Career Links
INTEREST AND SKILLS ASSESSMENT
FREE SITES:
Human Metrics Web Site
www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Take the Jung Typology personality test and see a list of suggested careers. This one was actually quite interesting.
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FunEducation
www.funeducation.com/Tests/IQTest/IQ-Testing.aspx
IQ Test--just make sure you avoid the "free" offers at the end!
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DeVry Career Shop
devrycareershop.blatbrun.com
Revisit your avatar and explore career options further.
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Career Colleges
www.careercolleges.com
A website with links to career-oriented colleges. Wide variety of degrees/certificates offered and lots of industry information.
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Career Path
Sounds strange, but the test is based on your color preference. You have to pay for the complete report, but there are some good suggestions about personality types and careers.
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Exploring Careers
www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html
A website from the University of Manitoba that contains short descriptions of 200+ careers.
CareOneerStop
www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/SelfAssessments/FindAssessments.aspx
A website entirely dedicated to career information. This page contains some self-assessments about abilities, interests, and skills that could be useful.
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CareerTV.com
www.careertv.com/v2/FrontDoor.aspx
A website with information about careers on video. For all you audiovisual learners!
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JobProfiles
www.jobprofiles.org
Insider information from professionals on a variety of careers for those exploring their options.
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The Career Zone
http://www.cacareerzone.org/flash/index.html
The Career Zone site is an excellent site that has assessment tools, occupational information and a “Reality Check” that allows you to determine the cost of living in a given area depending upon your life style.
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I Seek
http://www.iseek.org/sv/Skills?outId=12400&oldSkillType=Reasoning+Skills
I Seek’s site has a short assessment tool that can help you decide what career you want to prepare for.
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My Future
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
The My Future site is a comprehensive site that has a good, short interest assessment, as well as good information on interviewing, résumé preparation, cover letters, and more.
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FEE-REQUIRED TESTS
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment
www.myersbriggs.org
This popular assessment tool, used worldwide, helps you understand your personality preferences and then, based on these characteristics, provides a list of career fields that potentially suit your personality. Fee required.
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MAPP Assessment www.assessment.com
MAPP, a unique assessment, helps identify your educational and career potential. Results are delivered directly to your email address. Fee required.
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Strong Interest Inventory www.cpp.com
This is a respected career-planning tool used by career placement experts. SII's 300-plus questions measure your interest in a wide range of career options, hobbies and leisure activities, as well as your compatibility with different personality types. Based on answers you provide in the 25-minute exercise, SSI lists potentially ideal career choices along with related career fields and sample job descriptions. Fee required.
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The Career Key www.ncsu.edu/careerkey
This online tool will first help you identify your interests, then guide you toward corresponding college majors and educational programs. Fee required.
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TypeFocus www.typefocus.com
This assessment tool helps identify personality strengths and how they correlate with specific career fields. Fee required.
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College911 www.college911.com
As the name suggests, this assessment provides valuable and immediate help in determining specific colleges and programs of study well suited to you. No fee required.
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http://www.careertest.net/ - says it's free, but it's not!
OCCUPATIONAL EXPLORATION
Roadtrip Nation
It all started with four friends and one dilemma: "what do I want to do with my life?" Fresh out of college and unsure about the career paths in front of them, they were determined to expose themselves to more than just the traditional life roads. They hopped in an old RV, painted it green, and hit the road to talk with inspiring people from all walks of life to find out how they came to do what they love for a living.
Today, Roadtrip Nation has evolved into a PBS series, three books, an online community, and a student movement. We send people on the road who are interested in exploring the world outside their comfort zone, talking with individuals who chose to define their own road in life, and sharing their experiences with our generation.
VISIT THE SITE TO WATCH VIDEOS AND READ ABOUT THE TRIPS!
Career Info
www.careerinfonet.org/acinet/crl/library.aspx
A Career resource library that has links to occupational information from the federal Occupational Outlook Handbook, the California Occupational Guides, Career Zone, and the Princeton Review
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
The home page for the Occupational Outlook Handbook, this site has data on virtually every occupation in the country including job descriptions, training requirements, wages, number of job openings, sources for more information, etc.
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California Occupational Guides
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/occguides/
The home page for the California Occupational Guides. These guides contain important information for almost every job.
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Career One-Stop
http://www.careeronestop.org/lmi/LMIHome.asp
Occupational information that includes wages, demand occupations, and a variety of other material.
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One Net Center
http://online.onetcenter.org/find/
If you type in the name of an occupation on this ONet site, it will give you a list of any occupations that require a similar skill set.
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Labor Market Info
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/
Various information about jobs, wages, number of job openings for occupations. All information relates to the state of California.
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Job Outlook for North Coast (Mendocino, Humboldt, & Lake Counties)
http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/county/mendo.htm
This is a page of EDD's website: scroll down until you see "Projections of Employment by Occupation." These Excel documents list jobs in the region that have the most growth, pay the most, have the most openings, etc.
JOB SEARCH
Mendocino Works Employment Resource Office
http://www.mpic.org/resource/Resources.html
The Mendocino Works Employment Resource offices are the first place you should go if you are looking for work. There are trained, workforce professional there to help you. There are free interest and aptitude tests, help with résumés and interviews, data bases with open jobs including local, state and national, and much, much more.
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CalJobs
CalJOBS is the state of California’s state job bank. It contains thousands of open jobs posted by employers. Job openings include all areas of the state. You must complete a free registration to use this site.
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Job Bank
America’s Job Bank has links to available jobs in all 50 states.
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Acinet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp?id=14,&nodeid=18
Acinet’s employer locator is a fantastic tool. It locates all employers in an area that hire employees in a specific industry or occupation. Complete contact information is given.
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Monster.com
One of the nation’s largest data bases of job openings.
INTERVIEWING
Eve Anderson
http://www.eveandersson.com/general-comments/attachment/1565/50interviewqas.pdf
The 50 most common questions asked in a job interview and strategies to answer them.
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Minnesota Dept. of Training & Economic Development
http://www.deed.state.mn.us/cjs/cjsbook/interview4.htm
A site from the Minnesota Department of Training and Economic Development that discusses common interview questions and how to answer them. Also good for preparing for scholarship interviews.
RESUME WRITING
AIE
http://www.aie.org/highschool/jobs/sampleresumes/resumetemplate1.cfm
Résumé templates specifically for high school students.
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ALEC
http://www.alec.co.uk/resume-examples/high-school-resume-samples.htm
A simple résumé format for high school students.
JOB TRAINING
MisWeb
https://misweb.cccco.edu/webproginv/prod/topcodelist_n.cfm
All the training programs at California’s community colleges are listed at this website.
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Peterson's
http://www.petersons.com/cca/search.asp?path=ce.fas.career
Peterson’s has information on hundred’s of career colleges and private training providers throughout California and the nation.
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Eligible Provider List
http://etpl.edd.ca.gov/wiaetplocc.asp
The Eligible Provider list provides information regarding institutions that are eligible to receive Workforce Investment Funds. (These institutions usually have a reasonably high job placement rate. The site includes community colleges, private training providers, and apprenticeship programs. The site can be searched by occupation or locality.
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MISCELLANEOUS
How Much Money Will I Need to Live?
http://www.jumpstart.org/madmoney/pgv_money_rc_main.html
A good reality check that can be used in coordination with a similar reality check program at the Career Zone site.
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What if I Want to Relocate
http://www.relocationessentials.com/aff/www/tools/salary/col.aspx
The Relocation Essential website allows you to type in two different locations and compare the cost of living between the two.
