College Resources

Career Resources

Virtual Job Shadow
This well-designed site provides information on many aspects of career choices. job descriptions, salaries, necessary training, and future employment opportunities. Most professions include a video interview of someone in the field.

CareerExplorer
This site offers career descriptions in 36 categories as well as many useful tools for focusing in on the career that suits your personality, ability, and interests. Take a self-assessment survey, explore job descriptions, and determine the level of education you need.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Run by the Bureau of Labor designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

Illinois Forward
Search career, colleges, and military options in Illinois.

Career Click
The Illinois Department of Employment Security created this site to share the most current and accurate data on: wages, job outlooks, unemployment, employment, and workforce demographics. Use this site for considering some 700 career options in Illinois.

JobStar
Not great for career exploration but has several free online interest/aptitude tests (for those that might need extra help) as well as salary charts per occupation and company research capabilities.

Military Career Guide
Welcome to the Military Career Guide Online. Explore Military Careers.

Health Care and Medical Employment Resources
Research health care and medical employment opportunities.

Revolutionizing the Face of Technology 
The National Center for Women in Technology has created this site to showcase employment opportunities for women in the field of technology.

Online Sports-Career Center
Research a career in sports.