Guidance Department

The information below is divided into the following categories:

Choosing a Major

Each of the sites below will help you explore and gather information which will enable you to make enhanced decisions and set directions to meet your goals. They will also give information on the relationships of majors and possible careers. A suggestion for our West students would be to take the ASVAB which is offered free through the ROTC program! See your counselor for details.

• Careers and Majors: University of Ashland provides a chart that links careers to majors and provides information about each: transferable skills for example.
• Major Resource Kits: University of Delaware Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major.
• Arizona State University: How To Choose A major..Step by Step suggestions.
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington: What can I do with a Major In...
• Choosing and Using Your Major: This site comes via the compliments of Bell Atlantic Info Systems. Numerous handouts from the University of Virginia on the myths and realities of majors and their relationships to career paths.
• Major Decisions: The Penn State covers the misperceptions regarding decision making. Excellent Major Resource.
• Choosing a Major: Wheaton College provides a solid introduction to choosing a major, as well as providing links to resources.
• Career Resource Homepage: Rensselaer"s Career Development Center provides an alph listing of links to colleges with online information. Also provides links to CyberAlumni services at various institutions; an excellent way to get a handle on majors, careers and the institution itself!
• Foreign Languages: What can I do with this major?
• CareerPlanit: A career planniing site from the National Association of Colleges and Employers: Career profiles, qualifications, career outlooks. etc.
• Kaleidoscope of Careers: Careers listed provide pamphlets containing info on each.
• What Can I Do With A Major In - Kansas State University: Career Options By Academic/Industry Areas KSU offers a data base of majors and a section on "What Can I do with a major in....
• What can I do with a major in - St. Lawrence University
• Washington University: "What can I do with a Major in....
• What Can I do With My Major - Rice University: Links to careers with excellent discriptions; PDF format.
• Florida State University: What Can I do With a Major In.....
• What Can I Do With My Major - LUC: Another excellent resource for expanding your outlook on what to do with your major.
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington: What can I do with a Major In...
• University of Oshkosh, Wiconsin career Services
• What Can I Do With a Major in - Univ. Delaware...?

Career Guides

This is a collection of various sites that will lead to career magazines, interviewing tips, resume writing help, and a condensed version of that weighty volume, Occupational Handbook.

• Braintrack.com: offers in-depth career profiles as well as degree and wage statistics for over 400 occupations that commonly require college or university education.
• Hiatt Center More: Brandeis University provides links to career fields, summer employment, internships.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• JobWeb: Job-search advice for new college grads
• U.Va. OCPP Documents & Handouts: Resumes, interviewing, athlete's guide, internships/externships,etc.
• JobSmart--Resumes & Cover Letters Index
• Riley Guide: Career searches and opportunities.
• CareerPath Want ads from leading newspapers; job listings from employers' web sites; career resources.
• Online Sports: sports related job listings and resume bank, etc.
• Wall Street Journal: Search advice, salary and profiles of careers, succeeding at work etc.
• Kenexa.com: Recruitment technology.
• Career Exposure: Resume bank, search engine, career women, high tech, manufacturing, financial services, etc.

Career Search Tools

The following sites provide engines for extensive searches

• Welcome to CareerBuilder: #1 stop! Check their engines to locate newsgroups.
• Job Hunters Bible: Unusual jobs, personality tests, manuals, searches, etc.
• Quintessential: Searches, manuals and articles.
• PrincetonReview.Com: Search for careers or take 5 minute quiz...
• Cool Jobs: There are many which do not require a college education
• JobStar: Covers resumes, salaries career guides. Even though it is based in California, the information is a solid source of help.
• Accounting Careers: Scholarship info, study tools and career information as well as a forum to network with professionals.
• Aviation: Federal Aviation Association's career guide, scholarships and resource library.
• Technology Careers: Biotech, industry, art and design, and medical areas.
• Careers in Construction Industry: Site maintains listing of all Building Trade Apprenticeship Programs. Assistance for counselors to help search for jobs in the unionized industry.
• Careers:This site is maintained at Berkely University. Excellent links for biological sciences, education/social work, law, media, physical sciences, animal sciences, international, engineering, gov't, humanities, arts and enviromental careers.
• Careernet: This site starts you at the planning stages, career tests, career descriptions, training required, financial aid, apprenticeships etc.
• Career Options by Academic Majors: Kansas State University Academic and Career Information Center
• Bowling green State: Career center
• Univ. Manitoba: Alpha listing of careers with links for further searches.
• Careers in Oceanography
• Educational resources: in career studies.. Lesson plans for the counselor.
• Unusual Careers: Find career information on consulting, investment banking, law, entertainment, sports, science, health and nonprofit careers.
• Research Companies: Research that company before the interview! Excellent search for the Forbes andd Fortune 500 lists.
• Virtual Job Fair: High tech career search, articles and company searches
• Internet careers For Non-Techies: How to build your Online Career. Links to Silicon Valley jobs, NY Media Association, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Cool Jobs is a search for jobs like game gurus or surfers for Yahoo etc.
• Netguide: A site which offers links to tests, career information on education, hobbies, computing and health etc
• Nursing: The Miningco site is an excelllent site for nurses and wantobees. Topics are from Anesthesiology
• Schoolhouse: Provides lesson plan examples for counselors. Search under vocational education.
• Newspaper Careers
• Career Manager: Federal gov't site provides self assessments, transition help, retirement considerations, guides for using the WWW, job search tools which include resume' and interview tips.
• JOB BANK: Employer profiles and search help.
• CAREER MART: Provides employer profiles, job search help, college campus interviews/dates, job postings etc.
• MATH CAREER LESSONS
• SCIENCE CAREER LESSON
• BOTANY CAREER LESSONS with links to landscaping and agriculture sites.
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAREER
• ON LINE LESSON PLANS FOR 7TH AND 8TH GRADE GUIDANCE CAREERS
• Financial planning: Alternative loan programs, congressional issues, college planning, etc.
• Educational Resources Informartion Center Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services
• American Psychological Association: Presents traits predicting job performance.
• WOMEN CONNECT CAREERS: Excellent site for women
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT: information on Corporation searches
• COMBINED COLLEGE-MD PROGRAMS: List of schools.
• UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO: Career Development Manual and steps to planning.
• WALL STREET JOURNAL: Articles on Careers, book store, job alert, how to succeed at work, HR issue, etc.
• CAREERS FORUM: Provides government resources, job searches, workplace issues, links to career professionals, peer employees, journalists, etc.
• HOW TO RESEARCH COMPANIES: Gives info on how to prepare effectively for the seach and how to find out as mch as possible about the organizations you want to work for.
• JOBSMART is a site that helps you find out what you are worth in today's market. salary guides and how to determine your worth
• JOBTREK: Provides reference book, a trek through choices and how to reach your career goals
• WASHINGTON POST: Career and salary searches with excellent articles on various careers and issues.
• What Color Is Your Parachute? Dick Bowles provides the guide free. It covers where to find jobs, resumes and posting them, contacts, knowledge is power issues.
• Career Resource Center: Career directory to 11,000 links.
• Higher Education Career Information: Labor Statistics, OnLIne Applications, Career Links.
• College Board Online: Career Search provides questionaire and a link to the EXPAN program.
• CollegeEdge Explore Careers & Majors: 249 Careers listed
• Careers: CollegeView's helps you find the right path to a career.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Provides indexs to career clusters
• Welcome to e.span: CareerMall, Networking and researching
• Welcome To FutureScan: Each month this site reports on the top careers of the year and highlights issues in various fields.
• The Monster Board: Job Search, employer profiles, recruiter's center, online resume and info on owning your own business.
• Accounting Resources on Internet: Rutgers University leads to journals, education and consulting sites of the Big Six.
• Pro2Net: one of the most comprehensive online resources for students and professionals in accounting, financial services, human resources, insurance and law - news, research materials, professional education and more.
• Online Career Center: Career and college forums, post resume, career fairs and events, etc.
• Connect: An interactive online information resource for high school and college-bound students. Learn about career path choices, education and training, and employment information.
• Career Resource: Organized database of links
• Money Ranks America's 50 Hottest Jobs
• U.S.News Colleges and Careers Center

Special Areas of Interest

This list contains links to special interest areas which include minority related issues.

• 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers: links to major corporations that provide services and competitive salaries. 10th anniversary.
• 21st Century Hot Jobs For Women and trends.
• Careers for the Future: ICPAC resource article with links..
• Career Info Net : Wages and trends, employment outlook...
• Projections: Employment, projections and earnings.
• New Jersey Career Page
• news jobs: Listing of internships, job banks and resume writing.
• Saludos Web National Job Listings: Service to the Hispanic Community on employers actively seeking Hispanic employees.
• The INROADS Contents Page: With 25 years of service to the minority community, this site offers alumni assistance, parent support information, and leadership information for students gooing to the corporate and business world.
• The Liberal Arts Job Search: Attacks the myths and provides the advantages and disadvantages, 10 job resources, 6 steps to the liberal arts job search, etc.
• MINORITIES' JOB BANK - Career Site for Professionals of Color

Military Careers

• Military Career Guide Online: Lists of enlisted and officer careers with details on each.
• United States Coast Guard
• United States Army Recruiting
• The United States Marine Corps
• The Air Base
• United States Naval Academy: The best informational site for academies.
• USMA United States Military Academy West Point
• United States Air Force Academy

Games and Tests For Fun

This area is strictly for fun. Your counselor can provide you with a professional summary of you interests and skills. The ASVAB and the Career Assessment Inventory are two examples which are provided free to you.

• TEST JUNKIE A fun place for tests and quizzes and careers
• The Career Interests Game: University of Missouri provides this game. It's based on the SDS and SIGI-PLUS format.
• Career Interest From My Future.
• Discovering Careers That Fit You ICPAC presents The Holland interest inventory and links to other important processes. Excellent!
• The Career Key A not-for-profit assessment that links to Holland types and connects results to the Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter- Jungian Personality Test
• The Platinum Rule - Personality Style Quiz An assessment of four personality types - Director, Relater, Socializer, and Thinker
• Transferable Skills Survey From the University of Minnesota, a survey of transferable skills for students entering the work world
• IQ tests personality tests and entrepreneurial tests on the WWW.
• Kingdomality Personal Preference Profile: Another fun test