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Title and URL
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Focus |
Audience |
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SELECTED VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT SITES
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CTE Resource Center
http://www.CTEresource.org
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This is a major resource for secondary Career and
Technical Education in Virginia (See Links page for career information)
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Middle and high school CTE administrators and teachers,
counselors, librarians, and parents in Virginia |
Virginia Career Resource Network (VACRN)
http://www.vacrn.net |
VACRN links the viewer to career exploration, self-assessment,
job search skills, with a Virginia emphasis. |
Secondary education administrators, teachers, librarians,
counselors, parents, students |
Virginia Career View
http://www.vaview.vt.edu
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This site presents Virginia career information, continuing
education advice and links, and even a section to help those swamped
with indecision. It also addresses internships, summer jobs, and financial
aid. |
Primarily secondary students teachers, librarians,
and counselors, but very useful for any Virginia job seeker |
Career Prospects in Virginia
http://www.ccps.virginia.edu/
career_prospects/ |
This Virginia job/career analysis tool measures employment,
wages, and graduate information to provide a comprehensive look at
conditions affecting the Virginia job market. |
Virginia job seekers, researchers, teachers, counselors,
and librarians |
R U Ready
http://www.readyva.com
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This web site accompanies the R U Ready magazine
and focuses young adults. It includes links to top line continuing
education and workforce development sites. |
High school and middle school students |
Virginia Employment Commission
http://www.vec.state.va.us/ |
The VEC site provides users with easy access to
information about job opportunities and the labor market in Virginia,
with features such as MAGIC
and VELMA. |
Virginia employers, job seekers |
Career Connect
http://www.careerconnect.state.va.us
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CareerConnect is a customer service network designed
to assist viewers with a wide variety of educational, employment,
and career-related information. |
Students, workers, job seekers, employers, school/college
educators |
VCCS Workforce Development Services
http://www.so.cc.va.us/workforce/ |
This site is a resource for those interested in beginning
or furthering a career in the a Virginia community college. It includes
information about apprenticeships as well. |
High school and college students and other job seekers
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SELECTED UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SITES
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America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
explore.htm |
This site navigation tool for America's Career Kit
was created to help viewers explore options for work and learning,
gain skills to get a job, find jobs, and explore specific careers
and other job resources. |
Students, job seekers, employers, human resource specialists,
and workforce development specialists |
O*NET
http://online.onetcenter.org |
The Occupational Information Network is a database
of comprehensive information on job requirements and worker competencies.
O*NET is intended to replace the Dictionary of Occupational Titles,
offering a more dynamic framework for exploring the world of work.
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Human resource and other workforce personnel, students
exploring career options, career counselors, job seekers, |
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://stats.bls.gov/oco
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This on-line handbook describes "what workers
do on the job, working conditions, training and education needed,
earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations."
It is revised every two years. |
Students and other job seekers |
Career Guide to Industries
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg |
This companion site to the Occupational Outlook
Handbook provides career information by industry, including the
nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations
in the industry, training/advancement, earnings/benefits, employment
outlook, and other information. |
Students, job seekers, and employers |
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/
ooqhome.htm |
This on-line periodical provides practical
information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in non-technical
language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics
such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary
trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Students, teachers, counselors, librarians,
job seekers, and workforce researchers * The link to Student Resources
is suitable for advanced elementary, along with middle and high school
students. |
LifeWorks
http://science.education.nih.gov/
LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm |
This interactive health and medical science career exploration Web site offers information on more than 100 careers by title, educational requirements, interest area, and median salary. Career success stories are highlighted. |
Middle and high school students and their parents, Health and Medical Sciences educators, and counselors |
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OTHER SELECTED CAREER-RELATED SITES
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Self-Inventory Sites |
Career Interests Game
http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php |
Housed at the University of Missouri, this game is
designed to help viewers match their interests, skills, and personality
with appropriate career paths (with links to the Occupational Outlook
Handbook). |
Middle and high school students and other job seekers
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Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Temperament Theory
http://www.keirsey.com |
The brief descriptions on this web site are short
versions of the descriptions in Please Understand Me and Please Understand
Me II, copyrighted by David Keirsey. Along with the Keirsey Temperament
Sorter questionnaire are descriptions of the personality temperaments
and various links that tie the temperaments to other areas, such as
mating, parenting, and the workplace. |
High school and college students and other job seekers,
human resources personnel, and employers |
PsychTests
http://www.psychtests.com/
tests/career/ |
The online tests on this site assess the viewer's
abilities in career-related areas such as assertiveness, leadership,
conflict resolution, sales ability, and meticulousness |
High school and college students, job seekers, human
resource personnel |
Kolbe Corp.
http://www.kolbe.com |
This online questionnaire gives responders greater
understanding of their own natural instincts, giving them a tool to
begin nurturing their natural talents and maximizing their personal
potential, including their career potential. |
Kolbe Y ™ is for pre-teens and teens and their
parents. Kolbe A ™ is for older students and adults. |
Know Your Type
http://www.knowyourtype.com |
This site describes the 16 personality types that
can be determined by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator ® instrument
and lists famous persons who fall into each type. Viewers must pay
to take the actual test online. |
Organizations and businesses, middle/high school/college
students, human resources personnel, employers, parents, and others
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Career Exploration Sites |
Virginia's Career Planning
System, powered by Kuder ®
http://www.va.kuder.com |
This Internet-based system provides a
comprehensive, research-based approach to career
exploration, planning, and development. It is free of
charge to Virginia public school students and educators. |
Virginia public school students (grades
7-12 and community college), counselors, teachers |
About.com: Career Planning
http://www.careerplanning.about.com/
library/blcareers.htm |
The Career Choices section of the About.com site is
searchable by large career area and describes the nature of the work,
employment, working conditions, and other information about each field.
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Students and other career explorers |
Careers in Science and Engineering (National Academy of Sciences)
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/
books/careers |
This student planning guide addresses career goals,
education, survival skills, and personal attributes, and includes
scenarios for those who are considering a career redirection. |
Students, especially graduate students |
Akropolis.net
http://www.akropolis.net/~zeus/
archcareers |
This interactive guide to careers in architecture
helps viewers to learn about the process of becoming an architect,
including the education, the experience, and the exam. It presents
the wide range of careers in the field. |
Students, teachers, parents |
Georgia Career Information Center
http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/ |
Although some of this site is password-protected,
the career exploration section is not. For each career selected, the
site gives information on "What I do," "Best and hardest
part of my profession," and "Overall impression" (or
"How I got started"). |
Students, including older elementary through high
school |
Cornell University's Career Zone
http://www.explore.cornell.edu/
newcareerzone |
This site offers lots of careers to explore, and for
each includes job description, interests, work activities, skills,
abilities, knowledge, education, job outlook (in New York), wages,
and related careers. |
High school and college students, as well as other
job seekers |
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Job Search Preparation |
Monster.com
http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/resources/
careerguide/resourceframe_index.html |
Besides the usual job hunting skills, this
site has sections on etiquette and ethics of job seeking,
networking, the company visit,
and decisions/negotiations. |
Students and other jobseekers |
About.com: Career Planning
http://www.careerplanning.about.com/
library/blcareers.htm |
Click on the left frame menu for a variety
of job-hunting skills including resume writing, company research,
reference selection, interviewing, and letter writing, as well as
career strategies for women and minorities. |
Students and other career explorers |
| Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/default.asp
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/articleIndex.asp |
Lots of career advice here, but of particular
interest are the articles on online resumes, online portfolios, and
use of the internet to research a company. |
Students, especially college students |
Job-Interview.net: Interview Library
http://www.job-interview.net/interviewlib.htm |
This site has an extensive library of practice
interview questions, searching by career or job. See also the link
to Career Guides. |
Students and other job seekers, human resources
personnel, employers, teachers |
