Career Exploration


Be What I Want To Be  -  http://bewhatiwanttobe.com/  -  allows one to investigate different jobs across the state of Maryland and see what the people who have those jobs had to do to get them.

Career Exploration Links - Occupational - http://career.berkeley.edu/infolab/CareerFields.stm - Provides links to the major career groups.

CareersAndColleges -  http://careersandcolleges.com  -  offers a unique combination of time-saving interactive tools to help students and parents find a college, learn about financial aid, compare student loans, and research thousands of scholarship opportunities.

Culinary Arts and Food Science Career Guide  -  http://www.khake.com/page30.html  -  includes information such as "Personal Requirements" and "Related Jobs." 

Culinary Schools  -  http://www.culinarycolleges.info  -  "a listing of top cooking schools in the United States committed to providing you with a positive, comprehensive, and challenging hands-on experience  for a variety of rewarding positions in the culinary field."

Engineering: Your Future - http://www.asee.org/precollege/ - Everything here makes an engineering career look fun and exciting. Start with a look at the “Engineering Alphabet” from aerospace engineering to transportation engineering.  This list gives a brief description of the career and usually contains links to the professional organization for that field.   Also be sure to look at the “What is Engineering” to get answers to frequently asked questions.

Job Profiles  -  http://www.jobprofiles.org/index.htm  -  Experienced workers in a wide variety of fields share their thoughts on their profession.

Maryland Health Careers - http://www.marylandhealthcareers.org/ - designed by the health professionals in the state.

MarylandMentor - Career Center  -  http://www.marylandmentor.org/Career/CareerCenter/default.asp  -  use the "List of Careers" to find occupations listed by clusters or "Keyword Search" to find them quick and easy.

Military Career Guide  -  http://www.militarycareers.com/  -  in the “search the guide” feature you can either run a keyword search or scroll down to the list of Enlisted and Officer Occupations.  “It gives you details on 152 enlisted and officer occupations, one by one. Because most military occupations are comparable to one or more civilian occupations, you are given the civilian counterpart for every applicable military occupation. In addition, this site describes training, advancement, and educational opportunities within each of the major Services.”

O*NET Online  -  http://online.onetcenter.org/  -  browse or search occupational information by job title, skills, or by interests.  Snapshots of each career include details of experience requirements, occupation requirements, worker requirements, worker characteristics, and occupation characteristics.

Ocean Science Careers  -  http://www.vims.edu/bridge/career.html  -  links to all types of information on a variety of careers dealing in any way with the oceans.

Occupation Search - http://www.iseek.org/ - allows you to search for information on a variety of careers.  This site is designed for Minnesota, but most of the information is universal.

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, Alphabetical List  -  http://stats.bls.gov/oes/oes_data.htm  -  Each occupation's five-digit OES code number is a link to that occupation's definition and national employment and wage estimates. 

Occupational Outlook Handbook  - http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm  - “a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  To find out about a specific occupation,  enter its name in the "Search by occupation" box at the top right of the page.  To find out about multiple occupations, browse through listings using the occupational cluster buttons on the left of the page. For a listing of all occupations in alphabetical order, click on one of the letters at the top of the page.”

Office of Science Education  -  http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm  -  this site has a wide variety of useful data from career finders to true stories, to salaries for the health and medical profession.

Peterson's Culinary Schools  - http://www.culinaryschools.com  -  "a listing of top cooking schools in the United States and around the world, brought to you by Peterson's. Click the name of any school below to read a detailed profile."

Western Montana School for Guides  -  http://www.guidetraining.com/  -  "provides students with in-depth, hands-on training in dozens of essential topics necessary for your career as a professional guide or outfitter, or simply to be a better outdoorsman."
 

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Updated 12/10/08