.
America's
Career InfoNet Center
This site navigation tool for the CareerOneStop was created to help you
identify your needs; learn how elements of the CareerOneStop (America's
Job Bank and America's Career InfoNet) may help you meet your needs; and
link to appropriate features of America's Job Bank and America's Career
InfoNet or link to other appropriate resources.
The
ASVAB Program
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides tools developed by the Department
of Defense (DoD) to help high school and post secondary students across
the nation learn more about career exploration and planning. Since the mid
1990s, the ASVAB Career Exploration Program has provided high quality, cost-free
career exploration and planning materials and services to over 14,000 of
the nation's high schools.
Ontario
Ministry of Education's Occupational Description Guide
A comprehensive A to Z listing of career descriptions. A good place to begin
any career exploration.
The
Career Zone
A creative web site that provides in-depth information on a wide variety
of careers.
College
Board Career Search
This site provides information about specific careers, a career questionnaire
and information on job selection criteria. In the questionnaire portion
of this site you can answer a series of questions and several careers will
be suggested for you to investigate.
Job-Star,
Guides Specific Careers
These sites are 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?
What
Can I do With This Major?
A real eye-opener as to just what you can do!
The
Personality Page
This site has tests for categorizing your personality. Also explains personality
types and lists jobs suitable for each type.
Temperament:
Different Drums - Different Drummers
The Keirsey Temperament and Character web site allows you to take an online
personality inventory and then gives a summary of your temperament and personality
type.
Quintessential Careers
This site has multiple career assessments to aid you in deciding between
possible career choices. It also has links to other career resource sites
such as Career Guide to Industries which provides information on available
careers by industry.
Assessment.com
This site requires that you join (there is no charge for membership) and
then lets you access its free Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential
(MAPP) Assessment which includes a free narrative with an instant online
result and five free MAPP matches to jobs. |
