Some Career Information Resources on the World Wide Web
I. General Career Information Links
A. Occupational Outlook Handbook
URL: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Description: Good descriptions of 250 common occupations,
comprising 90% of the U.S. Job Market - Highly recommended!
B. America's Career InfoNet
URL:
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Description: Outstanding general career information resource.
Includes job descriptions, salary levels, educational requirements, links to
schools and colleges, and to job openings through America's Job Bank -
Also highly recommended!
C. US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
URL: http://stats.bls.gov
Description: Data on the U.S. economy, job market, regional
data.
D. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
URL: http://fcn.state.fl.us/dbpr
Description: Lists professionals certified or licensed by the
State of Florida
E. Information on Regulated Occupations, Florida Department of
Health
URL:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/proflist.htm
Description: Licensure requirements for health-care professionals in
the State of Florida
F. U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics - Alphabetic
index of salary data
URL:
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm
Description: National-average pay scales for many occupations,
nicely presented.
G. Florida Department of Labor and Employment
Security database
URL:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/Department-of-Labor-and-Employment-Security-(Florida)-(DLES).html
Description: Includes lists of "Targeted - High Demand/High
Wage Occupations" in the State of Florida.
H. Labor Market Information, Florida Department of Labor and
Employment Security
URL:
http://www.labormarketinfo.com/
Description: Offers numerous tables of wage and employment
statistics for the State, counties, and SDA regions of Florida. These
are provided in both text and Excel formats.
I. JobSmart Guide to Specific Careers
URL:
http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/
Description: Collection of links to information on 100 or so
occupations or career fields
J. College Board Career Search
URL:
http://www.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl
Description: Offers descriptions of 250 or so occupations -
verbatim from the Occupational Outlook Handbook - but also lists possible
college majors leading to this occupation and links to a description of each
major.
K. Dictionary of Occupational Titles
URL:
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm
Description: Full text of the DOT: descriptions of over
12000 jobs in the U.S. economy.
L. College Grad
URL:
http://www.collegegrad.com
Description: For college students and recent grads, with
more than 10,000 job postings, 140 resume templates, a searchable employer
database (more than 8,000 entries) and the entire contents of "College Grad
Job Hunter" online and free for all to access.
M. Florida Career Link
URL:
http://www.FloridaCareerLINK.com/
Description: Assists students and alumni in finding the
career they're looking for here in Florida. Job seekers can search
Florida jobs and post their resume for Florida employers to see.
II. Major to Occupation linkages
A. Florida State University/Career Center
URL:
http://www.career.fsu.edu/
Description: Home page branches to various areas (click Student
Services and then Linking Majors to Occupations to view major match
sheets.)
C. University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences/Career Resource Center
URL:
http://www.crc.ufl.edu/ufguide/liberalarts/what_to_do.php
Description: Provides descriptions of the majors offered by the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a list of possible occupations
for each major.
D. "What can I do with a major in...?"
URL:
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/
Description: Lists occupations actually held by graduates of
degree programs at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
Thus it provides a glimpse of the complexity of the major/career
relationship.
E. Major Resource Kits
URL:
http://www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html
Description: List about 80 college majors, describes major,
field of study, sample job titles, types of employers hiring graduates in
this field, and professional associations.
F, MyPlan.com
URL: http://www.myplan.com/
Description: The site features over 150,000 pages of free
content about colleges and careers, including articles, profiles, reviews,
videos, and career assessment tests.
G. Education Corner
URL: http://www.educationcorner.com/
Description: Comprehensive
guide to the best education sites, resources, and articles
on the Web.
III. Collections of career-related links
A. Career Exploration Links
URL:
http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/Links/occup.cfm
Description: An excellent collection at the University of
California at Berkeley
B. Career Links from Orange Coast College.
URL:
http://www.occ.cccd.edu/CNP/CareerResources.html
Description: Links to career information, arranged by Holland
Code
IV. Links to professional associations, trade groups, unions and other career-relevant organizations
A. Professional Associations on the Net
URL:
http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON/
Description: Part of the Internet Public Library, links to a
large number of associations.
B. Scholarly Societies
URL:
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
Description: Links to over 1300 academic and professional
associations, searchable by subject or keyword.
C. American Council of Learned Societies
URL:
http://www.acls.org/acls/ls-cao.htm
Description: Descriptions of and links to pages of about 60
academic societies in the United States.
V. Career-Related Assessments on the Web
A. Keirsey Temperament Sorter
URL: http://www.keirsey.com
Description: The KTS is a "clone" of the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator, although that is not as obvious now since the personality factors
have been renamed. The KTS can be taken on the Web, and scores
immediately provided. Descriptions of the 16 personality types are
readily available through this website as well as through links to other
sites.
B. Jungian Personality Type Test
URL:
http://quiz.ivillage.com/health/tests/pttphase1.htm
Description: Another on-line assessment which is consistent
with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
C. University of Waterloo, Career Development Manual
URL:
http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca
Description: Offers a series of forms for use in clarifying
personal values, attitudes, personality, aptitudes, interests and learning
style as they relate to career options.
D. Mazemaster
URL:
http://www.mazemaster.on.ca
Description: A Canadian site which offers checklists of
Interests, Values and Abilities. The Interests list suggests
matching occupations. The others simply feed back what the user put
in, but could be helpful as clarification exercises.
URL: MBTI (Myers-Briggs) http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.htmlURL: Auditory-Visual-Tactile/Kinesthetic Learning http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
VI. College Home Pages
A. Florida Public Universities and Community Colleges
URL:
http://www.nwrdc.fsu.edu/index.htm
B. Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida
URL: http://www.icuf.org/
C. American Universities
URL:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
D. American Community Colleges
URL:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc
E. International Universities
URL:
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
VII. College Search Engines
Description: Each of these includes a page that allows the user to select criteria such as major, location, availability of on-campus housing, etc., then indicates which colleges or universities in the United States meet those criteria and often links to their home pages.
A. CollegeNet
URL:
http://www.collegenet.com
B. College Edge
URL: http://www.embark.com/
C. College View
URL:
http://www.collegeview.com
D. College Board
URL:
http://www.collegeboard.org
E. College
Atlas
URL:
http://www/collegeatlas.org/
VIII. College Ratings
A. Princeton Review
URL: http://www.review.com
B. College Ratings website at: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
URL:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
C. College Ratings website at: Chico State University
URL:
http://www.csuchico.edu/lref/guides/misc/colran.html
IX. General Internet Resources of possible use to career seekers
A. GTE Yellow Pages
URL: http://yp.gte.net
Description: Find business in any U.S.city by type of business,
name, location... Good way to search for prospective employers
B. State of Florida Telephone Directory
URL: http://411.myflorida.com/411/www_tel.public_411
Description: Lists department numbers and many individuals in
the State system, including agencies, community colleges,
universities, cities, and counties
C. Liszt - Listserver database
URL: http://www.liszt.com
Description: Large discussion list index. There is a
discussion group on every topic you can imagine, and some that you can't.
At least one is likely to relate to your major or career path. A
good way to stay up-to-date on any given topic.
D. Internet Public Library
URL: http://www.ipl.org/
Description: Electronic books, references, links to
organizations, associations.
E. USA City Link
URL:
http://www.usacitylink.com/
Description: Links to official web-pages for many U.S. cities.
Thinking about relocating? Get crime statistics, cost-of-living,
unemployment rate, potential employers, etc.
F. Terraserver - Geographic Photo Database
URL:
http://www.terraserver.com
Description: At MicroSoft, a compilation of satellite photos
covering much of the world. See your location from the sky at 1
meter-per-pixel resolution. Check out prospective worksites from
above.
G. Metacrawler
URL:
http://www.metacrawler.com
Description: General-Purpose search engine - there are many of
these. If you don't already have a favorite, try mine! It is
simple, quick, and a good way to find organizations' or businesses' web
sites when the name is know.
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Contact: Betty Broome, Career Resource Center
A-107A, (850) 718-2424
Last Updated
October 26, 2011
