Counseling, College, and Career Center

Web Sites for Career Research

General Career Information:

www.careercruising.com   Subscription career research website
User Name: santarosa
Password: jc
www.cacareerzone.org Information about California jobs, assessements, careers,and occupational information      
www.careeronestop.comĀ  Comprehensive site on careers, training and education needed. Great resource.
www.occareers.com Free self-assessments, career exploration, interview skills, and advice ib a variety of subjects including how to budget money in college.
www.socojoblink.org  Sonoma County job listings, training opportunities, career development services, labor maket info
www.princetonreview.com Princeton Review home page
www.salary.com   Find out what jobs pay
www.jobweb.com Comprehensive site with resources and advice on careers and the job market. Designed for college students.
www.jobstar.org/tools/salary/index.htm   Find out how much money you can expect
tomake or negotiate for in a variety of careers.
www.mapping-your-future.org General information site about creating a career plan ,evaluating your skills and interests and selecting a major. Can be read in Spanish also.
www.petersons.com  A comprehensive career web site that includes
information about job searches, articles on job
hunting and career help articles.
www.bls.gov/oco/ Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.jobhuntersbible.com This site is based on Dick Bolles’ best selling book “What Color is Your Parachute?”
www.monster.com general job postings
www.job-search-engine.com/ job bank search engine
www.collegeboard.com/apps/careers/index Career browser 
www.californiacareers.info/       Overall site about jobs in California

Sites to search for information about specific careers:

www.ivillage.com/work/ profiles of women in interesting career areas
www.todaysmilitary.com Careers in the military for officers
www.tvjobs.com comprehensive bulletin board for most U.S.  network TV stations and affiliates.
www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm  What to do with a major in......?
www.khake.com/page53.html Careers in Science and Engineering
www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks

Careers is science

www.onetcenter.org Occupational Network resources
www.healthjobsstarthere.com/ Careers in healthcare

Volunteer:

www.volunteernow.org The Sonoma County Volunteer Center, with many types of volunteer needs

Self Assessments:

www.personalitypathways.com 

Personality test and  information based on Myers-BriggsType Index

www.keirsey.com     Keirsey Temperaments Indicator
www.personalityonline.com   Many tests to take, from fun to more serious
www.queedom.com  Lots of tests – fun and serious
www.iccweb.com/ Career Focus Interest Inventory
www.typefocus.com     Click on Assessment for Myers-Briggs results
www.typelogic.com     Gives insight into Myers-Briggs result
www.careerkey.org/english The Career Key
www.career.missouri.edu/index.php Click on the Career Interest Game
www.bizmove.com/other/quiz.htm    A look at some of the qualities it takes to run you own business
www.myfuture.com Click on Work Interest Quiz to use military site to explore connections between what you like to do and careers
www.kingdomality.com This site is both fun and useful. By answering a few questions, and listing items in order of appeal, the user is matched with jobs held during medieval times. The matches then identify what you might like to do in today's marketplace.