Career Planning
If you’re organized, your job search will smoothly move forward. If you’re not, you may get stuck in a virtual merry-go-round. The best way to get organized is to develop a well-thought out career plan and follow through on the research you need to do to refine your plan. The links below will help guide you through this process. Good luck!
Planning Your Search
Wall Street Journal Careers Site
www.careerjournal.com and
Monster.com
www.monster.com
These two sites have excellent collections of job search and career information. If you’re in search of a topic that isn’t covered on this site, we suggest you check out these sites for information.
Counseling Net
www.counselingnet.com
If you’re thinking about seeking out e-services of a career counselor or career coach, this site provides information about how counselors should interact with clients through email or in a chat room. These guidelines will help you determine if you’re working with an ethical virtual counselor.
Career Planning
Bowling Green State University’s Career Planning/Competency Model
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/planning_process.html
This model is an outstanding guide to the steps involved in career planning and exploration. Start your career planning here by clicking Self-Assessment.
Mapping Your Future’s Career Plan
www.mapping-your-future.org/planning/careerpl.htm
This site will help you develop a career plan. Click the Career Goals link to review the importance of career goals and then click the link to review a sample career plan.
Finding the Right Career for You
University of Delaware’s Major Resource Kits
www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html
This site covers 70 majors and provides related job titles. Not only can it spark ideas for jobs and careers to explore, but it gives you a start by providing job profiles and links to information about different careers.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco
This is an excellent resource on occupational information. Here you can get a realistic picture about a particular career. It is provided by the Department of Labor.
America’s Career InfoNet
www.acinet.org
The information contained in this site provides details about the job market for specific career fields and offers a profile of the occupation by state.
Researching Employers
Wet Feet
www.wetfeet.com
This site offers excellent information on industry trends, what’s good and not so good about the industry, key companies in the industry, job tips, and key positions.
Michigan State University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (MSU CIBER)
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/busresmain.asp?ResourceCategoryID=14
World Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.nttc.edu/resources/government/govresources.asp
This page on U.S. Government Information Resources allows you to access any government Web site..
IdeaList
www.idealist.org
This site has information on more than 20,000 nonprofit organizations in over 140 countries.