Career Exploration for High School Students

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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.

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

VT Guidance Central offers several assessments, including an interest profiler, work values sorter, and more — www.bridges.com/vsac

NextSteps.org offers a variety of self-assessment tools that follow both a linear, step-by-step method and a more open-ended approach — www.nextsteps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=446&Itemid=12

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

Typefocus offers a free abbreviated version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator focused on the introvert/extravert element — www.typefocus.com/s_complimentary.html

Kingdomality tells you your medieval vocational personality — www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html

Career Exploration and Planning

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 Launch from the Boys and Girls Club of America (some sections are accessible only through a BCGC log-in) offers resources on internships, job readiness, and career exploration — www.careerlaunch.net

GoToCollegeVT.org from the Community College of Vermont provides information on “Intro to College Studies" and dual enrollment, plus a “Can I Fit College in My Life?" quiz — www.gotocollegevt.org

Job Hunter's Bible from Dick Bolles is a supplement to What Color is Your Parachute? and an excellent starting place — www.jobhuntersbible.com

MyFuture.com offers a careers page with information on finding a job, top occupations, and interviewing — www.myfuture.com/careers

NextSteps.org is an employment, career development, and job finding resource for youth — www.nextsteps.org

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

“What Can I Do With This Major?" from Duke University’s Career Center offers information on the different industries that employ each major, the different types of employers in each industry, strategies and skills for getting a job with each type of employer, and related links — http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/files/career-majors/Majors/default.html

"What Can I Do With A Major In?" information from University of North Carolina Career Services — http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm

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

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.gov

Online Military Career Guide — www.todaysmilitary.com/careers

Job Sites

Below is a partial list of job search sites:

Jobs in Vermont — www.jobsinvt.com

Vermont Job Link — https://www.vermontjoblink.com

State of Vermont Job Listings — http://humanresources.vermont.gov/career_center

Burlington Free Press Classifieds — www.freepressclassified.com

Vermont Labor Market Information — www.vtlmi.com

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

Nonprofit Career Center — www.idealist.org/

Part-time and hourly jobs — www.snagajob.com

Tech Careers — www.dice.com

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.
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Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, Updated: 10/31/11