Jobs and Careers/Finances

Texas Reality Check’s website includes a career search for high school students, which provides a ton of information on hundreds of different jobs—how much they pay, how popular they are, what you need to study in order to qualify for them, and more.

The Lifestyle Calculator lets students walk through what monthly expenses will look like – from housing to food to fun. Once students have understood their minimum salary requirement, they’ll explore jobs that match the salary they’ll need.

The California CareerZone site is powered by Headed2, a secure web-based platform designed to help you explore, plan, and prepare for a career you’ll love.

Using our innovative technology, you are afforded an end-to-end career discovery journey. By working through the system, you can access:

• Self-assessment modules including interest, work-importance and skills profile tools.

• Financial literacy tools including our popular “Budget your Life” assessment

• Over 900 occupations, as well as information on US colleges and certifications

• Personalized pathway recommendations based on student exploration

Understand the many careers that you could hold in the future. This resource from the US Department of Labor enables you to delve into your future by:

• Taking a survey of your interests to match you with potential jobs

• Explore jobs by industry

• Understand how your job might grow or shrink in the future

USAJobs is the United States Government's website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies.

Research Careers, majors, and colleges

Industry database and personality tests

Your source for career exploration, training & jobs

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States.

The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy. From this information, applications are developed to facilitate the development and maintenance of a skilled workforce.

Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation.