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For many students, one of the hardest questions to answer is, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" While some people seem to know from early on exactly what career they want to pursue, others struggle for direction.
By exploring a variety of different careers and by taking advantage of some of the personality instruments currently available, students can tighten the focus of their educational goals and objectives. Through career exploration, they may find that elusive "perfect fit," or, perhaps, they'll rule out at least one possibility. Either way, hopefully, their efforts will prove worthwhile.
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Places To GoThis site helps people make better, more informed career decisions. Search for employer contact information nationwide, cost of living data, and state profiles with labor market conditions. Find links to career resources.
Created by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, this site tells about jobs for kids who like the following subjects: Music/Arts, Science, P.E./Outdoors, Social Studies, Reading, and Math.
Helps students discover their interests and possible career choices based on those interests.
This site provides career profiles and a quiz to help students identify potential career paths.
Things To DoLearn about some of the over 600 majors and careers profiled at CollegeBoard.com. Explore college majors and careers now.
Students can take a quiz about their intersts and explore such career clusters as "Exploration", "Technology", or "Art and Design".
Learn information about various careers by looking them up in The Occupational Outlook Handbook, a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals about their future work lives.
From Time Magazine's "Visions of the Future" website, check out this article that speculates about some of the jobs of the future.
Teacher Resources
Bibliography- Devenzio, Dick. Smart Moves: How to Succeed in School, Sports, Career, and Life. Prometheus Books, 1989.
- Maynard, Christopher. Jobs People Do. DK Publishing, 2001.
- Judes, Marie-Odile et al. Max, the Stubborn Little Wolf. Harpercollins Juvenile Books, 2001.
- Knowles, Sheena and Rod Clement. Edwina the Emu. HarperTrophy, 1997.
- Kottke, Jan. A Day With Firefighters. Children's Press, 2000.
- Maynard, Thane and Jane Goodall. Working With Wildlife: A Guide to Careers in the Animal World. Franklin Watts, Incorporated, 2000.
- Park, Barbara and Denise Brunkus. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Random House, 1993.
- Park, Barbara and Denise Brunkus. Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy. Random House, 1998.
- Pasternak, Ceel and Linda Thornburg. Cool Careers for Girls With Animals (Cool Careers for Girls Series). Impact Pubns., 1999.
- Pasternak, Ceel, and Linda Thornburg. Cool Careers for Girls in Computers (Cool Careers for Girls Series). Impact Pubns., 1999.
- Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook. Jist Works, 2001.