Career Exploration Links
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Evergreen State College Career Paths

Western WA University/Fairhaven College Career Center
Career Planning is a process of exploring and gathering information to enable you to synthesize, make decisions, set goals, gain competencies and take action. Specifically, career planning entails evaluating who you are and what you want to do, learning more about career fields that interest you, and pursuing your goals through educational and skill development.

UC Berkeley Career Explorer
Select any of the following resources to help you make decisions about your major, your career, or graduate school options.

Careerpath.com

This site is a commercial venture resulting from a partnership between dozens of national and regional newspapers and subscribing employers. The site offers career counselors and vocational educators a great resource for teaching about classified ads, job searching, and the world of work. Especially valuable are the online classified ads from newspapers across the country; students may search geographically and/or by job category. The site also includes career profiles, employer profiles, and information about job fairs.

What Can I Do With A Major In...
America's Career InfoNet
*Occupation Information
*Industry Information
*State Information

College Board Career Search Questionnaire
The College Board provides an online questionnaire that asks students about their temperament, ideal working conditions, likes/dislikes, abilities, and more; results of the survey are returned immediately, and students are encouraged to learn more about the careers that match through links to job descriptions, salary information, and requirements.

Career Explorer
A career choice and planning site with information on the types of careers available and how to choose them.

Work4Women
Work4Women offers strategies and tools to help One Stop Career Center Personnel and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) state plan developers provide career information about high-wage nontraditional jobs for women and connect to local support service and employment training providers. Nontraditional occupations for women (NTOs) are jobs in which women comprise less than 25% of the workforce (U.S. Department of Labor).

Career Key
A free resource and assessment to help with career choice, college choice, and choosing academic or career training. Contains a detailed interest inventory, results, and career information.


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