Career Center Resources

The Community College of Allegheny County provides an excellent job search manual that is valuable even now.

https://www.ccac.edu/job-placement/_files-career-services/job-search-manual.pdf

Check out these nice PDF posters from the Department of Education on the anatomy of a quality employee and career ready skills.

https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Safe%20Schools/PA%20Career%20Ready%20Skills/Anatomy%20of%20a%20Quality%20Employee.pdf

https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Safe%20Schools/PA%20Career%20Ready%20Skills/Career%20Ready%20Skills.pdf

Learn more about the 16 Career Clusters by visiting this link. While there, create a FREE student account and explore this outstanding website from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

https://www.pacareerzone.org/clusters

More information on Career Clusters can be found at this link:

https://cte.careertech.org/sites/default/files/CareerClustersPathways_0.pdf

Or go deeper starting at this link and click on the cluster to learn more about the knowledge and skills needed for that cluster and a sample plan of study.

https://careertech.org/Career-Clusters

Complete this Career Education and Work checklist to see where there might be gaps in your knowledge about future careers and educational opportunities.

https://pcd.caiu.org/docs/default-source/Career-Portfolio/Work-Standards-I-Statements/9-12-career-portfolio-i-statements.pdf

Check out the CCRW Presentation & the CCRW Workbook. These are great resources and downloadable PDFs.

https://www.act.org/content/act/en/k12-educators-and-administrators/ccrw-toolkit.html?utm_medium=webinar&utm_source=on24&utm_campaign=ccrw-2020-(fy21)-k12-b2b

PA CareerZone has a nice, short guide for parents. Find out how you can help your student navigate the PA CareerZone.

https://www.pacareerzone.org/info/parents

Though more geared towards educators and administrators, these two documents from the PA Department of Education contain all there is to know about the Career Readiness.

https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Career%20and%20Technical%20Education/CEWStandards/Main/Career%20Readiness%20Guidance.pdf

https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Career%20and%20Technical%20Education/CEWStandards/Main/Career%20Education%20and%20Work%20Standards.pdf

There are so many opportunities out there to help assist in the college and career readiness process. Check out these websites to learn more and more and more...

https://www.collegeraptor.com/

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

https://www.princetonreview.com/

https://www.petersons.com/

https://www.nc3t.com/

https://www.seamlesswbl.com/

http://pacteresources.com/

http://www.educationplanner.org/

https://www.smartfutures.org/

https://www.pheaa.org/

https://www.goodcharacter.com/

https://jausa.ja.org/

https://www.entrepreneur.com/

https://www.jff.org/

http://www.pacareertech.org/

https://www.nc3.net/