Career Exploration for High School Students
Books | Inventories/Assessments | Career Exploration/Planning | Government Sites | VT Guidance Central | Job Sites
Books
Search our catalog online at http://follettweb.vsac.org. Patrons may borrow books either by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.
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50 Best Jobs for Your Personality (2005) |
Call # 331.702 Farr |
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145 Things to Be When You Grow Up (2004) |
Call # 331.702 Weiss |
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A Fork in the Road: A Career Planning Guide for Young Adults (2003) |
Call # 371.4 Maltz |
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The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: Internships, Summer Jobs, Seasonal Work, Volunteer Vacations, and Transitions Abroad (2005) |
Call # 650.14 Landes |
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Backpack to Briefcase: Steps to a Successful Career (2006) |
Call # 650.14 Arndt |
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Choices for the High School Graduate: A Survival Guide for the Information Age (2005) |
Call # 373.18 Fireside |
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College Majors and Careers: A Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning (2003) |
Call # 378.1 Phifer |
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Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type (2007) |
Call # 155.2 Tieger |
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Dream Catchers: Developing Career and Educational Awareness (2004) |
Call # 371.4 Lindsay |
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Get a Jump!: What’s Next After High School? (2003) |
Call # 378.1 Peterson |
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Heading Out: The Start of Some Splendid Careers (2003) |
Call # 331.702 Kamen |
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Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Very Cool Job (2003) |
Call # 378.1 Combs |
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Making a Living While Making a Difference: Conscious Careers in an Era of Independence (2007) |
Call # 331.702 Everett |
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New Guide for Occupational Exploration: Linking Interests, Learning, & Careers (2006) |
Call # 331.702 Farr |
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Nobodies to Somebodies: How 100 Great Careers Got Their Start (2005) |
Call # 658.4 Han |
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The Path to Purpose: Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life (2008) |
Call # 649.7 Damon |
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Today’s Hot Job Targets: Find Careers and Cities with Big Job Growth (2007) |
Call # 331.7 Farr |
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What Color is Your Parachute (2009) |
Call # 331.7 Bolles |
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What Should I Do With My Life? (2002) |
Call # 170.44 Bronson |
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What’s Your Type of Career?: Unlock the Secrets of Your Personality to Find Your Perfect Career Path (2001) |
Call # 155 Dunning |
Inventories and Assessments
Start Where You Are is an interactive self-exploration site that connects interests to careers — www.startwhereyouarevt.org
Do What You Are is a personality profile and career interest survey that provides you with a detailed description of both your personality and possible career interests. Access Do What You Are from the “Quick Links” box on VSAC’s homepage. (Requires free registration.) — www.vsac.org
PersonalityType.com, from the authors of the book Do What You Are, provides a short quiz to determine your MBTI type — www.personalitytype.com/career_quiz
MyFuture.com offers a work interest quiz and a personality test — www.myfuture.com/t2_ctoolbox.html
Typefocus offers a free abbreviated version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator focused on the introvert/extravert element — www.typefocus.com/s_complimentary.html
University of Waterloo offers a series of self-assessment tools — www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step1.asp
Kingdomality tells you your medieval vocational personality — www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html
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Career Exploration and Planning
Job Hunter's Bible from Dick Bolles is a supplement to What Color is Your Parachute? and an excellent starting place — www.jobhuntersbible.com
University of Waterloo’s Career Development eManual offers a 6-step career planning tool — www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca
"What Can I Do With A Major In?" information from University of North Carolina Career Services — www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors
MyFuture.com offers a career toolbox with information on finding a job, top occupations, and interviewing — www.myfuture.com/t2_ctoolbox.html
California Career Zone, though focused on California, offers an interactive way to assess your interests and work values, explore careers, and perform a “reality check” to assess what your ideal lifestyle costs — www.cacareerzone.com
Career Voyages offers four paths for career exploration, including a search for high-demand careers — www.careervoyages.gov/students-main.cfm
Quintessential Career’s Teen Web site offers advice on job seeking, interviewing, and job options, and provides links to helpful job information sites — www.quintcareers.com/teen_jobs.html
Mapping Your Future provides information on planning a career, including developing a career plan, assessing skills and interests, and researching occupations — www.mappingyourfuture.org
NextSteps.org is an employment, career development, and job finding resource for youth — www.nextsteps.org
America's Career Infonet provides job market trends, wages, state profiles, and useful career exploration tools including skills assessment tools — www.acinet.org/acinet
Riley Guide offers job resources and employment information, including articles on self-assessments, planning, and finding a job — www.rileyguide.com
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Government Web Sites
Vermont Department of Labor has a job bank, locations of statewide career resource centers, and Vermont labor market information — www.labor.vermont.gov
Vermont Department of State Office of Professional Regulation is the place to find information on the certification and licensure of a variety of professions — www.vtprofessionals.org
2007 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (U.S. Department of Labor) — http://stats.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook Data, including nature of the work, job outlook, and earnings — http://stats.bls.gov/oco
Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a Web site with career information for youth — http://stats.bls.gov/k12
Americorps lists current job openings and how to apply, plus information on internships and fellowships — www.americorps.org
Online Military Career Guide — www.todaysmilitary.com/careers
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Software Resources
VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools
You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:
- explore career possibilities
- plan the training you need for specific careers
- search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
- learn about financial aid options
- and much more!
Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.
Job Sites
Below is a partial list of job search sites:
Jobs in Vermont — www.jobsinvt.com/home/home.aspx
America’s Job Bank — www.jobbankinfo.org
Monster, one of the largest — www.monster.com
Careers.org — www.careers.org
Career Builder — www.careerbuilder.com
Career Magazine — www.careermag.com
Idealist.org — www.idealist.org/en/career/career.html
Part-time and hourly jobs — www.snagajob.com
Tech Careers — www.dice.com
Updated: May 2009
Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, 10 East Allen Street, PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404
Call: 800-642-3177 toll-free or Burlington area 802-655-9602 • Fax: 802-654-3765 • E-mail: info@vsac.org
The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.
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