Career Development

PSYC 5283

Prepared by Tom Messner

 Jamie Holmes

Tom Rink

Updated 06/24/09

 

 

 

Objective:

 

The objective of this resource guide is to provide a framework for accessing and evaluating online resources that are commonly used in providing career counseling services.

 

 

Evaluating Web Sites

 

National Career Development Association http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/Home_Page 

Guidelines for the preparation and Evaluation of Career and Occupational Information Literature: National Career Development Association 

 

Cornell University: Five criteria for evaluating Web pages

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

 

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Assessment

 

University of Waterloo:

 http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step1.asp

 

 

College Foundation of North Carolina: Career Key

http://www1.cfnc.org/Career_Center/Career_Key/home_-_Career_Key.aspx

 

Career Key:  General Information

http://www.careerkey.org/

 

Career Key: Beware of harmful tests.

http://www.careerkey.org/asp/your_personality/beware_harmfull_tests.asp

 

The Career Assessment Inventory

http://www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/cai_e.htm

 

The Career Decision-Making System

http://ags.pearsonassessments.com/group.asp?nGroupInfoID=a12633

 

ACT’s Discover

http://www.act.org/discover/overview/info.html

 

University of Missouri Career Services, Career Interests Game:

http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php

 

Kuder Career Planning System:

http://www.kuder.com/PublicWeb/aboutus.aspx

Self-Directed Seach:  Holland

http://www.self-directed-search.com/

 

Job Hunters Bible:

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/counseling/index.php

 

Similar Minds:

http://similarminds.com/index.html

 

 

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Military Careers

 

Armed Forces Careers.Com: http://www.armedforcescareers.com/index.htm

 

America’s Top Military Careers:  The Official Guide to Occupations in the Armed Forces

http://www.todaysmilitary.com/careers

 

U.S. Army http://www.army.mil/

U.S. Navy http://www.navy.mil/

U.S. Air Force http://www.af.mil/

U.S. Marine Corps http://www.marines.mil/

U.S. Coast Guard http://www.uscg.mil/

 

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Apprenticeships

 

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeships and Training:

http://oa.doleta.gov/ 

Snagajob http://www.snagajob.com/ 

 

 

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Internships

 

Internship Programs.com

http://internships.wetfeet.com/SearchInternships.asp

 

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Occupations

 

U.S. Department of Labor CareeInfoNet:

http://www.careerinfonet.org/

 

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Occupational Outlook Quarterly http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/

Career Guide to Industries http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/ 

One*Net Online

http://online.onetcenter.org/

 

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Educational Opportunities & Programs

 

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education http://www.okhighered.org/ 

 

Classification of Instructional Programs

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/cip2000/

 

Yahoo, Career and Vocational Education:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Career_and_Vocational/

 

CollegeNET:

http://collegenet.com/

 

COOL: College Opportunities Online:

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/

 

Go College:

http://www.gocollege.com/

 

Peterson’s Education Center:

http://www.petersons.com/

 

Yahoo, Higher Education:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/

 

U.S. News and World Report:

http://www.usnews.com/

 

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Jobs

Oklahoma Jobs.com www.oklahomajobs.com 

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission http://www.ok.gov/oesc_web/Services/Find_Labor_Market_Statistics/index.html 

Government Job Search www.federaljobsearch.com 

USAJOBS www.usajobs.gov 

MonsterBoard:

http://www.monster.com/

 

CareerBuilder.com

http://careerbuilder.com/

 

NationJob:

http://www.nationjob.com/

 

Riley Guide:

http://www.rileyguide.com/index.html

 

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Other Useful Links

 

NSU Career Services http://www.nsuok.edu/careerservices/interviews/index.html 

 

Babelfish (language translator) http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

 

 

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