Career Education/Orientation Referenece
Page
This page is a listing of references and links
to courses and other career and job related information.
Career Education Courses:
Methods and materials
of Teaching Career Orientation
Hands-on Observations
and Experiences in Teaching Career Orientation
Local Industries
Career Links of Interest
| http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm |
| Occupation Outlook Handbook: This is just like the hardcopy you have in your classroom. This is searchable by keyword. This site is sponsered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics., which as some good in for on salaries and working conditions. |
| http://www.careermag.com |
| Career magazine: this contains job openings, employer profiles, products and services, news articles, a career forum, career links, resume bank. |
| http://www.careertrack.com |
| Career Track: Has much of the same as above except it has an audio and video option which will allow you to see and hear short segments of interviewing and human relations skills. You must have the proper software and speakers to use this function. |
| http://www.clubfed.com |
| Federal Employee Digest: This one has information of special interest to federal employees, resources, a job market list of federal jobs and more. |
| http://www.careerexpo.com |
| Careerexpo: is an informative website that allows the user to use the Virtual Job Fair Library and Career Resources. This site has job positions. It describes the skills needed for the job and the positions available. It also has the location of the job and many more facts. It also has helpful hints on writing a resume and management tips. |
| http://www.careers.org |
| Careernet: specifies locations for jobs and for employers looking for employees. It lists over 11,000 links to jobs and employers. It also lists the business and education needed for each position. |
| http://www.careermart.com |
| Careermart: lists jobs by selecting the area of interest and the state of interest to you. It also has a site to get information from colleges and universities and from community colleges. The uniqueness of this site is that it also lists jobs for alumni of universities. |
| http://www.careersonline.com |
| Careers OnLine: This site offers global course applications, course information. Career advice and research. |
| http://isdn.net/nis |
| Career Atlas for the Road: Up to date interviewing information. In depth information of making a powerful resume. |
| http://www.eop.com |
| Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.: This site specializes in connecting employers commited to the recruitment of a diversified workforce with career seekers. Specializing in replacement of minorities, women and people with disabilities. |
| http://www.futurescan.com |
| Career Explorers: series of career guides/webzines for teens ages 11 thru 18 who want to learn what it is really like to pursue a career. |
| http://www.careercraft.com |
| Career Crafting: This site is for persons who are looking for new careers. It offers information on Clarity Dialogue. Communications Matrix. Skill Assessment. |
| http://www.ajb.dni.us |
| America's Job Bank--through the U.S. Dept. of Labor and State Public Employment Service Agency. Choose which state and occupation and it will list information about job titles, location, salary, and education. |
| http://www.cweb.com |
| CareerWEB: A full Service Global recruiting center. One-stop-shop for learning about the technical employers, browsing jobs, applying for jobs, on-line and testing and polishing your career fitness. |
| http://www.nationjob.com/aviation |
| Aviation/Aerospace Job Page -- Hundreds of detailed aviation aerospace job listing, company profiles. |
| http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/osujobs.htm |
| Careers in Finance and Accounting and Consulting -- Provides you with current salary information, job requirements, resources and employers listing in Finacne, Accounting and consulting. |
| http://www.job-hunt.org |
| JobHunt -- Searchable Online job lists, Links, Classified Ads, Companies, newsgroups searchable database, and college and university links. |
| http://www.jobweb.org/catapult/guenov/restips.html |
| This site gives a sample resume and tips on writing a resume. |
| http://www.tccsa.ohio.gov/dp/wadc/hotlinks/guidance/career.htm |
| This site gives information on the career planning process and gives a self assessment. |
| http://www.pbs.org/jobs |
| a) Go to "Career Center." b) Go to "Are You Working Smart?" c) Go to "Create A Job and A Future (Alicia)/" This site gives a scenario of a young girl named Alicia and then gives examples of jobs that Alicia might be interested in/good at. |
| http://www.bcit.tec.nj.us |
| This is a game the students can play, called "Dragon Slayer," that gives them information about careers. |
| http://www.jobtrak.com |
| Jobtrak - "The nations leading job listing service" - A good resource for job search tips. This site has a job search guide that gives different processes for finding a job - from networking, to designing your resume, to negotiating your salary. There is an Occupational Outlook Handbook, a personality test, and a salary calculator here. There is also a "city snapshot" section where you can compare cost of livings, climates, and demographics. The students and alumni section has a nice recruiters section that "represent some of the nation's most active recruiters". The employers page has an "index to colleges" that lets you search and locate collegs by major, state, enrollment, or keyword. The "resource center" in the college career staff section has multiple links with other employment-related sites. |
| http://www.astate.edu/docs/admin/sa/central/career/csc.html |
| USA Career Services - the students & alumni services link has a general list of occupations. The jobs link has many links to other sites that may help in finding a job, such as jobs in business and industry, newspaper classified ads, or government jobs. The employer pages give links to companies that recruit from ASU. The job search sections lets you link to different pages, from company information to proper attire for an interview, to the US Dept. of Labor and the OOH. |
| http://www.occ.com |
| Online Career Center - A site that lets you search for jobs by location or job field. |
| http://www.assessment.com |
| International Assessment Network - You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to do an assessment, but there is also a link to 12,000 job descriptions. |
| http://www.soicc.capnet.state.tx.us/careers/careers.html |
| Careers for the 21st Century - A resource for occupational videos. |
| http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed404581.html |
| Five Processes of Career Planning - I did a search of ERIC - "career planning" - and found this site. |
| http://www.ed.gov |
| US Dept. of Education - I didn't do any research on this page, but I thought that I should list it as a site to do more research on in the future. |
| http://www.inc.com/extra/stories/06029823.html |
| This is a report on the attitudes of workers in American. It is from INC Magazine, June. |