Career Information

List of highest paying or fastest growing jobs. (Click on "fastest-growing or "highest paying" under the Occupation Information menu on the left side of the screen.)

CAREER PROFILES:

ARCHITECTURE combines creative and technical interests.  The American Institute of Architects provides numerous resources to explore a career in architecture, including a list of colleges with accredited architecture programs and a student resource page.

MEDICAL PROFESSIONS The AMA's Health Care Careers Directory lists information about 82 careers in health care and more than 8,200 accredited educational programs in those fields.

NURSING careers offer opportunity and variety.  Demand for nurses will be high over the next decade. Explore nursing here. (also, Registered Nurse career description.)

Working as a PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER is possible through the union's apprenticeship program, which pays you while you train on the job and pays for your training classes.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL (CTE) PROGRAM VIDEOS

CAREER SEARCH ENGINES:

Looking for a trade or technical school to get training in a specific career field? Click Here. Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics and take a look at the current job market within the Vocational Information Center.

The College Board offers an extensive listing of Careers and College Majors, each with helpful descriptions that include related careers.

Monster Board Career Center -Online access to 48,000 jobs, career information and names/locations of hundreds of employers.

DISCOVER System -- a web-based resource covering the entire career preparation continuum, from learning about self and matching self to suitable career areas to identifying college majors that will prepare for a specific career and the colleges that offer those majors. Before you can log on to the Discover Website, you will need to pick up a username "Token" from the Counseling Center.  This Token provides full access to all of the resources available on the site including Interest Inventories, College Searches, Occupational Descriptions, and more.  Don't let this extra step stop you from checking out this web site. You'll find it to be a very useful resource.

Occupational Outlook Handbook -- Provides in-depth descriptions of careers including nature of the work, training requirements, expected earnings and job availability.  Search by job title or alphabetical listing (index of job titles) or by job cluster.

  Career InfoNet -- A comprehensive source of occupational and economic information to help you make informed career decisions. Contains lists of fastest growing jobs, highest paying jobs, etc. by level of education.

  Military Career Guide -- The leading career information resource for the military world of work. Details 152 enlisted and officer occupations with comparable civilian counterpart for every applicable military occupation. Also describes training, advancement, and educational opportunities within each of the major Services, including ROTC programs.

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