Career Exploration Page
The following links take you to pages
where you can
find information about careers or career families which may help you
make a decision about your choice of colleges, majors, or
classes. This info should help you make an informed decision
about the career pursuits that might be best for you.
Connect to the O*Net to check out the
O*Net code for
jobs the WOWI directed you to. You can search for jobs by
using
codes, job titles, job families, or other information. Search
to
see what your jobs entail. LINK
Look up jobs you're interested in in the Occupational Outlook Handbook
(OOH). The OOH tells you about job tasks, working conditions,
level of training required, potential earnings, and future job
prospects. LINK
Check there also for the Career Guide to Industries, LINK
There is a wide variety of information
linked by
the folks at College-Scholarships.com, including some that could be
very beneficial just in speeding up your on-line time. The
site
has links for colleges in every state, providing you with toll-free
numbers and e-mail addresses for thousands of schools all over
America. They have direct links to Financial Aid offices,
Scholarship offices, and on-line application forms for most major
schools. If you are staying in West Virginia for college,
then
click this LINK
for direct information on the 2 U's and WVIAC colleges. You
can also click on the LINK
to the main page for a huge variety of connections, but beware of the
ads that lead you off into pay-for services.
Search for just the right college for
you through COOL
(College Opportunities On-Line). Give them some information
about
what you're looking for in a college, and see what they come up with
from their database. LINK
Looking for more of a Technical School
sort of
post-high school education? Try this Career School
Search. LINK
Or, back
up to their home page, and search a complete database of college and
technical school options. LINK
Check out what information you need to
file your
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online. LINK
America's Career InfoNet has a wide
variety of tools
to help you explore your employment future. Along with
job-market
and wage trends, it lets you explore specific career opportunities by
State. You can check on your employability, find financial
aid
and scholarships, learn how to obtain a certificate, and much, much
more. LINK
Many non-traditional educational
opportunities are
available at My Career Education, where you can explore many of your
options that do not require 4-year attendance at a major
university. LINK
The massive Dictionary of Occupational
Titles (DOT)
lists every job in the world, assigns it a descriptive code number, and
explains exactly what folks in that occupation do each day.
It is
somewhat difficult to navigate, but is the most accurate description of
the exact tasks people perform in their jobs. LINK
The Jobhunter's Bible is a quirky page
with several
interesting things to investigate. It has links to more
career
and personality tests, manuals & articles on job hunting, and
several links on "unusual" jobs that you might find
interesting. LINK