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Using The Internet In Support of |
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The Career Planning Process |
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Produced by |
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Kathleen Maisto (M.A. Career Development) |
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For Brooks Memorial Library |
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Brattleboro, Vermont |
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© August, 2000 |
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E-mail: maisto@gcc.mass.edu |
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à Updated: October 28th, 2005 |
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"As a general rule, the most successful man
in life is the man who has the best information." - Benjamin Disraeli |
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During
this presentation, you will be |
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leaving
these slides to visit particular |
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Web
sites. |
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To get
back to this presentation, simply |
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continue to click on the ‘Back’ button of your Browser |
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(Netscape or Explorer). |
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Note:
This program is viewed |
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best via Explorer Browser… |
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Also,
for your convenience, the |
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outline
to your left can be expanded |
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or
collapsed (note the icon (s) on |
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bottom
of outline notes) which allows |
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you to
‘jump’ to any slide in this |
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presentation. |
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The diagram
presented on slide #6 |
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outlines the steps involved in |
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moving
through a career planning |
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process. |
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You can
start at the beginning or |
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enter
in at any step that you want |
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to
begin exploring. |
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Each of
the steps in this process are |
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supported by accessing Web sites |
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which
contain information necessary |
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for
helping you to make informed |
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career
decisions. |
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Note: print out the diagram of the |
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Career
Planning Process to help |
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guide
you in your work |
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33 Web Sites |
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Assessments |
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(slides
9 thru 13) ( 5 Web sites) |
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Generating Career Options and Getting
Information |
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(slides
16 thru 29) ( 14 Web sites) |
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Education and Training Options |
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(slides
30 – 33) ( 4 Web sites) |
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Job Search |
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(slides 35 thru 44) ( 10
Web sites) |
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Assessment
instruments can help you to define the
components necessary for obtaining job satisfaction. |
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They do this by helping you to identify your
interests; abilities and skills;
work-related preferences;
personal style of doing things and work values. |
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Many of the assessments also provide you with a
list of potentially satisfying career options that match your personal
profile |
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University of Waterloo – Steps in the |
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Career Planning Process |
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http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca |
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The University of Waterloo presents a great |
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site offering 6 steps in helping you to |
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evaluate and plan your career. At each |
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step, they provide the strategies for |
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working through: |
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self assessment; occupational research; |
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decision making;
employment contacts; success at work, and
re-evaluation. |
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The Career Interests Game |
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http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php |
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This
game is designed to help you assess |
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your
interests and skills and match them |
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with
possible occupations. Site also |
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provides
possible career titles for each |
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group
along with associated links. |
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Based on John Holland’s Self Directed |
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Search
Inventory. |
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You can also access the Self Directed Search
(SDS) |
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from this site. Fee: $7.95 |
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Jung Typology Test |
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http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/Jtypes1.htm |
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This test is based on the Jung - Myers-Briggs |
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typological approach to personality. |
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At the end of the test you will obtain online
your |
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type formula according to Jung - Myers-Briggs |
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typology, strength of the preferences and the |
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description of your type. |
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CareerLink - Monterey Peninsula College http://www.mpc.edu/cl/climain.htm |
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The Career Link Inventory is designed to |
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help you match your interests, aptitudes, |
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temperaments, preferred working |
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conditions and more, with available career |
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options. |
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You
will receive a personalized Career
Profile. |
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Click on the ‘Frog’ (to the left on the Web site) |
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and
follow directions. |
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Bowling
Green State University |
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http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/competencies.html |
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Bowling Green State offers a
great list of |
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skill
competencies. |
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This
list provides skills vocabulary that can help you to develop a resume as
well a to focus on specific skill transferability – transferring skills you
own into a new work setting. |
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Once you
have identified the components |
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you feel
are necessary for obtaining |
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satisfying work, the next step is to generate |
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career
or job options that match those |
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components, and then, seek out |
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information
about those options. |
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The Web
sites in this section include: |
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University Web sites which organize career |
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information by ‘major’, while other Web |
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sites
organize career options by ‘family’, or |
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‘clusters’ continued…..next slide |
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or by ‘industry’, with specific job titles |
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broken
down under these categories. |
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This
section also includes Web sites which |
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provide
specific information about |
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occupations through: |
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- interviews with professionals |
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- wages and trends information |
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- education and training |
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- financial aid information |
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The Occupational Outlook Handbook - OOH |
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http://www.bls.gov/oco |
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Revised every two years by the U.S. Bureau |
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of Labor Statistics, the Handbook describes |
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what workers do on the job, working |
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conditions, training and education needed, |
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earnings, and expected job prospects in a |
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wide range of occupations. |
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University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
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http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm |
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Excellent site for generating numerous |
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career
options. This site offers lists of a |
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wide
variety of occupations per major. |
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Scroll
down and check out ‘Hot Links’ to |
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Further
Web sites related to that ‘major’. |
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Excellent
site to link to Associations, |
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ListServs, and related occupations |
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Northern Illinois University |
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http://www.niu.edu/careerservices/weblinks/index.html |
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This site offers extensive links for: sample |
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occupations;
example of employers; |
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occupational and professional options; job |
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site links;
salary and wage information; |
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relocation information. |
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CAREER MINUTE |
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http://cdc.richmond.edu/careerminute/index.html |
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University of Richmond offers a very |
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concise site of information for popular |
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occupations, including ‘links’ to |
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explore for further information. |
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Massachusetts Career Information |
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System
(MCI) |
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http://www.masscis.intocareers.org |
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Provides links and information |
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concerning:
occupational information; |
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military careers; job search; Mass. |
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Schools, and non-traditional |
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employment opportunities |
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Occupational Information….continued |
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FINDING CAREERS VIA YOUR HOLLAND CODE TYPE |
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http://career.ucsb.edu/students/hollandcodes.html |
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Use this site to examine career |
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options and course of study via the |
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Holland Code personality type |
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Monterey Peninsula College - CareerLink |
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http://www.mpc.edu/cl/index.htm |
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You’ll remember this site back in the |
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assessments section. MPC also offers |
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exploration of ‘career clusters’. |
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Choose a main ‘career cluster’ from the |
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cluster briefs in the left sidebar and you will |
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be led to a site which breaks down to career |
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titles
for that cluster. |
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Choosing an occupation will lead to more |
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information. |
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CAREER VOYAGES |
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http://www.careervoyages.gov/ |
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Career Voyages contains a wealth of information
to help you learn about the high growth industries and the in-demand
occupations. |
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PLUS |
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Offers links
to ‘what’s new’; hot careers; career videos; career compass and
more…. |
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This site continues to build new ‘functions’ as
well….they are currently working on a state career resource and exploration
links page and an industry links page.
These links will be made available to users when they access any of
the state information available in Career Voyages. |
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CHECK THIS SITE OUT!!! |
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O’NET ONLINE |
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http://online.onetcenter.org/ |
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Access the Dictionary Of Occupational |
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Titles (DOT) online thru O’Net. This site |
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offers search by occupation; by skills; by |
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related occupations; snapshot (important |
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features); or details. |
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Also, search by occupational system: DOT |
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code, or by the Standard Occupational |
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Classification system (SOC). |
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Dickinson College |
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http://www.dickinson.edu/career/student/majortocareerindex.html |
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Dickinson College provides career paths for a |
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number of majors in the humanities and |
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behavioral sciences - definitely worth viewing! |
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CareerChase http://www.careerchase.net/ |
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Contains informational interviews and |
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individual career path experiences. |
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Under Career Center choose Informational
Interviews. |
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Note:
checkout useful links – presents Associations and Societies worth
examining for each career path.. |
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JobProfiles |
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http://www.jobprofiles.org/listings.htm |
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Read interviews with individuals working in |
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hundreds of fields on this site. Jobs are |
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listed alphabetically by common job name. |
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Or, search by ‘Job Family’ located on the left |
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hand side bar. |
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Santa Rosa Junior College |
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http://www.santarosa.edu/~lhemenw/interview/ |
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The purpose of this project is to provide
current |
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information about the computer industry directly |
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from the keyboards of the people working there.
It is |
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modeled after the traditional
"informational |
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interview", which was designed to allow job
seekers |
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to interview professionals in a career field
they are |
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considering. |
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Click on ‘Read Interviews on left sidebar – |
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select Job Description button. |
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Salary.Com |
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http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp |
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This is an easy site to get specific salary |
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information about all kinds of jobs by State |
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and by zip code. |
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Plus, you get a career brief as well, and, you |
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can further obtain salary information to |
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related fields. |
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Select Job category |
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Enter zip |
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Choose job title |
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Click on View a Basic Report |
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College Board |
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http://www.collegeboard.com |
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This site offers a way to find specific |
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information concerning thousands of |
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colleges and universities. |
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- Select
For Students |
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- Select
Find A College (College Search) |
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- College Quick Finder |
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- Type in
College or select by Index |
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Petersons |
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http://www.petersons.com/ |
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This site provides links to graduate school |
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programs; private schools; programs in |
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careers; distance learning programs; online |
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degrees and financial aid information for |
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graduate school. |
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GradSchools |
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http://www.gradschools.com/ |
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A comprehensive source of graduate school |
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information. You can
search by school or by |
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subject. Includes
financial aid information |
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and
links to graduate school fairs, distance |
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learning
graduate schools, and business |
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graduate
schools |
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Bears Guide to Earning College Degrees
Nontraditionally |
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http://www.degree.net/books/bearsguide.htm |
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If you are looking for programs with distance |
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learning or nontraditional orientation, take a |
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look at Bears.
This site offers lots of |
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information online, however, to access the |
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entire information that the Guide provides, you |
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will have to visit your local Library’s
Reference |
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Section. |
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There are lots of avenues to take to get |
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Information about jobs and the techniques |
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involved in the job search. |
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This next section will provide you with |
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numerous web sites that provide links to job |
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search information including: getting |
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ready for the job hunt; obtaining company |
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profiles; job listings online; job search tips |
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like: how to network effectively and, how to |
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do an Informational
Interview. |
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Job
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Careers with the Federal Government |
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http://www.usajobs.opm.gov |
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USAJOBS provides worldwide job |
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vacancy information that is updated |
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each day from a database of more |
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than 17,000 worldwide job |
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opportunities. In many instances, you |
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can apply for positions online or |
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submit a resume online. |
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Click on “First Timers Start Here” to |
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access links for the variety of services |
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this site provides. |
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Summer Jobs.com |
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http://www.summerjobs.com/ |
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Easy site to follow links. Click on ‘Jobs’ on |
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the left side bar. Then, click on ‘USA’ jobs |
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in the list presented. Next site, choose the |
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State you want to preview job opportunities. |
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IDEALIST -
careers via the world of nonprofit |
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http://www.idealist.org/ |
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Over 26,000 nonprofit and community
organizations in 153 countries, which you can search or browse by name,
location or mission. |
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Thousands of volunteer opportunities in your
community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help
you volunteer abroad. |
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The best Nonprofit Career Center on the Web,
with hundreds of job and internship listings. |
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Vermont Department of Employment and Training |
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http://www.det.state.vt.us/ |
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Check out the Vermont Job Bank; free |
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Resume listing service; summer jobs for |
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youth;
training and employment |
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opportunities and apprenticeship training |
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opportunities. |
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Academic360.com |
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http://www.academic360.com/ |
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Academic360.com is meta-collection of |
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Internet resources that have been gathered |
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for the academic job hunter. It includes |
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links to faculty, staff, and administrative |
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announcements, and is not restricted to |
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teaching positions. |
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Includes Web links to: |
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The Chronicle of Higher Ed;
Academic |
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Employment Network;
American |
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Association of Community Colleges; |
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Hispanic Outlook in Higher Ed; |
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Newspaper Classifieds-Online, and more. |
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State of Massachusetts – Dept. Of |
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Employment and Training |
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http://www.detma.org |
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This site offers job listings, as well as job |
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search tips and information concerning the |
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local labor market. |
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Choose ‘Job Seekers’ at top – then, continue |
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to choose ‘Massachusetts JobBank’...you’ll |
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come to a site where you can register or |
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simply choose [occupation] for a search of |
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jobs by job title. |
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Informational Interviewing and Networking
Techniques |
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http://www.quintcareers.com/ |
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This site provides links to numerous |
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Job
search tips and techniques. |
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Click on ‘Open Our Career Tool Kit’ |
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located on left side bar. |
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From the list of links, check out ‘Art of |
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Networking’ (for help with Informational |
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Interviewing), ‘Career Tutorials’ and ‘Career |
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Articles’. |
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Mike Farr’s On-Line Get A Job Workshop |
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http://www.jist.com/farrwkshp.htm |
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Click on Job Search Tips at left side bar, very |
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helpful.
Farr offers a nice discussion concerning |
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the myths of the traditional job search methods
and |
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why they are not very effective in today’s job |
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market. |
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Follow the workshop through, in particular, |
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‘Contacting Employers Directly’ |
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→ which leads you to Farr’s great job
search tool: |
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TheJIST Card!! |
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BigYellow |
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http://www.bigyellow.com/ |
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This
site offers a search of job categories in |
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any locale of interest. Choose ‘distance search’ on |
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right side.
Then, choose ‘Browse Categories’ in |
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order to pick the categories that this database
will |
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recognize. |
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As
you continue to narrow the category term, |
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BigYellow will ‘slip’ your final choice back at
the |
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criteria search site. |
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Choose
a radius, city and zip code and a number |
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of listings will be offered in the field and
location of |
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interest. |
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Associations…. |
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http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ctng/assoc.htm |
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Associations can provide specific |
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information about current events; job |
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opportunities; professional articles |
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and contacts. |
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Thank you for using this self-directed career
planning tool. |
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Please help me to make it better. |
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If you have suggested changes or additions,
e-mail me at: |
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maisto@gcc.mass.edu |
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