Resources
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.-Mark Twain
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.-Mark Twain
Career and Personality Assessments
These assessments help you determine your interests, strengths, and goals and career recommendations tailored to your unique personality and interests.
The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more. These learning tools are available through multiple online platforms designed to help students and professionals achieve their educational and career goals.
Work Based Experiences/Career Readiness
These resources provide guidance, resources, trainings and recommendations for students looking for employment.
Looking to work or explore career options? The Maine Department of Labor is working to ensure that staff, counselors, and teachers have the tools they need to empower their students as they enter the world of work, and ensure that students and their families know their rights and available resources.
This innovative program is part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan. It offers age-appropriate paid work opportunities to youth ages 16-24 to support career exploration that lines up with areas of interest.Manpower works closely with dedicated Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) Coordinators to successfully onboard and prepare their student associates for their upcoming assignments.
At MaineHealth, you’ll find more than just a job. We are committed to working with you to develop a rewarding career path that provides many opportunities for learning and growth. Whether you are a student, current employee, or prospective employee, we provide health career education, training opportunities, resources and tools that support skill development and professional growth.
Employers featured on the DO site tell their employees’ stories and educate people about who they are, what they do and why a career path to their company is desirable. In a few hours, students and job seekers can visit dynamic (and often hidden) Maine employers to learn about hundreds of different careers.
Maine’s Career Exploration Program aims to help students and families to connect to Maine’s economy by offering age-appropriate opportunities to explore career paths that are in line with individual areas of interests. With funding from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, this program will offer paid work experience for Maine’s youth ages 16-24.
The ACE Mentor Program of America, founded in 1994, is a no-cost after-school program that prioritizes workforce development for high school students by connecting them with experts from the design and construction industry.
ACE Mentor addresses pressing workforce needs, offers a range of exciting opportunities for students, and plays a crucial role in bridging the skills gap, with continuous mentor opportunities from high school through to full-time employment.
Explore careers and prepare for the job with hundreds of free job simulations designed by the world's top employers.Our job simulations build real-life skills for real-life roles, offering a window into the company and a preview of their day-to-day. Job sims are 100% free, open access and self-paced.
HCA Healthcare’s New Hampshire hospitals – Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Parkland Medical Center, and Frisbie Memorial Hospital – are providing high school students with the opportunity to intern in clinical and non-clinical areas, allowing them to explore future careers in healthcare. The unpaid internship is a full semester and students can earn academic credit through their high school for their participation in the program.
We take road trips to capture empowering stories that give you the confidence and tools to find a career that matters to you.
Our members always come first. So we work to create opportunities for local business leaders and entrepreneurs to connect, learn, and collaborate, and shout their praises from the mountaintops to elevate the Maine Outdoor Brand on both a national and international stage. Keeping in line with our belief that we are stronger together, we partner with Maine’s Outdoor Office of Recreation to support career exposure and recruitment to ensure the Maine outdoor industry has a thriving, top-shelf workforce.
The Vocational Rehabilitation, also known as "VR", is a Bureau of Rehabilitation program that has a primary goal of assisting interested individuals who have disabilities to get and keep a job. VR can assist students with disabilities in coordinating information and resources as they transition from high school to adult life. This is a time-limited program. Generally speaking, once an individual is employed for at least 90 days in a job agreed upon by the individual and the VR counselor, services are ended.
Online Classes/Trainings/Tutorials
These resources provide courses, trainings and tutorials to improve skills and understanding of numerous careers.
Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost. Now offering 1316 open textbooks, the Open Textbook Library is supported by the Open Education Network.
Since 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has been creating new opportunities for millions of learners and educators, sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) from MIT and helping to lead a global revolution in free access to knowledge.
MIT OpenCourseWare continues to build on this foundation. With a new web platform, ever-growing content, and collaborations across the vibrant open education ecosystem, we're creating a world of more equitable and inclusive education for all.
New Ventures Maine interactive classes and workshops are available online and in person. Choose a Class to sign up for free online workshops and classes. Individual coaching is available by appointment. To reach a local staff person go to our locations page: Find a Center .
The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more. These learning tools are available through multiple online platforms designed to help students and professionals achieve their educational and career goals.
At Open Colleges, we believe that Opportunity is Everywhere. We’re very proud to say that we are Australia’s first ever distance education provider.
Volunteering/Project Based Learning
These resources provide guidance, resources and recommendations for students looking for volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer and community service are fundamental parts of civic engagement and resilient communities. Volunteer Maine promotes service through a number of programs.
Project Learning Tree® (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. PLT is an initiative of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Based out of The Opportunity Alliance in South Portland, Maine, MYAN is a statewide network of committed adults and passionate young people who believe in the transformative power of youth leadership. We value young people’s thoughts, voices, and solutions for creating more equitable communities and just systems.
College Resources
GEAR UP is all about helping Maine students in grades 7-12 be successful in school and enroll in college. We also support students in the first year of their post secondary experience.
GEAR UP is supported by the grant from the U.S. Department of Education and the contributions of many community partners. We have a unique collaborative partnership with MaineCAN, FAME, and MELMAC, promoting college access throughout the State.
Browse key indicators on the condition of education in the United States at all levels, from prekindergarten through postsecondary, as well as labor force outcomes and international comparisons. The indicators summarize important developments and trends using the latest statistics, which are updated throughout the year as new data become available.
Research/Literature Review
These resources provide information supporting and explaining the importance of extended learning opportunites.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. Our goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being for all. We draw on 60 years of experience and insights to better prepare the world of tomorrow.
At KnowledgeWorks, we believe learners deserve educational experiences that center their needs, interests and passions. They deserve to feel like they belong and have the power to make choices about their futures – not just about what they’ll be, but who.
Personalized, competency-based learning is how we make this happen.
Powerpoint presentation detailing the trends, resources and opportunities available in outdoor recreation in the State of Maine.
With nearly 10 million jobs available in the United States and approximately one in six 18- to 24-year-olds neither enrolled in school nor working,the gap between K-12 systems and workforce preparation is stark. In the state of New Hampshire, labor force participation remains below pre-pandemic levels at 64.6%, while employment still lags the pre-pandemic high by 13,200 workers. Compounding this gap, recent data show that only about half of students say their school is good at teaching them about potential careers.