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Step One
Take a Career Assessment! Here are a few to choose from:
North Carolina's Career Cluster Guide
Create an account
Click on PLAN tab
Click on Learn About Yourself (located on the left side under "Plan for a Career"
Take the Assessments.
Click on Tell Us What You Like To Do
Take the ONet Interest Profiler
Personality Test
For More Career Development Resources:
Step Two
Explore and research careers based on your interests and career assessments and job-shadow. Here are a few resources to choose from:
Green careers
Fastest growing
Highest paying
Industry trends
Search Careers With Key Words
Browse Careers By Industry
Log into your account
Click on the PLAN tab
Click on Plan for a Career
Click on Explore Careers
Job Search Tips for High School Students
Step Three
Research colleges that have programs/certifications needed for your career choice and find scholarships to pay for college. Here are a few resources to choose from:
NC Colleges and Universities
Log into your account
Click on PLAN tab
Go to the left side of the page and click on Explore Postsecondary Schools or Explore Programs and Majors under the Plan for College heading
For More College and Scholarships Resources:
WECHS College and Scholarships Page
Step Four
Job Shadowing, Internships, Service-Learning, and Volunteering. Start working towards your career goals by building your portfolio!
New Hanover County Schools and its Career and Technical Education Programs do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age or disability, in its activities and programs, including employment policies and practices.
In compliance with Federal law, including Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, New Hanover County Schools administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities, and admissions without discrimination because of disability, race, religion, national, or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, or gender except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law.
"For information related to discrimination and harassment, see NHCS policies 1710 - Discrimination and Harassment Prohibited by Federal Law and 1725 - Title IX Sexual Harassment".
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