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Occupational Outlook Handbook  The OOH is an excellent starting place to search for employment information on specific occupations based on data supplied by the federal government.

America's Job Bank   This site allows employers to list vacancies and applicants to file resumes. It also has information about employment trends and job seeking strategies.

Ask the Headhunter  This somewhat irreverent site maintains that most traditional information about finiding and landing a job is no longer true, and it offeres alternative suggestions

ASVAB Career Exploration Program   Once a student has taken the Armed forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, this site will assist with interpretation of the results and consequent career exploration strategies.

Bureau of Labor Statistics   Data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and regional information. Helpful for high schoolers planning majors and careers.

Career Builder   Ever changing, all encompassing site has employment tips, links to other career oriented web sites, ask the experts, and career news from the USA Today.

Career Centers Around the Globe  List provides links to career development services at many different universities.

Career Currents   A different career is profiled every day in this free career newsletter. It covers the work, the people, the facts and the education or training you need for career success. Just click on the U.S. button (top of page) to read about salaries and the job outlook, education programs and much more. Current employment news headlines, a daily career news feed, and informative career e-zines keep you on top of your goals and connected with your next career.

Career Ed   This site helps students conduct an on-line job search after completing a resume and also has career assessment features.

Career Fitter   CareerFitter offers an online Career Personality Assessment, which shows people the careers that best fit their personality as well as personality strengths and weaknesses. CareerFitter also offersr esearch and secrets of how to get started and what to expect from hundreds of different careers. For fee site.

Career Key   The Career Key interest inventory assist students with identifying personality types, finding jobs that fit those types and has links to find out more about those jobs. A sections also explores how to make good career decisions. (based on Holland career clusters)

Career Magazine   Features and programs designed to assist employers and job seekers communicate with each other and facilitate the employment process

Career Pathfinder   Career Pathfinder for students is an interactive resource that you can use to explore who you are and what you could be, plan for what to do after graduation, and get practical information and actual work experience

Career View   Here you'll find information on how to find the right job. In addition to resources that can help you locate career opportunities, it includes a wealth of information on resume writing, interviewing skills, best-paying and fastest-growing fields and careers, etc.

Career Zone   This site offers a cluster approach to career exploration based on the Holland organization scheme. Information on specific jobs can also be sorted by years of training required.

Community Learning Network   Links to sites featuring information on careers in the arts,health and medicine, information technology and mathematics. Also has information on finding jobs, researching occupations, and writing resumes and cover letters.

From Hobby to Career  Article from the Occupation Outlook Quarterly advises you on how you can get paid for doing what you enjoy so much you'd do it for free. Download and print the entire article as a pdf file.

Go For It!
Limited but growing data base of information technology programs: education, employment and training across the country.

Illinois Department of Employment Security  This site provides information on approximately 700 occupations in the State of Illinois. The occupations are divided into six clusters. Description, salary information, State of Illinois and Sub-State employment levels, employment forecasts, and other information that help clarify career choices are provided for each occupation.

Illinois Job Outlook in Brief  The Illinois Job Outlook In Brief highlights occupations expected to provide the most job openings each year, organized by education and training requirements. Growth by occupational groups is also provided. This information is helpful to people who have a specific career interest by summarizing information on employment prospects. It is also useful in evaluating the occupational payoff to be expected from various education and training programs.

Internship Programs  This site is a data base of over 2800 programs and 200,000 positions where students can locate internships and employers can list internship opportunities.

Job Corps  Job Corp is the only national residential job training and education program for at-risk youth 16 to 24 and is a top source of entry-level workers. It offers young people industry validated, up to date skills training, as well as world of work and social skills tips that teach young people how to act on the job site.

Job Profiles  Experienced workers share the rewards and stressful parts of their jobs, basic skills required, challenges of the future and advice on entering the field.

Job Smart  This site is 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? Some sites include personal stories from folks working in the field: how did they move (or stumble) into their current work situation? What advice would they give newcomers?

Job Trak  Partners with over 500 college and university career centers nationwide, Jobtrak is a source for jobs on the Internet. Over 280,000 employers have used JOBTRAK to target their full-time jobs, part-time jobs, temporary jobs and internships toward college students and alumni.

Job Web  Extremely complete collection of career information including job search, info on career choices from aquatic science to zoo keeping, on-line periodicals, reference sources, etc., Medical, Law, Business Schools, etc., minority resources, info for persons with disabilities, & international resources. Also contains info on writing a resume.

Making Choices  Extensive on-line version of a career exploration package from Australia. This curriculum shows students the relationship between subjects they study in school and possible future careers.

Michigan Occupational Information System  On-line Self Assessment Career Survey assists students with identifying their interests, aptitudes and experiences as related to career selection.

My Future  Focuses on college and career information especially for teens. Build a resume online, find out about college finance options, roommate stories, the military as an option and more.

O*Net Online  Use this site to find specific occupational information and search for occupations that use your skills. Comprehensive site.

Princeton Review  Information on finding and keeping a job, cover letter, interviewing, resumes, employment trends, etc. Also has search engine for finding information on specific careers.

Quintessential Career and Job Hunting Resources Guide  This site is designed to provide as much information and resources as possible about jobs and careers for job seekers. While this site has all types of resources and links, its main focus is on helping college students find internships and employment.

Resume Magic  This site has many links which assist students with understanding the function of various parts of the resume. Also gives samples.

Resume Writing Helpful tips including formats, what a resume should include, and why a resume is important.

Resumes  Sites sponsored by Boston College has a list of action verbs, guidelines for preparing an electronic résumé, sample chronological résumés, and sample functional résumés.

The Riley Guide  These days there are many web sites that list job vacancies and post resumes. This site uses a "master control" approach and contains links to many of them.

Self Directed Search  This respected interest inventory that has been available on paper for many years can now be taken on line in about 20 minutes for $8.95.

VoTech Education  Comprehensive site offers specific career information about many jobs that do not require a bachelor's degree. It also has articles of general interest to students deciding on a career.

What Color is My Parachute?  This long awaited site from career counseling guru Richard Bolles, serves as a complement to his well known book. The site has links to take an interest inventory, create a resume, find out about salaries and look for jobs