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Why complete an career assessment? These Assessment can be effective in giving you ideas of potential careers that may be a match for your skills and interests and get you thinking about how well-suited they might be for that particular career...
Missouri Connections is a web-based resource to help Missouri Citizens determine their career interests, explore occupations, establish education plans, develop job search strategies, and create resumes. Sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Economic Development, Missouri Connections is available to students, parents, guidance counselors, educators, and job seekers at no charge.
MissouriConnections.org is an Internet -based one-stop for:
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Carerr Assessment and awreness
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Postsecondary planning
Career Preparation and management
Reality Check
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Not sure what you want to do after High School well start here by completing the O*NET Interest Profiler at My Next Move. The O*NET Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work, employment & training, and schooling developed by the National Center for O*NET Development
Students once had few options for sharpening their skills aside from finding a mentor on the job or earning a traditional degree after high school. Today, with the world of credentials expanding, individuals have a variety of ways they can acquire knowledge and demonstrate their skills.
Aside from earning a degree, individuals can sign up for certificate programs, take massive open online courses and earn credentials, among other options.
Most certificate programs are highly focused on a specific field and are geared toward particular occupations. Common certificate fields of study include health care, cosmetology, auto mechanics, and computer and information services, according to a report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University.
Certification Programs
Administered mostly by universities, certification programs give individuals specialized knowledge through a series of courses that may last only a few weeks or months.
Certification programs are growing in the U.S., says Cathy Sandeen, vice president for education attainment and innovation at American Council on Education. They cover a variety of topics, including business management, cyber security and data analytics, and typically have graded assessments.
How to get financial assistance to help you paid for your post-secondary education or training.
How to get financial assistance to help you paid for your post-secondary education or training.
What is FAFSA?
What is FAFSA?
Completing a FAFSA is the first step in applying for most federal, state, and college-provided financial aid for students. It stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid because it is filed with the US Department of Education, but most state-sponsored and college-sponsored aid requires the same FAFSA filing, so it is not only for federally sponsored student aid as the name might imply.
The FAFSA is used by aid providers to determine the amount of the student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC), which is the amount that they expect the student's family could contribute toward the student's college education. EFC varies from student to student since it is based on the specific financial situation of the student and often of the student's parents as well.
The FAFSA is often 100+ questions long and can cover various areas such as the student's family situation, the student's educational background, the student's educational plans and prospective colleges, the student's finances, the student's spouse's finances, and the student's parents' finances. Whether or not parent financial information is required depends on whether or not the student is determined to still be a dependent of one of their parents.
Once the FAFSA application is completed and filed, a federal processor will examine all the information provided and pass the examination results on to the financial aid offices of the preferred colleges listed on the FAFSA.
In short, the FAFSA is often the first step in applying for your share of the billions of dollars in student financial aid that are available every year, including scholarships, grants, low-interest loans and work-study programs.
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