Career Planning

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Planning Your Future Career

Secondary students can find unlimited information on the web to help prepare themselves for the future.  DDESS offers the following Web resource suggestions as a place to start.

Career Key

Test helps students figure out their personality traits and interests. Career Key then matches jobs to characteristics and lets users know more about careers that they would like.

Career Magazine

Provides resume info, job opening database, employment profiles and more.

Career One Stop

Tools to help students, businesses, job seekers, and career professionals sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor

Career Voyages

This web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

Kids.gov/careers - Information about careers in the U.S. government.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Includes a list of career choices and information on typical wages or salaries for many occupations. Published by US Department of Labor.

Mapping Your Future

This extensive site provides information and links to a variety of college and career planning organizations. It is sponsored by a group of guarantee agencies that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) which is committed to providing information about higher education and career opportunities. Topics included are: planning a career, selecting a school, and paying for school.

Military Career Guide Online

Contains information about enlisted and officer military careers. Click on SITE MAP to see detailed descriptions of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and Coast Guard Forces careers.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook

When considering potential college majors, students may check out employment trends in the electronic version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03. The entire handbook, searchable by keyword, is included.

College and Career Planning Information

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