Career Cornerstone Center
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
A professional site offering an expansive listing of over 185 career profiles. Included are lists of employers and degree granting universities, salary data, professional associations, and descriptions of different types of academic...
Other
Job Star: Guides for Specific Careers
Are you looking for a career guide? This career planning resources is organized by job-specific field. Explore the required training, education, earnings, working environments, and career insight of your dream job!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Director, Human Resources
WLVT PBS 39 and PSEA have teamed to create these innovative writing prompts on careers. This 1-minute video provides an opportunity for students to learn a bit about a career as a Director of Human Resources, and to write feedback to the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Virtual Tours of Colleges and Careers
Lesson introducing students to the You University TV website as a way to prepare for college and/or a career. Students are given time to research colleges and careers through the website and add information to a spreadsheet.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Career Profiles
Explore career profiles to find potential career interest matches using the Employment Spot career resources.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Career News
Explore current career news using the Employment Spot news resources.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Researching Companies
Do you want to research a company? Before you go after a job, it's a good idea to do your homework. A little research can go a long way in a job interview, and peeking into the operations of a company isn't as hard as you'd think.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Fastest Growing Job Fields
The U.S. Department of Labor projected which industries and occupations will experience the most growth from now until 2008. Areas set to experience the biggest boom include computer technology, health services and social services.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Work at Home Moms
One of the biggest decisions a new mother faces is whether to stay home with her children or work outside the home. If she takes outside work, she faces separation from her child and the expense of a caregiver. If she stays home, she...
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Choosing a Career
Choosing a career is possibly one of the most important decisions of a lifetime. Whether you are fresh out of school or facing a mid-life career change, it is vitally important that you seriously consider your personality and interests...
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: A Day in the Life
Whether you're just entering the workforce or have been there for 30 years, it's not uncommon to wonder what it would be like to spend a day in someone else's shoes. Many career sites allow you to satisfy that curiosity without quitting...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment Statistic
Read about the job outlook and wage estimates on various occupations.
Other
Quartz: Your College Major Is a Pretty Good Indication of How Smart You Are
An investigative article looking into the possible variety of aptitudes based upon career paths selected by college students.
Other
University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
College Grad
College Grad: Career Information
This site is provided for by CollegeGrad.com. Understanding different careers is critical to job search successs. Know what you want to do before you seek to find it. The career information at our site is based upon information from the...
Other
Flowing Data: Jobs Charted by State and Salary
An interactive look at employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Browse by state, median salary, and job category to hone in on a career choice.
Other
Aicpa: Start Here Go Places
Get a jump on your career goals by clicking into this award-winning site. Career information centers around accounting and business.
College Grad
College Grad: Research Top Entry Level Employers
Take a look at the top employers for, including number of projected hires for each. Each employer includes a company description and links to the company home page, careers page and college page.
College Grad
College Grad: Employer Links
Go directly to the entry level careers page for many of the top employers. In addition, many sites provide additional company information that is invaluable in preparing for the interview, including product information and market...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Do Other People Want to Be?
In this instructional activity, students will graph people's job choices and identify which jobs would have the most competition based on the data.
CNN
Cnn Money: Fastest Growing Tech Companies
Explore America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies. CNN's Small Business has ranked the top 100 businesses.
University of California
University of California, Berkeley: Planning Your Future
UC Berkeley's collection of information on assessing your interests; undergraduate, graduate, and professional school programs; and available career information sources.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Career Capers
This lesson will focus on career/job information. This interdisciplinary lesson integrates reading, writing, interview and research skills. Students will research careers through print and on-line sources, conduct interviews, and present...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Look to the Future
In this lesson, learners analyze their interests and abilities in order to identify future careers for themselves. Then students investigate the careers and create help-wanted ads using a desktop publisher.