Worthington City Schools
From Survive to Thrive: What Great Substitute Teachers Do Differently
Thinking about signing up as a substitute teacher? Subbing is not for the faint of heart but with the help of the thoughtful advice in a detailed guide, you can develop the skills you need to be a great, professional substitute teacher.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Online Job Search Guide
Are you starting the job search process? The online job search guide will help get you heading in the right direction.
College Grad
College Grad: Job Search Central
Resource explains how to set up a "control center" to organize your job search much like a business.
College Grad
College Grad: Job Search Online Videos
At this site from CollegeGrad.com, you can watch these online career videos (requires Windows Media Player) on 15 different topics, all entry level, all specifically for college students and recent grads.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Job Skills Checklist
A handout listing an inventory of skills that may be included in a resume or cover letter.
Other
Noodle Tools: Mathematical Literacy: Job Search: Mathematician
Discover the types of jobs that Mathematicians hold and find out what you could do with a degree in mathematics. This site provides influential, historical figures in math and science and research on these careers today.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Action Verbs to Describe Job Skills
Details about action verbs and why their use in describing skills, experiences, and accomplishments in employment-related documents is particularly effective.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Looking for Work: Finding a New Job
Cover some of the literacy and numeracy skills that may be needed to find a new job.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Strategic Searching: Grades 6 8
Students learn that to conduct effective and efficient online searches, they must use a variety of searching strategies rather than relying on a single source. Students learn a five-step method for planning and carrying out an online...
Other
Job Hunt: Create an Internet Resume
Your traditional printed resume must be supplemented now with a 21st century version that is compatible with e-mail and with Internet and database search technologies.
Other
Career Builder
Search hundreds of thousands of jobs ? across the nation or in your own neighborhood. Explore the Career Builder Database to search jobs by keyword, job category, company, or industry.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guides for High School
The pages in this website were created to accompany two video series, "In Search of Character" and "Not for Sale - Ethics in the Workplace, but most of the material can easily be used without the videos. Character topics include traits...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Job Interviewing 101
In this lesson students will explore the process of successfully searching for a job. This will include the development of forms/documents which can assist the successful job-seeker. The submission of a portfolio and "mock" job interview...
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Goal Setting
Are you in the process setting goals for your future? Explore the Amby goal setting resources to assist in setting goals for finding a job.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Telephone Communications
Do you need to make a professional phone call? Before you pick up the phone, explore these telephone skills that allow you to communicate like a pro.
Other
Careers: Career Resource Center
Career Resource Center contains career resources, newspapers, newsgroups, as well as other Internet career links.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Registered Nurses
Extensive information about the nursing career as well as information on many other careers. The search engine can be used to find any career listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Other
A Primer on Databases and Catalogs
This in-depth look at databases does a thorough but not boring job of explaining how these critical tools operate. Macromedia Flash graphics and other interactive tools help engage students. It is not specific to any one kind of database.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Common Interview Questions
Do you have an upcoming interview? Learn how to give professional and well-prepared answers. Explore some of the most common interview questions here, along with suggestions for presenting your responses.
Other
The Black Collegian: Career Site for Students of Color
The Black Collegian Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are abundantly explored. This site is the cyberspace...
University of California
University of California, Berkeley: Planning Your Future
UC Berkeley's collection of information on assessing your interests; undergraduate, graduate, and professional school programs; and available career information sources.
Other
Psych Web: Marky Lloyd's Careers in Pyschology
What can you do with a degree in psychology? Explore what it takes to succeed in the psychology field.
Curated OER
Mathematical Literacy: Job Search: Mathematician
Discover the types of jobs that Mathematicians hold and find out what you could do with a degree in mathematics. This site provides influential, historical figures in math and science and research on these careers today.
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Career Aisle: Career Exploration Grades 6 8
Explore different careers by watching short videos of real people doing a variety of jobs. Sorted by career cluster so that students can choose their area of interest.