College
Board's Major and Career
Central -
the place to explore all the
possibilities as you think
about college majors and ties
to your future careers.
Choosing
your college major
- and what you are going
to do with your life.
Career
majors vs. Liberal Arts
majors
Ten
Ways School Prepares You
for the Work World
- the 10 key qualities
employers look for in you
as a fresh graduate, with
communication skills at
top of the list.
The
World of the University
Student -
What are the important skills
in a student's education and
what skills the workplace
looks for. new!
Selling
Your Liberal Arts Degree to
Employers -
Are liberal arts degrees of
value to the employer? new!
US government
websites which provide
helpful information on career
fields:
The Occupational
Outlook Handbook from the
Bureau of Labor
Statistics, US Department
of Labor, gives
up-to-date and
comprehensive information
on over 200 most common
career fields, education
requirements, working
conditions, earnings, job
advancement, trends, and
prospects. Check
out:
Management
occupations
Professional
and related occupations
Tomorrow's
Jobs analyzes
how population, labor,
and market demands will
affect career
opportunities.
O*NET
OnLine
- a massive database
conceived by the U.S.
Department of Labor to be
the definitive resource
to learn about jobs and
occupations. Searchable
by job families and
titles, knowledge,
skills, abilities,
interests, work values
and more.
Skills
search
Interests
search
Knowledge
and subject domain search
America's
Career InfoNet and its
Career
Resource Library help users
make smarter career
decisions. Of
special interest to
college-bound students:
Career
Information -
trends and projections,
salaries, work-life
issues.
Abilities
on the Job - videos
showing what skills are
required in different
occupations.
Career
Videos - watch
real people doing real
work.
CareerShip - a
free online career
exploration adventure for
high school students from Mapping
Your Future, a
public-service web site
providing career, college,
financial aid, and financial
literacy information and
services.
CollegeJournal, from Wall
Street Journal, reports on
college admissions and career
trends. Provides job search
and career-guidance
information for
undergraduate, graduate, and
MBA students. Includes a Job
Database, Salary Information,
Resume Builder, Practice
Tests, and Aid and Admissions
information.
Career
facts -
relation between your major
and your career.
Tools
to help you choose a career:
The
Seven Rules About Taking
Career Tests,
from the author of What
Color is Your Parachute?
DISCOVER - College
and career planning
assessment for high
school students from ACT. Parents
can also take part in the
program. Explore the World-of-Work
Map. new!
Pre-College
Planning Assessment
- a simple occupational
interest assessment
exercise from Rutgers
University to help you
learn more about your
career preferences, based
on the Holland's
Theory of Career Choice.
Job performance,
satisfaction, and other
outcomes, however, may
not correlate strongly
with interests. new!
O*NET
Interest Profiler
- downloadable career
exploration tool and
occupational interest
assessment, also based on
the Holland's
Theory of Career Choice.
Match
Your Personality with
Careers
- an alternative
interests assessment test
from The
Career Key.
Match
My Career Interest
- Select an interest area
based on Holland's
Theory
that appeals to you the
most, and then select up
to two additional areas
to find jobs that might
suit you best.
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator
(MBTI) is frequently used
in career counseling to
assess one's personality
preferences - how one
receives energy, gathers
information, makes
decisions, and receives
energy. Take
a test based on MBTI,
and know
your learning styles
based on your type.
Explore
Careers and Find Out What
Color You Are
- with quick
5-minute quiz from
Princeton Review
on your personal interest
and style to identify
potential careers (free
account sign-up). updated!
Reflected
Best Self Exercise
developed at the U
of Michigan Ross School
of Business
provides feedback to
people about who they are
when they are at their
best. Assignment
and Instructions.
Finding
a Major or Career Path
- a guide to help you
choose a major and plan
your career from U
of Missouri.
Career
Interests Game.
21st
century job skills - Assess your
skills to prepare for the
realities of work and life in
the 21st century. Such
skills have gone beyond
the fundamental language,
quantitative, critical
thinking, probem solving, and
people skills. Successful
enterprises are looking for
people who can adapt to
changing needs, juggle
multiple responsibilities,
routinely make decisions on
their own, be
entrepreneuring, and more. new!
Skills
defined.
