The
following sites include information about college and careers.
College Planning
Admissions.com
A new site from Monster, this resource will include a top ten llist of
colleges by major and also has a parent portal.
CollegeEdge
This web site provides students with help in improving their essay
applications and personal statements.
College
Net
Students can use a keyword or custom search to identify schools
'best suited to your interests and personality'. Then click on any
college to determine a school summary, admissions criteria, campus life,
academics, and financial aid.
Colleges and Careers
At this site, students can explore colleges and career schools, search for
scholarships, find student loans, and discover careers and majors.
Embark
For help in researching, applying and financing college, this web
site provides a simplified search engine and current college
information.
FinAid
This is a comprehensive site dedicated to educating users about the
multiple types of financial aid available to help pay for college:
Scholarships, loans, military aid, loans, fellowships, etc. There
are also samples of financial aid applications and calculators to
determine college costs.
First
in the Family
A site with videos, facts, tips, checklists, resources, and
inspirations from first generation students for others whose parents did
not attend college.
Kaplan
According to their web site, they are the "leaders in test preparation and
admissions consulting". Additionally, customers can search for and
enroll in Kaplan's classroom-based courses at more than 180 centers
worldwide, access online test prep and admissions programs, sign up for
private tutoring, and purchase books, software, and other retail
products through the site's online store.
Making
College Financial Planning Count
This free resource provides a comprehensive, interactive overview of the
entire college financing process.
Mapping Your Future
A multipurpose site which helps you explore careers, prepare for
college, pay for college, and manage your money.
TheMint
Launched in 1997, this site "provides tools to help parents as well
as educators teach children to manage money wisely and develop good
financial habits. This site has kid-friendly activities and
strategies to help parents teach kids about the importance of fiscal
responsibility.
Quintessential Careers: Teenage Jobs, Careers and College
Resources include those for getting summer jobs, finding careers and
colleges, applying for financial aid, and discovering college majors.
Scholarstuff.com
From this page, users can link on information about undergraduate,
graduate, or online schools, test prep, study abroad, Greek
organizations, and financial aid.
Students.net
This web site enables students to search for colleges and financial
aid by completing simple forms. It also has some random other
issues included such as driver education, student travel, and learn
foreign languages resources.
US News
Education
This is a fantastic web site which helps both students and parents learn
about the 'best' colleges and how to pay for them.
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Career Planning
America's Career InFoNet
Students can find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements,
state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts
nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.
CareerZone - New York
This site offers tools for self-assessment and portfolio preparation, and
gives information on various careers in six different fields. It also has New
York job listings.
My
Future
This site offers information on career and financial planning. It has a
special section on military opportunities as well as career assessment and job
search tools.
Next Step
Magazine
This site includes articles that give teenagers insights regarding career
exploration. These articles are updated monthly and also archived.
Your Child's Career
This site is filled with facts, insights, stories, quizzes, and activities
to help parents and students gain an understanding of the career
planning process.
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Self-Assessment
Explore Your Career Opportunities -
USAJOBS
Find and investigate jobs by interest.
Skills Search - O*Net
Identify occupations to explore by selecting skills from six different skill
groups.
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Choosing A Major
Major Resource Kits
From the MBNA Career Services Center at the University of Delaware, Major
Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing
information on career paths, sample job titles, and resources for more
information.
My Majors.com
MyMajors.com conducts a 10- to 15-minute interview with students seeking
assistance with their selection of a 4-year college or university major. After
accumulating and analyzing information about the student’s high school course
achievements, course enjoyment, standardized test scores, and personal
preferences, MyMajors recommends six majors from the most commonly offered
majors.
WCIDWAMI (What Can I Do
With A Major In)
From the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Career Services office,
the site lists over 40 majors. Clicking on a major will provide typical career
titles for the field, needed skills and characteristics, job listing sites,
links to more career information, and associations/organizations important in
the field.
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Multiple Occupations
Job Profiles
Experienced workers share job information: rewards and stresses, basic
skills needed, challenges of the future, and advice on entering the field.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is a nationally
recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance
to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two
years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions,
training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects for a wide
range of occupations.
O*Net Online
The Occupational Information Network is a comprehensive database of worker
attributes and job characteristics. As the replacement for the Dictionary of
Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET is the nation's primary source of occupational
information.
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Specific Occupations & Populations
Construction
Careers
Learn about career opportunities in the construction industry as well as in
construction equipment manufacturing and technology distribution.
Deafness: Laurent Clerc
National Deaf Education Center
From Gallaudet University, one of the most well known institutions of higher
education for the deaf and hard of hearing, this site includes a link to Careers
and Employment, which includes jobs and careers of deaf and hard of hearing
people, becoming a sign language interpreter, and careers in deafness, for those
who wish to work with the deaf. There is also an education link where you will
find educational opportunities for the deaf.
Discover Engineering
For those who have no idea what engineering is and what engineers do, this
informative site will fill you in. In addition, there are profiles of young
engineers, their positions, and what they do on the job. There are even a couple
of games.
Discover Nursing
This Johnson & Johnson site is all about nursing. Where to get an education,
financial aid, information about shortages, and salaries and benefits. In
addition, there are descriptions of nursing specialties and profiles of actual
working nurses.
Disease Detectives
Students can learn about infectious diseases and occupations concerned with
the science of identifying, preventing, containing and treating them.
Dream It. Do It.
(Manufacturing)
Learn about the exciting jobs and training available in the manufacturing
industry.
Engineering K12 Center
Sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education, this site seeks
to gather and promote engineering education resources available to the K-12
community.
Environment Careers
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, this site is for
kids in grades 4-8 to assist them in learning about the great outdoors.
FBI Youth
Learn about the FBI through age-appropriate games, tips, stories and
interactives.
Guide Me - Careers in
Engineering
A roadmap to a career in engineering, including the different types of
engineering and colleges with engineering degrees. Video clips of different
engineers talking about their work may be seen.
Health Careers in South Carolina
Pinpoints healthcare occupations in South Carolina for middle and high
school students.
Health Professional Careers
For those interested in careers in health. Especially good for students who
want to work in a healthcare environment, but do not want to be a doctor or a
nurse. There are descriptions of 90 different health professions.
High School Journalism
Students with an interest in the field of Journalism will benefit by the
information found on this site, especially the profiles of professionals working
in different areas of the field. Other resources are links to high school
newspapers, journalism schools, and journalism jargon.
Manufacturing is
Cool
Explore interesting and challenging careers in manufacturing and
engineering, and read articles about people working in occupations in these
fields.
NASA
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific
discovery and aeronautics research. This site provides age-appropriate
information and activities for careers in space.
Non-Traditional Career
Information for Women
This web page from ISEEK, a Michigan Internet system for Education and
Employment Knowledge, provides a list of multiple alternative careers for women
with descriptions and wage information, a short assessment to help women
determine if nontraditional employment might interest them, a skills survey for
nontraditional jobs, the benefits and challenges and myths and realities of
nontraditional work for women, and links to organizations and other resources.
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math (STEM) Careers
"This site provides STEM career information, video, research and learner
resources" for students, counselors and teachers.
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Military Careers
Militarycareers.com
This is a compendium of military occupational, training, and career
information. It is designed for students desiring to explore the military world
of work.
My Future
This site offers information on career and financial planning. It has a
special section on military opportunities as well as career assessment and job
search tools.
Students.gov
Information about military careers in general and also specific branches of
the service.
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Labor Market Information & Wages
Career Voyages
The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education have collaborated to provide a
web site with information on high-growth, high demand occupations along with the
skills and education needed to attain those jobs.
Labor Market Information Online
From the South Carolina Employment Security Commission, research job
outlook, top employers by county, occupational employment and wage statistics
under "Economic Data. Under "Pears," find information for labor supply and
demand, industry outlook and wages, and more.
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Job Shadowing
Job Shadowing
All about job shadowing and Groundhog Job Shadow Day for middle and high
school students. Led by the National Job Shadow Coalition.
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Apprenticeships & Job Training
Apprenticeships
What apprenticeships are, why they are valuable, and the occupations in
which apprentices train.
Apprenticeships: Career Training and Credentials
What apprenticeships are, the 25 most popular apprenticeships, commonly
apprenticed occupations with the highest earnings and the most job openings and
finding an apprenticeship program.
Apprenticeships - US Department of Labor
The US Department of Labor provides a definition of apprenticeships and
links to agencies providing apprenticeship information and services.
Job Corps
Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential
education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16-24. Since 1964,
the program has provided more than 1.9 million disadvantaged young people with
the integrated academic, vocational, and social skills training they need to
gain independence and obtain quality, long-term jobs or further their education.
SC Training
Opportunities - Workforce Investment Act
The South Carolina Employment Security Commission provides on-the-job
occupational training opportunities by geographical area in SC and a search for
providers of training services by county, by provider and by course name.
Contact information for each provider is included.
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Employment
Quintessential Careers - Teenage
Jobs, Careers, and Colleges
This is a career, job, and college site, offering free expert career and
job-hunting advice (through articles, tools, tips, and tutorials), as well as
links to all the best job sites. Special sections for teens, college students,
and all other job seekers (by industry, geography, and job-seeker type) makes
this site a comprehensive source for all.
SC Information Highway (SCIway) Jobs
A web directory of job openings sites in South Carolina.
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Education
Adventures in Education
AIE includes links to web sites that contain information regarding
post-secondary education, college financing, higher education, and other
information that helps middle school, high school, and college students further
their educational dreams.
American Association of
Community Colleges
AACC provides a community college finder nationwide and lengthy information
concerning trends, statistics, costs, financial aid, and enrollment at community
colleges.
Federal Student Aid
The U.S. Department of Education's site for college planning.
DESC (Distance Education South Carolina)
Resources offered by higher education institutions, both public and private,
state agencies, and school districts.
Internet
Public Library - Career and College
Subsections to this website include Applying for Jobs, Financial Aid, Guides
to Careers, Guides to Colleges and Universities, and Test Preparation.
Mapping Your Future
This page helps middle and high school students with college, career, and
financial aid choices through a state-of-the-art, public service website.
Parent & Student
Information Center
This site for students and families, from the Commission on Higher
Education, has information on the ACT and SAT tests, links to South Carolina
colleges and universities, links to sites helpful in choosing an appropriate
college, and links to financial aid resources.
Peterson's
Peterson's reaches an estimated 105 million consumers annually with
information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs,
distance education learning, private secondary schools, summer opportunities,
study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration.
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Financial Aid
Fast Web
Touted as "the nation's largest, most accurate, and most frequently updated
scholarship database online.
SC - College Financial Aid
Directory
A web directory of financial aid sites for South Carolina.
Scholarship
Scams - Federal Trade Commission
Tell tale signs to tell when a scholarship/financial aid opportunity is a
scam. Sources of legitimate scholarships and financial aid.
The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive annotated
collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
USC Financial Aid &
Scholarships: Non-Institutional Scholarships
These links can assist students in searching for gift monies that are not
associated with any specific college or university. There is a special
section to assist international students.
The Student Guide to Financial Aid
This is the most comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the
U.S. Department of Education. Grants, loans, and work-study are the three major
forms of student financial aid available through the Department's Student
Financial Aid Assistance office. Updated each award year, The Student Guide
tells students about the programs and how to apply for them.
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Parents and College Prep for Children
College is
Possible
College is Possible is the American Council on Education's K-16 youth
development program that motivates middle and high school students from
underserved communities to seek a college education.
Preparing Your Child for
College
From the U.S. Department of Education and written for parents, this site
explains the benefits of a college education, the different types of colleges,
how to put college within reach academically and financially, and steps to take
to prepare children for college.
Send
Your Child to College
A directory of internet links with advice and tips for parents of college
bound high school students.
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For Teachers
America's Career Resource Network
Consists of state and federal organizations that provide information,
resources and training on career and education exploration and is focused on
helping students and adults make the best possible decisions about education,
training and career development.
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