General
Career Exploration Web Sites
A
Guide to Health Careers in Illinois
Guide
to Health Careers in Illinois will acquaint you with over 200 health
science professions taught in over 580 occupational training programs
offered by technical and community colleges, colleges and universities,
hospitals, and other organizations throughout Illinois.
AARP
Click on Money, then Work. Articles include “Who’s Hiring In 2010?” and “Tips for Workers over 50”.
About
Articles
and career resources.
America's
Career InfoNet
Provides national, state and local career information and labor
market data.
Association
of Computer-based Systems for Career Information
The
Black Collegian Online Career Center
Articles, advice, news, tools and examples to help find, win, and
succeed in your new job.
Career
Guide to Industries
The
Career Guide to Industries is a companion to the Occupational
Outlook Handbook.
Career
Overview
A Career Information Guide offering a comprehensive career information
guide on hundreds of careers and occupations.
Career
Services Center at the University of Delaware
Click
on Major Resource Kits.
Career
Information System
Career Information System is a web site of the Illinois Department
of Employment Security. Click on Quick Start.
Career
Voyages
This web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S.
Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is
designed to provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations
along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.
Career
Zone
Click on Career Information. The website is a product
of the New York State Department of Labor.
Certification
Finder
This site from America's Career InfoNet lets you search for certifications
by keyword, industry, or occupation. Read the FAQs under Certification
Finder Help for general information on certifications.
Education
Portal.com
Type the name of the career in which you are interested in Search.
Ferguson's
Career Guidance Center
Get access by clicking on the link in the Oakton Community College Library webpage.
Guidance
Resources Homepage
Information has been compiled by Martha Wiseman, retired guidance
director and counselor, to assist guidance counselors and high school
students with planning for the future and other guidance issues.
The Illinois Labor Market Review
Illinois
State Licensed, Certified and Registered Occupations
Attempts
to include all occupations licensed, certified, or registered by
an Illinois state agency.
Internet
Career Connection
In Select Department choose Occupational
Descriptions and Profiles.
Internet
Public Library
Guide to web sites of prominent organizations and associations.
Job
Accommodation Network
The Job Accommodation Network is a service of the Office of Disability
Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. JAN's mission
is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities
by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities,
their family members and other interested parties with information
on job accommodations, self-employment and small business opportunities
and related subjects.
JobStar
Central
JobWeb
JobWeb®, a web site of career development and job-search information
for college students and new college graduates, is owned and sponsored
by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Click
on Career Library, then Job Outlook.
Under "Career Profile Search" click on Search
by major or Search by job title.
Licensed
Occupations
Licensed
Occupations is part of America's CareerInfoNet Workforce Credentials
Information Center. At this site you can search the database of
licensed occupations by occupation, agency, or keyword, and located
the contact information for the state licensing agency.
Match
Major Sheets
Part of Florida State University's Career Centers web site.
MyMajor
Click on Major Information Pages.
New
York Times - College
Recent
articles related to various areas of study.
Oakton Community College Library Careers Web Page
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Developed
by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Occupational
Outlook Quarterly
OOQ Online is based on the print periodical Occupational Outlook
Quarterly and mirrors its print counterpart. It is an alpha listing by job title of articles on specific careers.
One
Source
Illinois Department of Employment Security portal.
O*Net
Developed for the U.S. Department of Labor by the National Center
for O*NET Development.
Pathways
to Technology
Explore the range of technology fields you can enter. Find out what
they're all about, real-world applications, and typical jobs you
can get.
Quintessential
Careers
More than 3,100 pages of free college, career, and job-search content.
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute Career Resources
A collection of links to websites with information exploring
choice of major, career opportunities, trends, career outlooks and
professions.
State
Occupational Projections
U.S.
News & World Report
Careers section.
University
of California–Berkeley Career Site
Extensive, well-organized information on hundreds of careers. Not
surprising for a university site, the focus is on careers requiring
a degree.
University
of North Carolina Wilmington Career Services
Under
Explore & Research Careers click on What
Can I do With A Major In. In addition to information there
are lots of relevant links.
Vocational
Biographies
The
career success stories of 1001 real people. This link will only
work from a computer on Oakton Community College's two campuses.
If you visit VocBiosOnline from home, the username is Oakton
CC and the passcode is KcDcP.
Vocational
Information Center
This site focuses on careers not requiring a college degree and
usually provides links to training resources.
What
can I do with this major
Part of Joliet Junior College's Career Services web site.
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