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Career Guidance Websites |
| 16PF – Personal Career Development Profile - This site will provide counselors with insight on a career assessment that uses insight in to personality issues that can affect career decisions, on-the-job performance in work based learning, and success. |
| ACT World of Work Map - This map organizes occupations into six clusters (parallel to John Holland's six occupational types), 12 regions and 26 career areas. It shows how occupations relate to each other according to primary work tasks. |
| ACT's Helping Your Child Explore Career Options - An on-line resource for parents that can be used in explaining to parents how one engages in career planning. |
| America's Career InFo Net - Students can find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online. |
| America’s Career Resource Network (ACRN) Parent’s Guide - Very comprehensive resource site with excellent material and ideas on including and educating parent’s regarding career guidance at each of the three grade levels: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Contains useful parent’s brochures, finding funding, presentations to parents, library, and links to other parental involvement sites. |
| Ask An Expert - This is a student friendly expert site where real world experts have volunteered to answer questions for free. There is an expert category or students can do a keyword search. Features a diverse group of professionals who serve as a great resource for student and educators. |
| Butcher, Baker, Candlestick maker…what will my next career be? - This web site is designed to help college graduates research a new career using the Internet. It includes a career assessment based on Holland's six types. |
| Career Adviser - The Career Adviser has lots of resources about particular professions. Searches can be made by career categories or by specific occupations. |
| Career Information for Kids - Information from the OOH presented in a student-friendly format. There is a teacher’s guide. Students can explore jobs based on their career interests. |
| Career Key - This site, from North Carolina State University, offers students an opportunity to participate in a career assessment based on Holland's six personality types. Students may then use this information to research careers that fit their types. Information on |
| CareerOneStop - The new CareerOneStop portal website connects users to relevant links, career planning resources, and community services as well as the core products of America’s Job Bank, America’s Career InfoNet, O*NET Online, and Workforce Tools of the Trade. |
| CPP, Inc. - Description: Formerly Consulting Psychologists Press, CPP, Inc. has been a leading publisher and provider of innovative products and services for professionals focused on meeting individual and organizational development needs. Site contains career management resources, publications and assessments (including Strong and MBTI). |
| EdiTS - Career Guidance section contains resources such as the COPES, CAPS, COPES assessments, large copy and Spanish versions of assessments, cluster charts, counselor packages, and Career Briefs Kit. Resources supported by periodical newsletter, EdiTS Research and Developments. |
| Eureka Career Information System - EUREKA Career Information System has been made available on the Internet. Historically available only to Californians, EUREKA contains True Colors, MicroSkills, occupational descriptions and filters, and career assessments (available in Spanish). |
| O*Net On Line - This large database provides information on occupations by title, Dictionary of Occupational Title code, or job families. There are links to America’s Job Bank and others. Detailed profiles are given for each occupation. |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook-BLS - Published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions; the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job |
| Prentiss Hall Career Resource Guide - This educational resource company markets a wide variety of career resource books, CD-ROMs, assessments, video libraries, training videos, and training and symposium for counselors. |
| Psychological Assessment Resources - Lists of numerous career interest and development assessments, among them: Career Thoughts Inventory, My Vocational Situation, Self-Directed Search, Vocational Preference inventory. |
| SkillScan Professional Pack - This site contains products centered around utilizing one’s knowledge of skills to gain a holistic view of career themes. A card sort system is also available as well as facilitator guides. |
| South Carolina Occupational Information System (SCOIS) - This is a website for the South Carolina Occupational Information System. It gives educators an overview of the SCOIS Computer Information Database System as well as other career development materials. Links to other helpful sites are provided. |
| specialminds - Comprehensive resources for parents and teachers of children with special needs, learning differences, emotional and behavioral issues. |
| Start Something - The Tiger Woods Foundation - Sponsored by Target, this is a 10-week on line program that helps students begin thinking about who they are and what they can do with their lives. Contains inspirational stories, goal setting exercises, an on line presentation project, and interest exploration. |
| Ten Steps for Getting a Job - This website provides students with ten steps on how to get a job. A great tool to help students plan for success. |
| The Ball Foundation - A non-profit organization offering a range of career assessment and planning services. Workshop kit called “Getting Started: Talking to Your Child About Career Choices” facilitates educating parents on career decision making tips |
| The Career Development Quarterly – National Career Development Association - This quarterly journal contains excellent articles on research studies in career development counseling, assessment, special populations, and school career guidance. |
| The Job Shadow Coalition - The Job Shadow Coalition has made available a variety of materials to help employers, teachers, and students have a productive and fulfilling experience on Groundhog Job Shadowing Day. Downloadable brochures and guidelines are available at the site, which is co-sponsored by Monster and the News Corporation. |
| USC Career Center High School Websites - Compiled by USC’s Career Center, this site contains comprehensive valuable information for counselors of relevant issues such as career planning, self-assessment, choosing a major, special populations, military careers, South Carolina Labor Market Information, apprenticeships, colleges and universities, financial aid and parent’s information. |
| Woodburn Press - Publisher of numerous booklets for students and parents including, "Career Choices and Educational Options," "Instruction Booklet for Parents of College Bound Students," and "How to get the Most Out of High School." |
| Your Child’s Career - This website is designed to help parents help their children with career planning. It covers the career development process, what is happening in the world of work, and traits employees are looking for in the 21st century. |