Career Development
Career Tests and Informational Websites
Career tests are useful to give you ideas you hadn't thought of and suggestions worth following up. They are not fool-proof guides to your future. You will get a much better picture of your preferences, profile, and good career suggestions if you take more than one test.
Managing career transitions will be a lifelong activity. Some helpful resources include:
- www.careeroverview.com Career information and job search guide
- http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.php This site is packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not? Some sites include personal stories from folks working in the fields: how did they move (or stumble) into their current work situation? What advice would they give newcomers?
- www.princetonreview.com Provides information about college and career planning.
- http://www.quintcareers.com/ More than 3,500 pages of free college, career, and job-search content to empower your success in life. Use the directory or search page to find what you need.
- http://www.careervoyages.gov/ Explore career options and be in demand by knowing about high growth jobs with better wages and a brighter future.
- http://www.acinet.org/acinet/ Provides state labor market information and resources, including links to education, cultural, and recreation resources.
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/ For dozens of different kinds of industries, the Career Guide to Industries tells you about occupatoins in the industry, training and advancement, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions.
- http://lmi.state.oh.us/ Labor market projections are available for industry employment, occupational employment and labor force size. Projected annual job openings by occupation include employment growth, net replacement needs, training levels and wage information.
- http://www.rileyguide.com/trends.html The Riley Guide helps answer questions such as: Where is my job going? Is it this job or is this a dying occupation? Is the industry changing, is it changing everywhere, or is it just moving out of my area? Checking employment and industry trends can help you plan a move to a secure occupation or industry, or at least tell you that what you are going through is just at your office, not everywhere.
