Elementary Sites

Nature and the Environment
This web site is titled "Nature and the Environment."  Included in the site is job information dealing with forester and conservation scientist positions.  There are brief descriptions that are not difficult to read and can be used with upper elementray children.  The site continues to share working conditions, job outlook, salary, and education/training in the field.  A nice addition to the site is at the bottom where many additional contacts and additional information sites are listed.  There is also a section that links to other internet resources such as the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  I believe this is a useful site for students who wish to look into careers in the environment. It is not overwhelmed with technical terminology and is not too "crowded."  This would be a nice site to use in a career guidance unit as well as a environmental unit. ~Kim Lees

Careers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"Careers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service" is a site that can be useful to both teachers and counselors who have students who will be seeking information about the environment and careers.  It is an online booklet that tells about the Service, its mission, and career opportunities.  After a brief introduction, the site talks about being in the "forefront of protecting our national heritage."  Many different positions within the Service are listed with brief descriptions (there are over 120 occupations in the Service).  The site continues by listing basic qualification requirements, pay, health and life insurance, time off, and retirement.  The next section discusses how to get started on a career in the environment. For teachers and counselors working with children on a unit in careers or the environment, there are many addresses for regional offices that students could write to for additional information.  Finally, at the end is a search engine that can be useful in finding additional information on the internet.  I liked that the Service wants to share information and encourages readers to contact them for additional information.
~Kim Lees

I Want to Work in the Environment
The title alone is attractive to someone who is seeking information on the environment and potential careers.  I think this is a site that kids would enjoy visiting.  In the second paragraph on the introduction page are the words "industrial" and "development."  They are in blue and are used to move you to two fantastic pages.  Each of the pages details working on either the industrial services or developmental sides of environmental careers.  Each section includes an interview with someone working in the field, a detail of a day in the life of someone in the field, career outlook (opportunity, salary, hours), and coursework (get good grades, experience, being realistic).  I found this site interesting and educational; I believe students would enjoy it as well as gaining knowledge.  The site is also useful because it has links to search other environmental web sites. ~Kim Lees

DEBORAH AMATO
This is a profile of a woman named Deborah Amato.  She's an aerospace engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.  The site describes her job, a typical day at work, her education, and her interests. She points out that it took a lot of hard work to get where she is, but that girls should be encouraged to explore math and science related careers. The site is easy to read (for an upper elementary grade level) and is written from the woman's personal perspective.  There are several other sites in this area about women's career profiles. I think it is a really exciting location to promote the math and science fields to girls. ~Nancy Yahner
 
Cool Careers
This website called, "Cool Careers" is aimed at teens who are considering career choices.  I feel this website would be useful with upper elementary aged children.  This site provides an opportunity for students to ask various questions regarding career choices via e-mail to adults who are currently working in that field.  Careers from broadway actors to scuba divers are featured.  Links such as "Reaching the Dream," "The Career Ladder," "Let's Rap," "On the Job" and "Bios" are offered.  This website teaches teens about "cool careers" online.  By a few clicks of the mouse teens can find a career that interests them. Very appropriate for teens and counselors working with teens in a computer targeted atmosphere. ~Barbie Hainan

Kids and Careers An On-Line Manual
This website titled, "Kids and Careers An On-Line Manual" is a guide for elementary teachers and parents.  An extensive table of contents is provided which outlines various career topics.  Topics such as, "Career Awareness K to 12," "How Careers are Chosen," "What are Careers and Why Do We Have To Prepare For Them," and "The Meaning of Work" are given. The activities, teacher tips, and discussion questions which are provided would be beneficial to any teacher or counselor whose objective
is to expose students to the world of work.~Barbie Hainan

Community Helpers
At the URL listed above, I found an excellent social studies lesson plan
titled, "Community Helpers." This lesson plan is targeted at children in grades K-2. The purpose and objectives of this lesson are aimed at teaching children about various jobs involved for a city or town to work as a communtiy.  A very motivating aspect of this lesson is the involvement of parents which is a vital part of our student learning today.  Through cooperative learning, art, children's literature, field trips, and sharing children learn the importance of working together in a community.  This website provides numerous links for lesson plans across the curriculum.  This particular lesson plan is a great way to introduce very young children to the concept of careers.~Barbie Hainan

Kids News Network
From a counseling prospective, I viewed this website titled, "Kids News Network" as very valuable for use with younger children.  Children are naturally motivated by successful "famous" people.  This website provided links to interviews, news, technology, sports, music, books, science, and money to name a few.  The interview links contained excellent questions that would help counselors explain some basic steps an individual follows when thinking about their future. The interview questions probed personal interests, family background, likes and dislikes, career preparation, and education.  These categories are helpful in bringing real life meaning to career education for children. The links provided by this website could possibly provide users with
information about their personal interests.~Barbie Hainan

JobSmart Home
This website titled, "JobSmart Home" is packed with information about planning your career.  I found it very useful because it provided links to careers from A to Z.  It addressed frequently asked questions, gave job descriptions, and listed employers to the related career choice. This site was more of a hands-on resource tool -- super for students who have access to a computer! A modern version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, aimed at teens.~Rhonda Bordonaro

Silver Valley School to Work
This website titled, "Silver Valley School to Work" provides a lot of  useful links for students and or teachers/counselors to explore career awareness, career exploration, work based learning, school based learning, job search, occupational licenses information and trends. Many different links to schools are provided as well as links to the U.S. Department of Labor which answers teens questions about career
choice.  Excellent! ~Rhonda Bordonaro

Shaping the Future
Jr. Achievement of Michigan Educational Program Descriptions
This website titled, "Shaping the Future... Jr. Achievement of Michigan Educational Program Descriptions" is a website targeted for Middle School programs. Through four program themes, MS students can learn the fundamentals of discovering their skills and interests, explore different careers, learn about the American economic system, the international market place, and the benefits of staying in school.  I feel this website is excellent for Middle School students because the four main themes of the program focus on important aspects of helping students choose a career.  Also an excellent way for students to learn about the world of work!  ~Rhonda Bordonaro
 
Waiting for additional information
http://share105.esd105.wednet.edu/curriculumprojects/socialstudies/careercurriculum.htm.
The objective of this site is to explore different career possibilities.   Students will select one career for research purposes and develop projects for presentation to classmates.  I found this very useful because it gave lesson plans in all disciplines such as social
studies, fine arts, health, science, math, technology, foreign language,  and language arts.  This will expose young children to career possibilities. ~Rhonda Bordonaro
 
Role Model Project for Girls
It offers a list of occupations girls can pursue and offers several female role models and profiles of women in the positions listed.  The user can even choose to read several profiles of "random role models" by following simple directions on the site.  I think this site offers young students the opportunities to put some real names and people with careers and encourages girls to follow their interests.  The opening, "When I Grow Up" immediately caught my attention and I think it will do the same for girls at this site. This site is set up in a format that lists the name, title, path, and comments of each role model. ~Nancy Yahner
 
Women of NASA Web Chat page
This site is the Women of NASA Web Chat page and enables people to have real-
time conversations with the women of NASA.  The chats take place on Tuesdays beginning in September and run until summer (basically during the school year).  Conversations are offered in both Spanish and English and questions are answered in the language in which they are asked. I think this site would be very interesting for young students (especially girls) to see what the women at NASA are doing and what it took for these women to come to where they are.  It offers a wonderful opportunity for students to  meet real people holding very important careers. It isn't clear what time the chats are scheduled for so they may not run during school hours, but the schedule will be posted in September.~Nancy Yahner
 
 Ununsual Careers With Animals
This article talks about careers with animals and I feel could be used with upper elementary students.  It starts out by prompting the students to start thinking about their feelings toward animals and asks questions to encourage students to consider if they would be interested in working with animals.  The article continues to suggest various types of specific animals that one can focus on working with, and what specific area they would like to focus on (for example, the behavior of animals, the medical aspect of working with animals, etc.).  One thing I liked about this site is that it revealed some of the disadvantages of working with animals such as the smells, the long hours, the fact that animals are not always cooperative, exposure to diseases,and the fact that this
job could be hazardous to people with allergies.  Included in the article is ways students could find out more about careers with animals.  In addition, several jobs are briefly reviewed and the requirements of people who have those jobs.  Overall, I feel this
website is informative and can help students start thinking about possible careers with animals if they have an interest in animals. ~Brenna Phillips

Math Around Us
I really enjoyed this site!!  This site is designed to allow students to interview different professionals in all fields and find out how they use math in their careers.  There are several links to various elementary schools that connect to interviews reported by elementary aged students.  What I really liked about this site is that while students can simply read about the previously interviewed careers, site users are encouraged to do their own interviews that can be displayed on the web.  I think this site is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about the careers of people in their own community while learning valuable internet skills.  There are also several links to adults with information about joining the site. ~NancyYahner
 
BLS Career Information
This is a great elementary site!!  It is well written and easy to
navigate.  Students can explore careers by first selecting an area they
are interested in such as reading or social studies.  Once selecting a
subject area, they can choose one of the careers shown in that area.  By
clicking on a career such as teaching or mechanic, a student can have
access to information like "what these workers do, the future, pay,
preparing for the job," and others. Very informative and interesting!!
Have fun searching careers with this site!! ~Kim Lees

Working From The Heartland
This web site is done by Martha Finney.  She is a correspondent for a Career Magazine.  She is traveling across the country to find stories of people who love their job.  Each week she posts profiles of people from different careers who like what they are doing.  The article for this week was not very informative but perhaps from week to week she will give a description of a specific career so that it could be used as an effective tool for encouraging children to think about various jobs and perhaps expose them to a job they had never thought about.  It could be interesting to see from week to week what job she focuses.~Brenna Phillips

Discover Science Careers
This web site is designed for high school students but I think it could be used with upper level elementary strudents.  By clicking on different links, this site enables students to gain information on careers in science, explore their interests and abilities to assess if they may be interested in a science career, and there is also a link to read interviews from different people working in the field of science. Elementary students may be overwhelmed by all of the available information, but with a teacher or counselor to go over the web site with them and point out some of the "high points", I think this site could be useful.  It could provide children with information and allow them to explore science careers on their own if they are interested. It could also help children begin thinking about their interests and abilities by looking at the questions related to interests and abilities.~Brenna Phillips
 
Careers In Oceanography
This web site provides links to information about various jobs that people do that is related to oceanography.  It provides a description of the various jobs and describes what type of education or training the person had to complete in order to be qualified for the job.  Students are also given the opportuinty to email people working at the different careers described.  This web site is a portion of an entire curriculum unit on the web from a school district in San Diego.  I feel this web site could be very useful with elementary children in helping expose them to various careers related to oceanography.  I think the idea of being able to link up and email a scientist makes this site even more interesting for children because this gives them the opportunity to ask any questions that they might have about the career that a teacher or guidance counselor could not answer. ~Brenna Phillips

Secondary Sites

America's Job Bank
This is the home page for America's Job Bank, a site that lists resumes and job information.  It is a valuable site, because not only does it contain links to other pages for employers, job seekers, and job market information, but it also has two very helpful links--America's Talent Bank and America's Career Infonet. It even has user-friendly links that provide search tips and instructions for using the site. This site would be useful for school counselors in leading high school students to information sources concerning jobs and resumes. ~ Rosie Petrillo

America's Career Infonet
This is rich site for both agency and school counselors.  It contains a wealth of occupational information.  Besides providing an Occupation Search link that locates information concerning employment outlook, earnings and training for specific careers, it also provides links to Geographic Profiles for demographic information, a Career Resource Library, a Trends section, and a State Career Information Sites link that leads to a number of state-specific information links.  Again, this is a very useful site to help students and adults learn about specific occupations and trends. ~ Rosie Petrillo

Next Step Website
This link is great in helping students to learn more about themselves as well as help them to make plans for their future.  It has a Financial Aid link, Test Preparation link, College Research Sites, College Applications On-Line, Labor Market Information, Graduation Requirements, and Other Helpful Planning Resources link.  Under the major links that I just mentioned, there are more links specifically related to the above link.  For example, under the College Search Site, there are links like:  (1) College Board Online, (2) College Edge, (3) College View and so on.  I think this Web Site is a great asset for adolescents.  Any student who chooses to use this link will be able to find useful information on planning their future as well as learn more about themselves.~Traci Garonzi

Future Scan Links
In this site, they focus on careers.  It has General Career Resource links (About Work, Bureau of Labor statistics, Career NFOsource, Career Magazine, College Edge, Job Smart Resume Guide, and more).  This website is nice because it has sections for teens and parents.  For teens, they have an electronic resource link, a mapping their future link and many more. Parents, have a link called Parent Soup.  This allows parents to ask questions that they may have about careers that their son or daughter are interested in.  This site is very beneficial for parents as well as students, it helps both the student and parent learn and discuss careers.
~Traci Garonzi

 Mapping Your Future
This site helps students to "Map their future."  It has four links for students to explore that will help with some of their future questions, the include: Guided Tours, Paying for School, Selecting a School, and Planning a career.  This link is also beneficial because it helps students to plan a career, select the best school that meets their needs, and how to pay for the school. ~Traci Garonzi

Guided Tour (part of the Mapping Your Future website)
This site actually takes students on a tour to help plan their future.  It gives ten steps to planning a future and their are highlighted words that you can click to take your tour a step further.  I chose the Middle and High school student tour.  It separates the tour into different grade levels (8th and 9th grades together, 10th grade by itself, 11th grade by itself, and 12th grade by itself).  It then gives steps for students to follow according to their grade level that will help to plan their future.  I thought this was really a neat site.  I have never seen a site that actually gives steps to help plan a future.  Actually, I felt that the entire Conifer High School Counseling website was phenominal!  They have so much to offer for the students and their site is very well constructed as well as very well designed.
~Traci Garonzi

NOICC Home Page
This site is the home page for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.  This organization deals with a network of federal agencies and State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees to help gather and disseminate information needed for career planning and decision-making.  Links on this home page lead to career development tools, information delivery systems, training programs, and some of the SOICC home pages.  The two best links, however, are to the infonet and related organizations and agencies. (These two sites are described below.)  This seems to be a great starting place for locating career information for students and adults.
~ Rosie Petrillo

NOICC Infonet 
This is described by NOICC as their "gateway to career, education, and labor market information sources on the Internet."  Some of the sites listed on this Internet sampler are:

•   Job Search Assistance
•   Career Information, Education, & Financial Aid Web Sites
•   Occupational, Labor Market, & Education Statistics
•   WebSpinner--other Internet links and site reviews.

This seems like a treasure trove of site possibilities for the secondary school counselor to gather information on careers and trends. ~ Rosie Petrillo

Related Federal Agencies and National Organizations on the Web
 This is an incredible site--definitely one to bookmark!  It contains a listing of hotlinks to 13 federal agencies and offices, including the U.S. Department of Education, Department of Labor, National Skill Standards Board and the School-to-Work Opportunities Office.  There is also a list of 11 different National Professional Associations with links to their home pages.  These include the American Counseling Association, American School Counselor Association, National Career Development Association, National Employment Counseling Association, and many others.  The advantage of this website is that by bookmarking one URL, the school counselor can quickly link to any of 24 major sources of career information and resources.  Wow.
~ Rosie Petrillo

 Sehome High School - curriculum
This website was located through an Excite search based on the Keywords "High School Career Counseling." It was listed as an 88% match. It is the website for Sehoma High School Counseling and Career Center, in Bellingham, Washington. The opening screen provides information regarding the counselors and two options to proceed further. I chose the one I felt was more relevant - the Career Center. I was then presented with four options to "Navigate Your Future through the Career Center." I looked at each of these connections and found two to be what I feel would be quite useful in career counseling for high school students: 1.) "Life After High School" and 2.) "What Future Career Is Good For Me?". The first sent me to a link that gave options to explore many facets of 4-year Colleges, Community and Technical Colleges, Apprenticeships, Military, and issues related to Getting a Job. I did look at some topics in each area and found them all to be useful. One I especially liked was the Military Options. It provided students and counselors with addresses for each of the military branches, costs, Admissions requirements, options, benefits, and student aid options.  The second link, "What Career Is Good For Me?", sent me to a link entitled "The Career Search." This page likewise had many sites that would be useful to both the student and counselor. Some examples of direct links from this site are: Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information for Students, Princeton Review Online Career, JobSmart, Career Development Manual, OOH, FutureScan, Kaplan: Career Center, and Youth Careers (descriptions and salary ranges for over 175 jobs).  I believe that this initial site and all those that is has direct links to would be useful and easy to access for counselors and students. The amounts of detailed information about individual careers, how to go about choosing one, and requirements to obtain it make this an extremely important website to keep in mind to direct students to or use as a referrence.
~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

West Bend Community Career Network - Guidance Services
This website was located through an Excite search based on the Keywords"High School Career Counseling." It was listed an an 88% match. It is the Website for the West Bend Community Career Network - Guidance Services. This site is an excellent linking site to many other websites regarding career information. With the click of a button one can access services and information form several High School guidance centers, a technical college career center and an adult work force development center; information regarding videos and guest speakers on careers; Catapult's on-line Career Library Resources; resources for Guidance counselors ( links to National Career Development Association, American School Counselor Association, and American Counseling Association); and resources for career teachers. It also gives the user the ability to look into other related topics, again with just a click, such as Career tests, college information, military information, job trends and employment. I believe this is a very useful website as it is a quick and easy link to other resources. I see it as more useful to the counselor or teacher, rather than to the student, as it provides in one concise page a listing of links that can be accessed for further links that are then useful to the student. The link that I found to be the most relevant to career development was to the West Bend legh School Career Center. This lead me to an outstanding list of direct links to Comprehensive Career Resources that provide the counselor and/or student with job descriptions, outlook, pay, training, etc..
~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

College Board on-line Career Search
This website was located through a direct link from the Comprehensive Career Resources list provided in West Bend High School Career Center's website. In that list it is called Caree Descriptions with suggested preparatory classes. Once in this website, the user is provided with a list of career categories from which to choose. After selecting a category, a more detailed listing of career titles with in thie category is given. By clicking on one of these, the user is provided with a document detailing many aspects of the chosen career including: Nature of the Work; Working Conditions; Employment; Training, Other Quaufications, and Advancement; Job Outlook; Earnings; Related Occupations (which can be clicked on to read also); and Sources of Additional Information. I feel that this site is useful to counselors in that it is easy to access and teach a student to use. Students would find it useful as the career information is provided in a straight forward manner with concise, yet pretty complete, information regarding the job aspects they would most want to look into when considering a career.~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

JobSmart--Specific Career Information
This website was located through a direct link ftom the Comprehensive Career Resources fist provided in West Bend High School Career Center's website. In that list it is called Job Smart Career Guides. Once in this website, the user is provided with a list of target careers that one can click on or scroll down the page to reach more information on, such as the needed training and education, earnings, trends, and work environment. Also under each career heading are links to other web sites that relate to that particular career, and range from stories from persons in the
field to links to professional organizations. Just below the list of target careers are also direct links to sites to check if you were unable to locate your career of interest in this site. These links are OOH, California Occupational Guides, and AboutWork: Career Database. I found this to be a relatively useful website for both the counselor and student. The career descriptions were good, however, some of the related site links were not very good while others were very good, depending upon the career. This was not the most direct of all those I looked into to locate a specific job title, but did provide the user with a direct link to the OOH which would give them a more comprehensive listing.~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

Princeton Review Career Database  (alsoStudent Center.com)
This website was located through a direct link from the Comprehensive Career Resources list provided in West Bend I-ligh School Career Center's website. In that list it can be accessed by clicking on either Princeton Review Career Database orstudent Center--Career Database. Once in this website, the user selects a letter of the alphabet and is given a limited listing of career titles that begin with that particular letter. It is also possible to scroll through the entire alphabetical listing of the careers covered in this database. By clicking on one of these career titles, the user is given a profile of various aspects of that career including: a description, others that they may work with, the quality of life they can expect (in 2, 5, and 10 years), professional profies
(including average salaries), publications that those in the field read, books, films and TV that show the profession, major employers, and major associations. I personally did not feel that the information provided regarding the several careers I looked at was as good as that which I found in some of the other web sites I looked into. I think that this would be better used by students in the first two years of high school when only a cursory evaluation of possible careers is occurring, as opposed to students who want specific, detailed information on which to base major decisions that may influence their life after high school. Additionally, the listing of careers in this site is limited, when compared to many of the other sources.
~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

Occupational Profiles - Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development (OCCINFO)
This website was located through a direct link ftom the Comprehensive Career Resources list provided in West Bend High School Career Center's website. In that list it can be accessed by clicking on Occupational Profiles - Alberta Advanced Education & Career Development. In this website, the user selects a letter of the alphabet and is given a listing of career titles that begin with that particular letter from which to select. By clicking on one of these career titles, the user is given a profile of various aspects of that career including: employment outlook; physical requirements; a definition of the job; duties; working conditions; skills, interests and values, education requirements; employment and advancement; salary; and other sources of information. I feel that the sections on duties and skills, interests, and values would give the user a clear, concise and pretty accurate picture of each of these areas to determine if they would like to further investigate the particular career in one of the other, more detailed web sites. One word of caution regarding this web site is that it is from Alberta, Canada and the sections regarding educational requirements, salary, and other sources of information reflect this fact. On many of the careers, the education requirements and salary are still useful, but referrences to colleges and other sources are all in Canada. At the end of each career profile are Related Occupational Profiles which can be quickly obtained by clicking on them. I can see this web site as useful to counselors and students to obtain short and direct descriptions of the duties performed and skills needed in a variety of careers when students are beginning their career search to start to narrow it down. Much of the other information, although interesting just to read, may be inaccurate or unapplicable to students in the United States. Students should be cautioned regarding this issue by counselors before they use this data base.
~Terri McKenna Koprivnikar

Career Key
I loved this website. It is full of great information on career decisions for ages middle school and up.  This site has a Career Key that can be completed and scored on the computer in less than one-half of a hour.  Not only that, after you find a career or careers you are interested in it will locate it in the Occupation Outlook Handbook and give you a list of other sites that can provide information on your career choice.  They had a version of the Career Key for middle school and a separate one for older students.  Very user friendly.~Susan Wachob

Bill's Counseling Corner
This site is also another good one.  It is geared more towards high school Juniors and Seniors and beyond.  This site offers information on making college plans.  It provides hits to other sites that provide information on college admissions testing and financial aid.  In addition, it provides links for colleges that provide enrollment applications through the internet.  Some of the links can no longer be accessed and need to be updated.  All in all, Bill's Counseling Corner is a good website for the college bound.
~Susan Wachob

Careers
This is a great resource for school to work students and for graduating college seniors.  It had several resources for links for job seekers.  Some links included jobs, employers, learning and resume writing.  I also found this site very user friendly and would recommend it for job seekers.  This site seemed to be up-to-date but with the numerous links it was impossible for me to search a fraction of them.
~Susan Wachob

Career Pathways
I found this site a very valuable tool for any middle, junior, or high school.  This site is a sub-site of Anacortes High School and would be a great template for other schools.  It provides students who have identified their personality type and job interests with more information on interests and jobs related to their personality type.  The thing I liked most about this site is that it directs students to classes offered by the Anacortes High School that will fulfill their potential identified career goals. Again this site was user friendly. ~Susan Wachob

College Edge
Basically, this site helps high school/secondary school, international and transfer students to find the right college or university and to inform the college about themselves.  In addition, it provides information and guidance on scholarships, careers, majors, financial aid and so forth.  In short, it mainly offers comprehensive, general
information and services for college preparation. This link also contains useful resources for guidance professionals who work in college guidance offices, libraries, career centers etc. This web site seems quite popular in www.  Thus, you can expect enable
to obtain plenty of up-to-date career (or higher educational) information from this. ~Nahoko Yoshida
 
"I want to be an architect."
The site I located described the job outlook and requirements for a career in architecture.  This described the schooling needed to enter the profession.  The site mentioned how to prepare for the career, as far as extracurriclar and internships available.  Another aspect of the site dealt with what the architect who created the site might have done different to futher his education.~Brian Switala

The Princeton Review Guide To Your Career: Nursing
 This website is an extensive look into the nursing career.  The website divides the career into several different subtopics for easier access to information regarding nursing.  The career profile describes the different specializations a nurse can go into.  “Paying Your Dues” defines the education needed to become a nurse.  Associated Careers describes related occupations a registered nurse can explore because of the qualifications he/she has.  The “Past and Future” subtopic gives a brief history on the nursing career.  The Quality of Life describes the burnout rate of nurses and typical career changes within the field.  The last subtopic is a brief but thorough career profile.  This subtopic describes the number of people in the profession, average hours per week, average salaries starting out, five years and 10 years into the profession.  This website is very informative and provides a person with a thorough overview of the nursing career. ~Kara Willow
 
Job Seeker FAQs- CareerMosaic
This website is aimed at helping students locate jobs and also gives resume information.  The Job Seeker FAQs website defines what CareerMosaic is and how it can help students find a job. It also tells the advantages to using CareerMosaic and how to respond to job listings located on the website.  Finally, there is an OnLine Job Fair CareerMosaic offers that provides a unique was of bringing job seekers and employers together.  There is also an Inquiry Form at the end of the site that provides additional places a student can go for further topics Job Seeker FAQs provides.
 ~Kara Willow

Lycos Career Guide
 This website is a career guide for any job in the world!!  There is a place at the top of the website page for the student to type in the career of interest and the location of interest for the career chosen.  The web page also gives the student several different options to chose from regarding career decisions.  These options include: online job finders, self employment opportunities and resume builders to name a few.  The website also allows the student access into other web pages regarding career interests.  This website offers many opportunities for a student who is exploring the job market.
~Kara Willow

jobfind.com
The jobfind website is an extensive page that gives several opportunities to the student who is searching for a career.  The website lists various subtopics within jobfind.com.  For example, a student can click on the heading of job search which allows the student to type in a particular job category and location for the category selected.  After the student has gone through this process, the website pulls up the jobs that are available within that area.  Further exploration allows the student to get a sense of what the employer is looking for in regards to qualifications for the job listed.  This website is very thorough in helping the student find a career and the prerequisites needed for the position. ~Kara Willow

Student Center
This site provides broad career-planning information for students and recent graduates.  The general contents of this link are: Know Yourself (ex. self-assessment Links), Jobs,Jobs,Jobs (ex. Job Bank including 20,000 listings), Resumes & Letters (ex. handy tool to create your resume), Ace the Interview (useful tips for the various kind of interviews), Resources Center (ex. company profiles<12.000 companies), and Networking & Community (networking strategy).  There are also highlights include 'Career expert advice columns','virtual interview',and 'cost of living calculator' that translates salaries and expenses among hundreds of cities.  It sounds really interesting to me, actually. Furthermore, they have'message boards' and 'chatroom' enable students to get helpful information from accredited career counselors. Overall, I feel that this site could motivate students enough in terms of searching for their future career through the various links on this website during their college years. ~Nahoko Yoshida

The American Vocational Association
The American Vocational Association is the largest national education association focused on the advancement of vocational education.  The association has 38,000 members comprised of teachers, educational adminisstrators, teacher educators, counselors, business and industry partners, students and others with an interest in workforce education.  Among various projects and programs, the association also holds the nation's largest convention for educators and employers involved in workforce education which is held in December.  AVA also produces a wide array of publications, videos, and promotional materials for workforce education and addresses key concerns in workforce education and business/industry trends affecting education.  AVA also maintains a strong presence on Capitol Hill.~Dianne Terlion

FastWeb.com
Many students don't think higher education is possible for them because their
parents don't have the money and are not encouraging.  Students need to know
that college is an option and that resources are available to help them. Scholarships are based on academic achievement, and loans and grants are based on financial need. This is the internet's largest free scholarship search.  More than 30,000 students access this site daily, and more htan 2,000 schools provide access to this site for their students.  It matches specific skills, abilities and interests to a database of over 400,000 scholarships.  Also has detailed information on other loan, work-study and grant programs, and local awards for those schools which are registered.~Dianne Terlion

Cooperative Education Resources 
This site is accessed through Southern Illinois University.  It was developed by Dr. Larry J. Bailey a professor at the university who has authored over 100 publications and books on education and careers.  The site contains a number of online resources that I think are particularly relevant to counseling young (and older) adults. Individuals can explore the following subject areas: Preparing for work, Working on the job, Career Planning, Success Skills, Managing Your Money, and Independent Living.  These sections outline specific and concise points of interest and provide links to helpful information such as tips on writing an electronic resume, job interview skills, downloading an application for your social security card, what employers expect and also your worker rights, grooming for employment, an on-line career assessment similar to Hollands SDS, employment data and occupational trends, improving writing skills, improving leadership skills, improving computer and technology skills, and a wealth of other information for lifelong learning.  The list just goes on ....  This is definitely a site worth visiting.  I think Dr. Bailey has taken the work out of the search and put the answers to many questions literally at our fingertips.  Also I think this site might be a useful reference for our final class project. ~Dianne Terlion

Consulting Schools for Career Development
The Illinois State Board of Education has developed a strategy for incorporating career development into the curriculum.  They have established a comprehensive school-wide plan.  The site provides lists of schools and what each school does to promote the career development program.  In addition to this, you have the option of down loading a Power Point presentation on Education to Careers (ETC).  The site also includes agency and organization links that provide work-based learning experiences.
~Brian Switala
 
Kids and Jobs
This site is designed for teens, parents, and educators who need general information of the world of work.  What I think it somewhat interesting is that, in either link 'Teen Career Center' or 'Guide for Parents and Educators', we could see Employment Trends which provides us certain future prospects regarding the shifting job balance in the USA.   As shown in the title, this link is particularly focused on supporting teens' career planning with fun.  In my personal opinion, this Website seems to have kind of impact on teens because of their casual words and phrases used. However, I feel that it needs to be developed for covering more comprehensive aspects of careers in terms of various people's points of  view.  As a matter of fact, I could notice only one person'e name (Dr. Susan Quattrochiocchi) on featured articles mainly offering some useful information regarding jobs in the coming century. As a whole, for introduction to understand outline of the world of work, this site might be a fine tool for teens as well as parents (and educators).  ~Nahoko Yoshida
 
College View
This site is a free online college search service with profiles of 3,700+ colleges & universities, virtual tours of hundreds of schools, electronic applications, financial aid info and so forth. There is a link called as 'Career' in which you can obtain
plenty of information regarding career exploration. I really like this site, since it is full of resources for career development.  They also have other particular links for students, parents, admissions, and counselors.  Interestingly, there is curious site named 'Coffee Shop' for finding others with similar interests. This would greatly appeal high school students, I assume.This site is literally neat!   ~Nahoko Yoshida
 
 
 

US News Career Guide
This is an extremely broad and informative site.  There are several links to aid in your career search and planning.  They begin with sites on choosing a career and go the whole way to outlooks for that career in the future.  They give you a way to link directly to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.  There is schooling and loan information.  There is also a "guide for parents" about loans and schools their children would need and what their part is in helping them chose a career.  There is a special link designed for grad school students and their career paths.  Here again is a website you must look at for yourself to appreciate.  I feel this would be useful to any who access it.  It's a quick way to get info from numerous different resources.
~Meggan Cole

What Color Your Parachute: The Net Guide
Richard Bolles in cooperation with the Washington Post created this informative career based site.  The useful links are numerous.  "What Color Your Parachute: The Net Guide" is based on his original book.  I cannot even begin to list the resources of this site; they range from links to resumes and job listings to advice and researching.  You really have to check it out for yourself to appreciate it.  I think any and all could benefit from this information.  When I have more time I plan on going back to this site. (I spent an hour in it already.)~Meggan Cole

When Winners Work for Losers
I found this site to be a light and refreshing alternative to the straight forward and directly informative career websites.  It begins with humor.  The quotes and stories professionals have submitted are enjoyable to read.  But there are also informational links and sections, such as; Resume writing, Interview Tips and Employment Opportunities.  The tips and ideas they give you are very informative and useful.  They also give the reader numerous links to opportunities and job listings.  I believe this site would be a good resource for a "stressed out" overworked client.  It can ease their tension and make them smile a little.  I also believe when one is full of anxiety it is nice to know that you are not alone.  It can also help with someone who is just so frustrated that they want to find a new job.  There is a link that addresses this issue titled "Need a new boss."  There is also a "Want to be your own boss" link that gives the reader entrepreneurial information.  I know it's difficult to investigate all the submitted websites entirely but if you get a chance read "our inspiration."  It's nice to hear how they got this idea.  I found this site both entertaining and informative.  It was a welcome break from the "serious and competitive" world of today's work force.~Meggan Cole

Electra, a women's view on careers, jobs, and.....
I discovered a web-based career site especially for women.  This would be a good website to refer a female client to who has just decided to enter workforce or is just going back.  It has information on many topics they may wonder about as well as support issues and ideas.  It has job listings and resume' ideas.  One link I found interesting was it's advice center.  On this link you can read answers to some career and job related issues that others have asked about.  A career advisor answers the questions and addresses other issues.  You yourself can submit your own question and someone will try and get back to you.  I also found this a good tool for the working woman.  The many links offer support and information.  It links to "digital city" under the link title of "my town".  Here one can get information, news, stock reports, employment guides, etc., to a number of different cities across the US, including Pittsburgh. Counselors could use all these resources to aid their clients and themselves.
A counselor could find quick answers to difficult questions in a number of the links.  I found the Electra Career Women website to be a very informative and complete source for career information for women.~Meggan Cole

Basic Skills of Career Exploration
This website is dedicated to aid young adults, primarily those who are graduating from High School, find a career which they will enjoy and which is a match to their interests. The site has many links to other sites related to finding a career.  The website also provides statistics regarding jobs for teenagers/adults, a page on self awareness, links to occupations, manuals to aid parents, adolescents and counselors and links to match occupations. I feel that this website is interesting and very informative.  The links to the other websites devoted to career exploration are definately beneficial for counslors, adolecents and adults.  The ASVAB website holds your attention because of the hypertexts which are available for the user to click on.  I enjoyed this website and would recommend it to other counselors and students, particulary those in the High School age range. Overall, I found this website to hold my attention, it was visually
appealing and very informative. ~Mindy Heher
 
CareerPassport
This site is an interactive site that allows the user to to become actively involved in his or her own career assesment. The site appears very useful to both client and counselor; and I like the client involvement.  First, the site allows the user to gain valuable internet experience. Second, the site helps the user to understand which career may best fit his or her personality and lifestyle.  Finally, the site allows the user to understand the use of assesments in career counseling.
~Jeff Spencer
 
Human Resource Development Unit
(TheDalhousie University - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
This site is an excellent way to allow a client to make a self determination of their wants and needs in a career.  This site has questionaires for the client to fill out to assess their present situation, (what they enjoy about their current job, does it match their value system, and their likes and dislikes).  This site then takes the client through steps of setting future career goals, gathering infomation about their plans, identifying developmental needs, preparing an action plan, and finally taking action toward a better and more self-satisfying career. This is a great site for anyone who is in need of career guidance. ~Jenn Trempus

Sexual Orientation and Career Decision Making
This website can help clients in the workforce who are gay,lesbian, or bisexual.  I feel that this is a great website because it provides excellent information and "links" to find support for individuals who are on the job and are determining whether to disclose their sexual orientation or not.  This website provides legal rights, ways to determine company policies, and even a list of articles and books that provide career related material for gay, lesbian and bisexual employees. Again, I feel that this is an excellent site for counselors to refer to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals who are are trying to decide to disclosure of their sexual orientation. ~Jenn Trempus

My Future For Armed Services Info
This site is an excellent site for high school students interested in possibly finding a career in the military. It provides a number of lists of frequently asked questions about joining the military, as well as information concerning personal finance and other career help. This site has many useful links to various questions about resume writing, interviewing strategies and answers to career questions.My future is very helpful for graduating seniors as well as adolescents seeking advice about career options.  This site offers an e-mail address for adolescents to write to other professionals regarding career choices. I reccomend this site for teens seeking advice about career options.
~Mindy Heher
 
Career Planning & Development Strategies
This site is great because it walks a potential jobseeker through a 5 step plan to help identify careers that they might enjoy.  It also provides links to the occupational outlook handbook, ways to develop a resume or application for a job, college, or training, and it also provides information about assessment.  This is a very informative site that provides great ideas.    ~Jenn Trempus
 
Career Connection Network,
This site supplies the client with questionaires able to be printed out and completed.  The client is asked to answer information dealing with the research and action plan that goes along with finding a career.  The site also supplies techniques for finding out about jobs, internships, and volunteering.  The client can also read about assessment tools, and discover links to the occupational outlook handbook, dictionary of occupational titles, O*NET, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and even scholarship information.   This is a very informative, detailed, and comprehensive site!!!
~Jenn Trempus

Women's Focus - Specializing in Adults in career transition
This is a website dedicated to helping women who are interested in advancing in their career, looking for higher salary options, or who are dissatisfied with their current job and want to move on.  This website is very interactive and user friendly.  It offers links to career counseling, job hunting, successes of other individuals, and much more.  This is a terrrific website for those women who are interested in making a significant change with their current career.  Although this website is geared toward women, they stress that "men are welcome". I enjoyed this site and reccomend it to other professionals and clients. ~Mindy Heher
 
The Alumnae Resources
The Alumnae Resources - Promoting career options, Providing information, skills & support,  is a great interactive sight for those individuals seeking help with their career.  This site has many links to answer ones questions about the website, career development (where are you in your career), services and specialties (resource center, counseling and more),  and programs and events offered by their services. This site also leads the user to information on the stages of career development.  It explores what stage the individual is in as far as career exploration is concerned.  Alumnae Resources also offers a list of jobs, qualifications, duties, and salary and an address to send the company a resume. The AR also gives a list of workshops to attend according to the individuals stage in the career development process. I found this site to be interesting and very helpful.  It is updated weekly and current with their information.  It is a very ionteractive site and beneficial for anyone who is currently searching for help with their career.~Mindy Heher

Career Planning for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders
This site was composed bt a career specialist who discusses the importance  of recognizing that persons with learning disabilities or ADD have problems academically and inthe employment setting because of the limits placed on them because of their disabilities. This site offers some suggestions/skills on how to counsel these individuals. You can also backtrack to the homepage and learn more about ADD in adults and adolescents. ~Nikole Jackson
 
The Catapult on JOBWEB
This website is by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The site would be very helpful for community and guidance counselors. It offers information on employment centers, colleges and universities, professional associations, and job search information. It references a lsit of resources for career practitioners as well as career library resources. One link which I found especially interesting was "Principle for Professional Conduct." This supplies principles to follow for careeer service professionals. These principles point out some important aspects we all need to keep in mind. ~Beth Miller-Kuhns

Senior Citizens Job Bureau, Inc.
The Senior Citizens Job Bureau, Inc. ofers free referral service for employers and senior citizens. Employers have accesss to men and women from this population who are looking for work. A list of occupations is provided which can be referenced. The job seekers are able to enter their information into the site to be accessed. I think this is a wonderful site to open up connections between employers and senior citizens. It is funded by the Federal Government (Note this is a Canadian site) and is a free service. As a community counselor, this type of access could open up possibilities for an older client in numerous ways, imporving their financial situation, etc.. Overall, this site offers a path in which connections can be made which might otherwise be impossible by ordinary job seeking methods.~Beth Miller-Kuhns

Keeping a job can be stressful, too
This site is offered by the American Psychological Association. The article points out that keeping a job can be just as stressful as being laid off in the workplace. Psychologists who study work issues report the remaining employees experience increased stress, anxiety, insecurity, and burnout signs. They are described as being "on edge," waiting for the downsizing to happen again. The downsizing effects their work and emotional responses greatly. I think this is an important aspect to review for counselors. Clients may enter your office suffering from very similar issues. The "survivors" of downsizing are often overlooked. .~Beth Miller-Kuhns

"Work - The Road to Burnout"
As a community counselor I found this website very helpful. The different stages of burnout are described, focusing on symptoms and brief explanation of these symptoms. Several tips are given to avoid burnout and links are available to receive additional help. I liked this part especially. A person can click on the "get in touch" link and get connected to a psychologists in his/her geographical area. Further information on APA is also attainable. The description of burnout is written in such a way that the individual reading it might not feel as stigmatized or anxious about what is happening to him/her. As a result, the link to psychologist may be utilized more often as well.
~Beth Miller-Kuhns

CareerPath.com
This is a great interactive site.  The site lets the user search for jobs, post resumes and complete career assesments.  In addition, it allows the users to explore ways to change or improve their careers.  Moreover, the site allows employers to locate and contact potential employees.  The site also has access to career experts, who can instruct and/or advise the user.  All in all, a useful site for career exploration, job seekers, employers and counselors who employ a self-direct approach.~Jeff Spencer

America's One Stop Career Center System
This is an excellant web resource with links to the America's Job Bank and America's Career Infonet. The site can be used as a job serach resource and also gives information on recent career changes affecting the market.  This site also includes a link to state One-Stop programs and registration for these programs. Individuals using this site can narrow job searches down by titles, state and educational levels just to name a few.  This could be used by career counselors to stay updated on the newest changes in the world of work and could be used as a tool to help individuals seek employment opportunities. ~Brad McGarry
 
Workplace INC. (link is not working waiting on additional info)
This is an excellant site for individuals searching for employment opportunities and exploring different employment options. The program offers training and education for people in the region to expand employment options and increase employment possibilities. The program also offers seminars, resume courses, loans and grants for job seekers and resources to help individuals seeking employment. The site could be used by counselors or clients to explore possible employment opportunities and programs that offer resources to individauls seeking employment. ~Brad McGarry