Additional Resource Links

Personal Growth
General Career Planning
Occupational Descriptions
Various Websites for Majors and Fields
Nursing Majors Websites
Psychology Majors Websites
Job Search Websites
Job Search/Resume Posting Boards
Resume Writing Websites
Interviewing Websites
Company Research Websites
Federal, State, and Local Job Posting Boards
Salary Information
Educational Information
Financial Aid Information
Disability Resources
MBTI Websites
Free Online Assessments
Online Assessments with Fee
Community Resources

Personal growth websites (virtual pamphlets through University of Chicago)

http://counseling.uchicago.edu/resources/virtualpamphlets/

General career planning websites

Howard Community College’s Counseling and Career Services Office
http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/majors/index.htm — Matches majors with occupations (North Carolina State University)
http://www.career.fsu.edu/occupations/matchmajor/index.html — Matches majors with occupations (Florida State University)
http://career.utk.edu/students/majors.asp — Matches majors with occupations (University of Tennessee site)
www.mycoolcareer.com/ — Offers career and educational planning, including self—assessment, links to websites for careers for many college majors, and streaming interviews with people in various careers.
http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/Crws/Crwsfrm.asp — Career-related web links maintained by the University of Maryland
http://www.careeroink.com/career—reference/Best—Jobs/ — Info on job options based on a variety of criteria
http://www.quintcareers.com — Comprehensive collection of college, career, and job search info, articles, resources & links.
http://www.work4women.org/ — Non-traditional careers for women and girls.
http://www.bsu.edu/students/careers/article/0,1370,192168-2194-32682,00.html – Wide variety of college and career info.
http://content.monstertrak.monster.com/tools/careerconverter/
http://www.khake.com/page2.html
http://www.jobweb.com/ — Career development and job search advice for new college grads
http://depts.luzerne.edu/career/helpfulWebSites.shtml – Has a multitude of career and educational planning information
http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/onlineassessments.php - On line assessments
http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php – The Career Interests Game

Occupational descriptions

http://stats.bls.gov/oco — Online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
http://online.onetcenter.org/ — O*Net — U.S. Department of Labor site
http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/ — Describes many career areas.
http://www.jobprofiles.org/edu.htm — Describes careers under general categories.
http://www.careerexplorer.net/descriptions.asp — Provides a variety of career and job descriptions.

Various websites for majors and fields

http://www.jobaids.com/ — Biomedical
http://www.pohly.com/links.html — Health care and medical
http://technology.monster.com/qanda/ — Technology
Explore careers in economics
http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/~ae047/employ7.html — Science
http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/en/index.aspx — Health care careers

Nursing majors websites

Psychology majors websites

The Job search process

Job search/resume posting boards

Resume writing websites

Interviewing websites

Company research

www.vault.com
http://www.hoovers.com
http://www.wetfeet.com/research/companies.asp — Snapshots of over 1,000 major companies.
http://www.collegegrad.com/employers — Links to employer information.

Federal, state, and local job posting boards

Federal, state, and regional

www.usajobs.opm.gov – Federal government job announcements.
www.firstgov.gov – Covers a variety of topics about working for the federal government.
www.avuecentral.com — Covers a variety of topics about applying for federal government jobs.
www.maryland.jobopenings.net/ — Companies with jobs in Maryland.
www.nationjob.com/howardcountymd/- Howard County Maryland Chamber of Commerce member employers
www.statejobs.com/md.html — Information on government and private employers throughout the state.
www.portaltomaryland.com/jobs.htm — A guide to employment in Maryland.
http://www.mwejobs.com - Maryland Workforce Exchange
http://www.careersingovernment.com/ — Local government job announcements, arranged by all 50 states.

Local

www.howardjoblink.com/splash.html - Job announcements with various companies in and around Howard County
http://howard.wliinc2.com/employment/index.asp - Howard County Chamber of Commerce employment page
www.collegecentral.com/howard - Employers listing through Howard Community College

Salary information websites

Educational information websites

Financial aid information websites

Disability resources

MBTI websites

Free online assessments

http://www.franklincovey.com/missionbuilder/ — Franklin Covey interactive site. Very interesting!
http://www.mycoolcareer.com/selfknow.html — Contains several free online assessments.
http://www.bsu.edu/webapps2/quest/test.asp — Assessment with related careers and majors (Ball State University site)

Assessments with a fee (pay on line)

www.self—directed—search.com — Self-directed Search online.
http://passion.career—nsite.com — A tool for mature adults seeking self—understanding and/or career development insight.
http://www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp — Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

Community resources

http://co.ho.md.us/CitizenServices/ServicesGuide/HumanServicesGuide.htm
http://howard.wliinc2.com/employment/index.asp - Howard County Chamber of Commerce employment page