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Career One Stop: Get My Future
Great site to explore different careers, learn about the skills and education you need for specific careers, get information about growing industries, find out about job training programs, learn how to write a resume, and lots more.
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Mapping Your Future: Explore Your Career
Find out about your options in higher education, and learn how to choose a career. Includes useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques. Select the "en Espanol" link on the right side to view this resource...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Elementary, Middle, and High School Principals
Learn about the profession of school principals, the job outlook, education required, and expected salary.
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Career One Stop: Career and Cluster Videos
Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreation Workers
This resource provides information about careers for recreation workers. Included is information on working conditions, training and job outlook, in addition to several other topics.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Financial Managers
Description of the education, experience, and skills that a financial manager needs. Includes job duties, working conditions, earnings and job outlook.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dancers and Choreographers
This resource gives details about dancers and choreographers. Includes nature of the work, working conditions, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents
Find out the training and education it takes to be a real estate broker or sales agent. Includes projected income ranges and the job outlook.
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National Environmental Education Foundation
Have you always dreamed of having a career working to help the environment? Here, find information about student involvement, internships, grants and contests, green jobs, and environmentally-minded colleges.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Social Workers
Describes a day in the life of a social worker. Include info on education requirements and expected earnings.
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American Association of Medical Assistants
This AAMA Medical Assistant site provides a comprehensive source for professional information including such topics as: education, certification, news/events, journal highlights, and a job source listing.
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Wisconsin Employment
Although this site does not limit itself to employment in education, it does have an easy-to-use job finder for available openings in education within the state.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Biochemist
Science Buddies offers a career description of a biochemist. If you have an interest in both biology and chemistry, this might be a good fit for you. Read the "On the Job" section to find out all the different things a biochemist does....
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technician
This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become an aerospace engineering and operations technician, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Computer Programmer
Computers are able to work only because computer programmers tell them what to do. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a computer programmer, as well as the education and job description. Included are...
Government of Alberta
Alberta Human Resources and Employment: Oc Cinfo: Banquet Manager
Find out what a banquet or catering manager does. Read about the specific duties, working conditions, education, job outlook, and much more.
Government of Alberta
Alberta Learning Information Service: Market Research Analyst
This resource provides information on the career of a market research analyst. Read about the specific duties, working conditions, education needed, job outlook, and much more.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career Artist
Information on the career of an artist. Tells requirements (both personal and educational), future job outlook, and typical job duties.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Chef
This site provides information about having a career as a chef. Includes educational and personal requirements, future job outlook, job duties, and what to expect after working in the field after a number of years.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career Coach
This site contains detailed information on the coaching career field. Tells typical duties, job requirments (both educational and personal), what to expect after being in the field for awhile, future job outlook, and more.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Grounds Maintenance Workers
Comprehensive U.S. Department of Labor report of the occupation that includes nursery, landscape, grounds, and greenhouse laborers. Also includes working conditions, wages, outlook, and career preparation.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Radiologic Technician
Published by the Department of Labor, this site details the Radiologic Technician Career. Employment outlook, and projections are provided with training and qualifications data.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Old Business, New Business
In this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The web site, "Business Cards"...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Life as a Wildlife Biologist
This site describes the skills needed for a career in Wildlife Biology. Includes link to a quiz that tests the student's knowledge of Wildlife issues.