Careers Web Sites



http://www.careercruising.com   Career Cruising

http://www.jobshadow.org/  Job Shadowing 2002-  This web site has information on the Job Shadowing program.  Helpful feature is the Virtual Job Shadow pages.  They include profiles of real-life professional.  There are lesson plans to go with many activities.

http://www.isbe.net/etc/whatsnew.html Illinois Education-to-Careers-  This site has a variety of career-oriented pages.  There are pages for parents, teachers, and students.  The students corner has several useful links.  Some of them are in the list below.

http://www.workforceinfo.state.il.us/  Career Click-  This site provides information on approximately 700 occupations in the state of Illinois.  They are divided into six Career Interest Areas: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Arts and Communications; Business and Administrative Services; Industrial and Engineering Technology; Health Care; Human and Family Services.  Descriptions, salaries, Illinois abnd substate employment levels, employment forecasts and other information are provided.

http://www.bcit.tec.nj.us/KidCareer/info.html   New Directions-  This site has several helful sections including an interest survey, other links, and a "choose your own adventure game".

http://mapping-your-future.org/features/careership/  CAREERSHIP -  This is an on-line career exploration adventure geared towards middle school students.

http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm  Jobs for Kids Who Like ...  (BLS Career Information)-  This site gives students ideas for careers based on their interest in school subjects.

http://www.ioicc.state.il.us/countdown/ Countdown 9, 8, 7..  This site contains an Interest Survey, Career Cluster page, Occupations page, and a Career Interest Area page.  Good information about many jobs and education required.

http://whenIgrowup1.homestead.com/title.html When I Grow Up-   Designed as a career interest webquest.  Has a good Interest Finder quiz that will return areas of interest to the student.  Career Interest Game uses that information to give students suggestions of careers that might fit those interests.

http://careerx.careerbuilder.com/ooc.asp   Career Builder-  This site has information provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The Occupational Outlook Handbook has information about many different occupations.