Careers

What do I want to do for work?
What am I good at doing?
What's important to me?
How much money do I want to make?
What kind of training and education do I need?

 
What Do You Like? Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- 2006-07 Edition
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
Publisher: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Explore jobs that are related to 12 categories. Explore what you like!
O*Net Online - Making occupational information interactive and accessible for all...
http://online.onetcenter.org/
Publisher: United States Bureau of Labor
Click on "Find Occupations" and search for an occupation by keyword or browse by job families, high growth industries, STEM disciplines, or O*Net descriptors.
Explore the Possibilities: The Career Interests Game (?)
http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php
Publisher: University of Missouri Career Center
After you take the O-Net Interest Profiler, explore the hobbies and types of careers that fit your personality type. Click on an occupation to link to a current overview of the occupation from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook. Scroll down for Related Occupations if you need more choices.
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09 Edition (higher reading level; use the subheadings to guide your reading)
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Publisher: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Use the "OOH Search/A-Z Index" option and enter a career choice. The results include Nature of the Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related Occupations, and Sources of Additional Information.
The following sites are only for your interest; they are not part of the assigned work for the project:

Career Voyages: Good Jobs, Better Pay, Brighter Future
http://www.careervoyages.gov/index
Publisher: United States Bureau of Labor and United States Bureau of Education
Click on students and explore job options that interest you.

America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Publisher: Career InfoNet
Presents information about general job market trends for different educational levels.
For your selected occupation, find the wage and occupational trends and also find the required knowledge, skills, abilities, and task for the occupation.

Internet Public Library Teen Space -> Careers
http://www.ipl.org/div/searchresults/detail?words=careers&coll=teen
Publisher: School of Information, University of Michigan
17 sites selected by the Internet Public Library. Browse to see if one matches your interests.

Mind Mapping
http://www.studygs.net/mapping/buzanmap.htm
Use a mind map - curving branches, single words, color, images - to brainstorm

Making Source Cards
http://www.sdst.org/rguide/page5.html

Preparing to Take Notes
http://www.sdst.org/rguide/page6.html

Compiled by Sam Arnold-Boyd
April 8, 2008