 Learning About and Exploring Careers and Occupations
Career Information
JobWeb
http://www.jobweb.com/Resources/
Library/Career_Pursuit/
Career_Action_Plan_103_01.htm
This Web site has a four-step career exploration process: 1) discovery, 2) exploration, 3) experience and experiment, and 4) choice. For each step of the process there are links to other processes to help move you along as you explore careers and occupations.
Occupational information
O*NET
http://online.onetcenter.org/
America's Job Bank
http://www.ajb.org/
America's career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/
America's Service Locator
http://www.servicelocator.org/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Sample jobs from the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
o Carpenters
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos202.htm
o Social and Human Service Assistants
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos059.htm
One-stop Career Centers
http://www.servicelocator.org/
Type in your zip code in the "Find a Local One-Stop Career Center" box (lower right)
Career OneStop
http://www.careeronestop.org/
Apprenticeships
U.S Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services
http://www.doleta.gov/atels_bat/
Becoming an Apprentice
http://www.thebeehive.org/jobs/apprentice.asp
This Beehive Jobs section has a good introduction to becoming an apprentice
Business, Trade, Vocational and Technical Schools
Vocational Training School: What is it?
http://www.thebeehive.org/jobs/vocational-training-school.asp
This Beehive Jobs Section has a good introduction to Vocational Training.
CareerSchools.org
http://www.careerschools.org/
Directory of Technical Schools
http://www.mytechschools.com/
RWM Vocational School Database
http://www.rwm.org/rwm
Trade schools, Colleges and Universities Database
http://www.trade-schools.net/
Vocational Schools Directory
http://www.vocational-schools-directory.com/
Colleges and financial aid
Alternative ways to earn credit for college-level learning acquired out of class
CLEP tests
http://www.collegeboard.org/clep/
"CLEP is the most widely accepted credit-by-examination program in the United States today, helping students of all ages earn college degrees faster by getting credit for what they already know.By receiving a satisfactory score, you can earn from 3 to 12 college credits toward your college degree for each CLEP you take, depending on the exam subject" (From the Collegeboard.com Web site)
Credit for Prior Learning
http://www.acenet.edu/calec/corporate/student-svcs.cfm
Entrepreneurial Education/Starting a Business
Does education pay? Does education make a difference in earnings?
How about for carpenters? For carpenters with less than a high school diploma:
- the Median Income is: $22,880.00
- Half of all carpenters with less than a high school diploma earn more than $440.00 per week, while half earn less than $440.00 per week. This means that half make more than $22,880.00 per year, while half make less.
Compared to carpenters with less than a high school diploma:
- those with a high school diploma earn $6,240.00 (27%) more per year.
- those with some college (no degree) earn $11,180.00 (49%) more per year.
- those with a two-year college degree earn $10,746.55 (47%) more per year.
- those with a four-year college degree earn $9,360.00 (41%) more per year.
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This information is from an Employment Policy Foundation [ http://www.epf.org/ ] web site web site called _Education Pays_ and is designed for teenagers/young adults. http://teen.educationpays.org/ (choose calculator)
[EPF is "a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research and educational foundation based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on workplace trends and policies. Its mission: to shape the direction and development of U.S. employment policies by providing policymakers, the media and the public with timely, high quality economic analysis and commentary. Federal and state executive branch officials and legislators, corporations, think tanks, universities, media and the public use EPF as a primary source of unbiased, reliable data, research and knowledge on employment and labor issues."]
If students use this database to search for occupations they are interested in, and if they copy and print this earning information by career into large posters to put around their classroom, program or school, it might be interesting and informative for everyone. It might lead to personal decision-making and action on individuals' education and training, and it might also raise some labor market, economics and policy issues for discussion.
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