- 7
Rules About Taking Career Tests
- Career guru Dick Bolles summarizes
the guidelines that everyone should remember before they take any career assessment
tools. Make sure you check this one out before clicking on anything below!
- CareerKey
- Take
John Holland's personality quiz to find out how similar you are to six basic personality
types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional.
- CareerZone
- Very
comprehensive site sponsored by the NY Department of Labor. Answers to the questions
on the Holland hexagon can be changed according to your preferences. Using your
top three letter codes, you can link to 900 career options.
- Princeton
Review Career Quiz
- Based on the "Birkman Method"®,
this short quiz is a fun way to get new ideas about your career interests.
- QuintCareers.com:
Assessment Tools
- Part of the Quintessential Careers mega website,
these topics can help jumpstart your career search.
- Self-Directed
Search (SDS)
- For 15 minutes of your time and $8.95, you can get
a comprehensive online report which explains Holland's RIASEC code and how it
relates to your career interests. This is the same tool used by many career planning
centers. Designed for high school and above.
- SkillsOne
- Fee
based online career management tools. Focuses on work/life values, interest/skills,
and other career factors. Sponsored by Consulting Psychologists Press, the authors
have seriously analyzed how to harness the power of interactive career assessment.
- U.S.
Military
- These websites contain enormous amounts of information
about opportunities in the military.
- Military
Career Guide Online
- This Web site is THE leading
career information resource for the military world of work. It gives you details
on 152 enlisted and officer occupations, one by one. Because most military occupations
are comparable to one or more civilian occupations, you are given the civilian
counterpart for every applicable military occupation. In addition, this site describes
training, advancement, and educational opportunities within each of the major
Services -- Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
- Resume
Tutor
- ResumeTutor! is an interactive workbook designed to make
resume writing less of a pain in the _____, and hopefully a bit more fun! While
ResumeTutor! won't actually write a resume for you, it will teach you a lot about
how to write a resume.
- Resume
Writing Center
- Career Builders.com - A easier way to find a job.
- Fedworld.gov
- FedWorld
Makes It Easy to Locate Government Information.
- Cool
Works
- 75,000 Jobs in Great Places.
- Job
bank
- JobBank USA is able to provide free job services
thanks to people like you who sign up for our newsletters and special offers from
our sponsors.
LifeColorsLite Personality Quiz:
http://www.lifecolorsonline.com/lifecolorslite.html
- What kind of person are you?
What makes you tick?
Do people know the
real you? Have you ever given 5 minutes to ponder these questions?
Online"
Career Planning and Counseling
http://www.careerplanner.com/
Career
Choice: http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html
What
Color Is Your Parachute?: http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
What
Can I Do With a Major in ...? http://www.luc.edu/resources/career/majors/default.html
Sample Employment Letters:-
http://www.careerlab.com/letters/default.htm
-A collection of letters writing by the President/CEO of CareerLab and in conjunction
with his career clients. What distinguishes these letters is that they are REAL—used
by REAL people in REAL job campaigns and career transitions—and they produced
REAL results: interviews, consulting assignments, and job offers.
Resume
writing: http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html
Careers
in Science & Engineering: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
- A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond.
Careership (middle
school students career info) : http://www.mapping-your-future.org/features/careership/
Inroads
(Minority Internships) http://www.inroads.org/
- The mission of "Inroads" is to develop and place TALENTED MINORITY
YOUTH in business and industry and prepare them for CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
The
Riley Employment Guide: http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/
- The Riley Guide is here to guide you through the many online sites and services
that are useful for your job search.
Science Training Programs by State
http://www.sciserv.org/stp/ - The Science Training Programs Directory for
Teachers and Students (STP) has more than 300 programs listed and is the only
comprehensive catalog of science, mathematics and engineering enrichment programs
for pre-college students and teachers.
Job Hunter Manual http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc/downloads/all/jungle.pdf
(PDF file)
Apprenticeship Training http://www.doleta.gov/atels_bat/
- U.S. Department of Labor
Employment & Training Administration
Internship
Abroad - http://www.internabroad.com/iasusnews.cfm
- use this search to find internships in countries all over the world. begin your
search by choosing a location or an internship type.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding
agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
