Career Planning...Figure Out What's Next!
Career planning includes self-awareness, career exploration, and career skill building (resume writing, job search strategies, networking and interviewing). The primary focus is for you to discover your interests, skills and abilities. Then, start to develop educational goals and personal career plans.
Valuable career planning resources include:
The Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/k12/
My Future http://myfuture.com/
Education Planner http://www.educationplanner.org
My Next Move http://www.mynextmove.org/
The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/
Mapping Your Future http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfm
Career Explorer http://www.careerexplorer.net/
The Princeton Review Quiz http://www.princetonreview.com/careers-after-college.aspx
Futures for Kids http://www.f4k.org
To access your F4K student account, click on the F4K link. Then click on the Students icon. Log in with your personal username and password. Your username is the prefix “NC-” plus your NCWISE student ID (e.g. NC-1234567), and your portfolio password is your birth date in mmddyyyy format (ex. August 25th, 1990 --> 08251990). The first time you login, the system will make you change your password, if you forget it, you can recover it by indicating that you have lost your password, and it will be emailed to you.
College Foundation North Carolina www.cfnc.org
The CFNC site offers many different resources including online career assessments. Students can create their own accounts. Once you have an account, sign in and hover on "Plan" (orange bar near the top of the page) and choose "For a Career." Choose "Learn About Yourself". A page with several assessments will come up. It is suggested that you start with the "Interest Profiler."
Valuable career planning resources include:
The Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/k12/
My Future http://myfuture.com/
Education Planner http://www.educationplanner.org
My Next Move http://www.mynextmove.org/
The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/
Mapping Your Future http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfm
Career Explorer http://www.careerexplorer.net/
The Princeton Review Quiz http://www.princetonreview.com/careers-after-college.aspx
Futures for Kids http://www.f4k.org
To access your F4K student account, click on the F4K link. Then click on the Students icon. Log in with your personal username and password. Your username is the prefix “NC-” plus your NCWISE student ID (e.g. NC-1234567), and your portfolio password is your birth date in mmddyyyy format (ex. August 25th, 1990 --> 08251990). The first time you login, the system will make you change your password, if you forget it, you can recover it by indicating that you have lost your password, and it will be emailed to you.
College Foundation North Carolina www.cfnc.org
The CFNC site offers many different resources including online career assessments. Students can create their own accounts. Once you have an account, sign in and hover on "Plan" (orange bar near the top of the page) and choose "For a Career." Choose "Learn About Yourself". A page with several assessments will come up. It is suggested that you start with the "Interest Profiler."