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Many schools have their own purchased career exploration products. However, if you are looking for some additional free resources, here are a handful of options:
The CA Community College Chancellor's office created a number of great resources such as general industry videos, as well as career exploration pages.
A career exploration site that offers information on "how to become a..." on hundreds of career fields. Information includes job descriptions, educational requirements, and salary information.
This site has resources about career exploration, education and training, money management, getting a job, and more.
This site is frequently used by schools. Students can take an assessment, develop a budget, research careers, and document their plan.
This is a no frills site. This page lists all career profiles, in alphabetical order. When you click on a job title, you get routed to a page that has a lot of information about that job (I believe this information is tied to BLS data).
Check out industries, explore careers, and take an assessment. They have video spotlights and interviews to learn from professionals.
Similar to most job searching sites, this has a variety of resources, including a salary tool and education/training search features. In addition, they have occupation and career profiles, videos, and this resource that allows you to find out more about a specific area if you're looking to move. Here's an example: http://www.careers.org/usa/city/9/san-diego
Many of us know Glassdoor if we've been looking for a job. But one of the reasons I really like this site is that you can also research companies, find out how people like (or don't like) working somewhere, and it has a compare salaries and salary calculator tool.
As adults, hopefully everyone has a LinkedIn account. It's an amazing way for us to network. It's also a way to find jobs and connect with others in industry. Encourage your students to create a free LinkedIn account, follow a page or join a group to find out about an industry, and maybe even reach out to do an informational interview about a career.
Although the look of this site doesn't necessarily draw you in, if you click on the "Careers" tab, there are a lot of great resources such as the Top Ten Lists, the Salary Calculator, and the Video Library.
This organization has collected, organized, curated, and published a listing of free, current, and credible resources that are available on the Internet and are useful to career counselors, coaches, and specialists as they work with clients.
This site has a lot of salary data, as well as basic information about types of jobs, education, skills, etc., as well as links to open positions. I also like that they have a research division that puts out reports.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, through Salary Surfer, is providing comparative information about the earnings of recent CA community college graduates. Salary Surfer uses the aggregated earnings of graduates from a five-year period to provide an estimate on the potential wages to be earned 2-5 years after receiving a certificate or degree in certain disciplines. This tool also provides information on which colleges offer programs in those specific disciplines. Salary Surfer does not contain information about wages earned by community college students who transfer to a 4-year institution.
This company offers a lot of different resources (I believe most are for free). One aspect that's particularly interesting is their "day in the life" section.
This website has a lot of resources to help youth with career exploration, understanding their skills and abilities, and potentially finding opportunities to develop them.
This page is called "Student's Desk" and is dedicated to support K12 students start the basics of career exploration.
The US Department of Labor oversees the American Job Center network of career onestop locations and resources. Click on "Explore Careers" and students can take self-assessments, learn about careers, and start planning.
Within San Diego, the local workforce board has created this helpful Career site.
This website is sponsored by the US Department of Labor. It has three search categories:
"I want to be a..." You can put in words and phrases like doctor or build houses.
"I'll know it when I see it." There's a dropdown of industry choices
"I'm not really sure."
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