Career Planning Resources

As you look over these resources, please consider the following:

• • Required Training- how can you prepare yourself for next steps while at JHS?

  • Job demand- is this a growing or shrinking career field?

  • Please consider the impact on lifestyle that a potential career could bring to your adult life. Does the career fit with the way you want to live? Use your free time? 

  • Personal strengths; does this career field play into your personal strengths as a person? You could use the inventories on Xello to help clarify this question!

  • Do not look at career options through a MONEY only view; it is a component but consider the career as a whole as well as the education/training that is required

Trades and Hands-On

For more information, navigate to the JHS Apprenticeship tab, LINK HERE. 

O*NET: My Next Move: 

O*net is a resource that allows students to indicate areas of interest and then provides career suggestions based upon personal strengths. Students can then use the information to research possible careers. For the home page of O*Net, go to THIS LINK

For more information and to start the career profile, please go to THIS LINK 

Additional College Majors and Career Search Options 

1. University of Iowa College Major Quiz: take the quiz to help identify college majors that could be potential options for you via U of Iowa. For more information, see THIS LINK

2. Loyola College Major Quiz: Answer a series of 40 yes/no questions which will suggest possible college majors that you be interested in as a future option. This is a quick 5 minute assessment. To access this option, please use THIS LINK

3. Goshen College Major Quiz: easy to complete quiz that provides a visual of possible college/career options.  To access this option, use THIS LINK