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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.

50 Best Jobs for Your Personality (2005)

Call # 331.702 Farr

145 Things to Be When You Grow Up (2004)

Call # 331.702 Weiss

A Fork in the Road: A Career Planning Guide for Young Adults (2003)

Call # 371.4 Maltz

The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: Internships, Summer Jobs, Seasonal Work, Volunteer Vacations, and Transitions Abroad (2005)

Call # 650.14 Landes

Backpack to Briefcase: Steps to a Successful Career (2006)

Call # 650.14 Arndt

Choices for the High School Graduate: A Survival Guide for the Information Age (2005)

Call # 373.18 Fireside

College Majors and Careers: A Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning (2003)

Call # 378.1 Phifer

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type (2007)

Call # 155.2 Tieger

Dream Catchers: Developing Career and Educational Awareness (2004)

Call # 371.4 Lindsay

Get a Jump!: What’s Next After High School? (2003)

Call # 378.1 Peterson

Heading Out: The Start of Some Splendid Careers (2003)

Call # 331.702 Kamen

Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Very Cool Job (2003)

Call # 378.1 Combs

Making a Living While Making a Difference: Conscious Careers in an Era of Independence (2007)

Call # 331.702 Everett

New Guide for Occupational Exploration: Linking Interests, Learning, & Careers (2006)

Call # 331.702 Farr

Nobodies to Somebodies: How 100 Great Careers Got Their Start (2005)

Call # 658.4 Han

The Path to Purpose: Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life (2008)

Call # 649.7 Damon

Today’s Hot Job Targets: Find Careers and Cities with Big Job Growth (2007)

Call # 331.7 Farr

What Color is Your Parachute (2009)

Call # 331.7 Bolles

What Should I Do With My Life? (2002)

Call # 170.44 Bronson

What’s Your Type of Career?: Unlock the Secrets of Your Personality to Find Your Perfect Career Path (2001)

Call # 155 Dunning

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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 Guidewww.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:

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 Vermontwww.jobsinvt.com/home/home.aspx

America’s Job Bankwww.jobbankinfo.org

Monster, one of the largest — www.monster.com

Careers.orgwww.careers.org

Career Builderwww.careerbuilder.com

Career Magazinewww.careermag.com

Idealist.orgwww.idealist.org/en/career/career.html

Part-time and hourly jobswww.snagajob.com

Tech Careerswww.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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