Career Explorations
With career explorations, you can have educational experiences that better equip and empower you to realize career opportunities in today's economy. This includes individual exploration by building connections to your personalized educational needs and interests.
What Career Will You Discover?
What is Career Exploration?
- learning about yourself
- learning about the world of work
- identifying and exploring potentially satisfying occupations
- developing an effective strategy to realize your goals
Nevada Careers
What's Your Plan?
Your future has endless possibilities! Discover possibilities, explore pathways and even create your own career hub using the new Nevada CareerExplorer website!
STEM careers are defining Nevada’s future. As the demand for STEM talent in Nevada continues to grow, Nevada STEM Hub aims to share resources that can help educate Nevadans about these vital careers and motivate Nevada’s kids to pursue STEM career paths.
Trade and Technical Schools
More than 100 privately owned postsecondary schools are licensed by the State of Nevada. The trade/training schools are short term programs with immediate placement in the workforce as the goal. Many of these licensed schools are also accredited by regional and/or national accrediting associations. A school does not have to be accredited to operate in Nevada as long as the school has met all the state requirements for licensing. A school cannot operate without a state license. Accredited schools have access to Federal funding and can offer Federal loans and grants. Non-accredited schools often create their own form of financial aid for qualified students.
Apprenticeship Programs
Apprenticeships provide students the opportunity to receive on the job training while earning a paycheck!
Benefits of Apprenticeships:
- More than 100 privately owned postsecondary schools are licensed by the State of Nevada.
- Helps recruit and develop a highly skilled workforce
- Improves productivity and the bottomline
- Provides opportunities for tax credits and employee tuition benefits in some states
- Reduces turnover costs and increases employee retention
- Creates industry driven and flexible training solutions to meet national and local needs
- Allows workers to earn and learn at the same time
Public Safety Careers
Which area of public safety are you interested in?
Police/Law Enforcement
- Henderson Police Department
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- North Las Vegas Police Department
- Nevada Highway Patrol
Firefighter
Emergency Medical Services/Paramedic
Military Opportunities
There are many advantages of military service. Immediate benefits include educational and/or career training through graduate degrees, opportunity to become a commissioned officer through college ROTC or military academies, travel, specific guaranteed training upon entry, a community with a variety of attractions, free medical and dental care, lower cost commissary and post exchange service, guaranteed pay, promotion opportunities, access to a cadre of trained consultants and counselors, and free legal assistance. Long-term benefits may include the new G.I. Bill awards, scholarships and fellowships, pay bonuses, 30-day paid vacations every year, development of leisure-time skills, certain housing, medical, and educational services for families, low-cost life insurance, FHA loans, lifetime retirement benefits after 20 years of service, and job retention rights over all non-veteran federal workers.
Learn more about Military Opportunities.