General
Should you continue with your education by earning a bachelor's degree, a masters, or a PhD? Or should you continue your studies after Landmark with the aim of taking up a trade and/or a profession? To ease your career path in the future, ask yourself these questions now. Here are some resources that may help you.
Mapping Your Future
(From FFELP)
Information on careers, schools, and financial aid.
Yahoo! Careers
Where to build your resume, talk with others, assess your skills; find a job, search strategies, internships and more.
About.com: Jobs/Careers
All you want to know about jobs/careers and finding one that fits.
Career Paths 2000-Career Planning Guide
Animated, engaging career planning guide.
Self-Assessment
The Career Interests Game
(from University of Missouri)
"This is a game designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers."
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Personality test that categorizes according to the Myers-Briggs system.
U.S.News.edu
Take the CampbellTM Interest and Skill Inventory.
Gathering Info
2000-01 Occupational Handbook
(From U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Search by occupations, occupational clusters, or A-Z browsing.
Training
JobStar--Specific Career Information
Ready to plan your career. This site provides facts about training, earnings, work environments, what's available, what's not. Read true stories of veterans from their fields. While the information is specific to the U. S., the job search option is only for employment in California.
Presentation
Your Guide to Resume Writing
(From National Association of Colleges and Employers)
A simple to-the-point guide.
Volunteerism
Americorps
(From the Corporation for National & Community Service)
"Learn how you can pay it forward with national service."
Peace Corps
A good way to travel and work for little or nothing, but gain a wealth of experience.
Independent Sector
"A coalition of leading nonprofits, foundations, and corporations strengthening not-for-pr ofit initiative, philanthropy, and citizen action."
Jobs
Monster.com
"Work. Life. Possibilities."
America's Job Bank
(From America's Workforce Network)
Search nationally by state, occupation, or zip code. Also features international search options.
Vault.com
"The insider career network."
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