The following career Internet sites are annotated for your convenience
and address such topics as how to choose a career, get a job, and get financial
aid for college.
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Accounting & Financial Jobs |
| Employer listings devoted solely to financial professionals at all levels of careers ranging from staff positions to mid-management to CFO’s. |
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ACT Choosing a Career |
| By following these steps, a student can make an informed career decision by knowing and evaluating option. |
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America’s Job Bank |
| Sponsored by the Public Employment Service, this site has information on jobs available all over the country with information for employers and job seekers. |
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Bridges.com |
| Students can explore educational goals and make plans for the future. Bridges provides systems that help counselors and organizations achieve goals. |
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Career City |
| Contains a comprehensive listing of job fairs throughout the USA and a job database that offers 125,000+ openings. |
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Career Park |
| Offers employment opportunities with some of the world’s most respected and fastest growing employers. |
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Career Path |
| An indispensable resource for anyone who is looking for employment in or near any major US city. Includes the Sunday job listings from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and several other big city daily newspapers. |
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Career Voyages |
| This web site is designed to provide information on high-growth, high-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs. Start exploring career options—whether you are in high school, have graduated, have a 2-year or 4-year degree, or have knowledge and skills acquired through training centers, on-the-job training, or work experience. |
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CareerLink |
| PA’s one-step on-line resource for job seeker services, employer services, social services and training. |
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Census in Schools |
| Learn about the Census in Schools program which provides teaching tools, resource materials |
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Competencies in Assessment and Evaluation for School Counselors |
| The Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) is an organization of counselors, counselor educators, and other professionals that advocates the counseling profession by providing leadership, training, and research in the creation, development, production, and use of assessment and diagnostic techniques. |
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Developmental Career Programs for Schools |
| As a professional counselor or counselor educator, you are the linchpin to helping clients and students with the challenges that they face each and every day. For more than fifty years, the American Counseling Association has dedicated itself to helping you with the resources, services, products and information you need to be successful. |
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Diversity Career Center |
| Dedicated to providing career self-development information to all minorities. The Minorities’ Job Bank contains the largest database of equal opportunity employers committed to workplace diversity. |
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Dr. Willard Daggett |
| The International Center for Leadership in Education provides services to schools, school districts and states to help them improve their education systems. |
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Engineering Jobs |
| Contains a comprehensive listing of company job openings and links to other engineering job resources. |
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Exploring |
| A worksite-based program, Exploring is part of Learning for Life's career education program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years old. Provides experiences that help young people mature and prepares them to become responsible and caring adults. Explorers are ready to investigate the meaning of interdependence in their personal relationships and communities. |
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Federal Student Aid (for Counselors) |
| The High School Counselor's Handbook describes the student financial aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education. It includes an extensive section on completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and lists useful telephone numbers, publications, and web sites about student aid. |
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High Skills and High Pay: A Message for High School Students |
| ACT researchers have found that pay is strongly related to skill requirements: By increasing their skill levels while they are in school, students increase their opportunities for higher salaries later on. |
 Select “information briefs” then select 98-1. |
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High Skills and High Pay-An Update |
| In a study published in 1998, ACT researchers found that pay was strongly related to skill requirements. Occupations with higher requirements for skills in mathematics, locating information, and reading paid higher entry-level salaries. This study, which is an update of the 1998 study, found that high skills and high pay are more strongly related than before. |
| Select “information briefs” then select 2000-1. |
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Information for Counselors (ACT) |
| Helping young people succeed—that's what the job of a high school counselor is all about. By guiding students through the complex transition from adolescence into adulthood, counselors shape the future of society. |
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Job Bank USA |
| Specializes in providing employment networking and information services to job candidates, employers, and recruitment firms. |
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Job Factory |
| One of the largest job databases on the Internet. |
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Job Hunt |
| A mega list of on-line job search resources and services. |
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Job Source |
| Provides extensive links to employment openings with state and federal government. |
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Jobs for the Future |
| Seeks to accelerate the educational and economic advancement of youth and adults struggling in our economy. |
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Jobs@Census (Census Bureau) |
| See the Jobs homepage where you can search job categories, available jobs, job applications, and job incentives. |
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Kids and the Power of Work |
| A program of the National Child Labor Committee, Kapow is a national network of business and elementary school partnerships which introduces students to career awareness through professionally developed lessons taught by business volunteers in the classroom. |
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Monster Board |
| Job search information, resume building, and employer profiles. |
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National Career Development Association |
| NCDA is the recognized leader in developing standards for both career counseling and the evaluation of career information materials. NCDA works with licensing and credentialing bodies to support the recognition of career counselors and career development facilitators. NCDA also sets ethical standards for the field including guidelines for the provision of career services on the Internet. |
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National Youth Employment Coalition |
| A non-partisan national organization dedicated to promoting policies and initiatives that help youth succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens. |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook |
| Access the 2002-2003 Handbook with occupational information including working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations. |
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PA Association for Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| PASFAA is a professional organization established to encourage and assist the professional preparation, effectiveness, and recognition of student financial aid administrators in postsecondary educational institutions and to assist secondary school counselors and administrators interested in the development of student financial aid programs. |
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PA Career Guide |
| Contains wage and job outlook information for over 180 occupations, interest assessments, sources for financial aid, and contact information for Pennsylvania's public schools, |
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PA Free Enterprise Week |
| An intensive program that educates high school students about the American free enterprise system. |
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Pennsylvania's Career Clusters |
| This booklet focuses on a sampling of careers within the 16 career clusters. The information can greatly assist students in focusing on vital career information as they plan for the future. |
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PHEAA |
| Preparing today's youth for successful careers tomorrow, this site is full of activities and information for students, parents, teachers, and counselors. |
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PHEAA Mentor |
| PHEAA Mentor is a great site for College applications, financial aid information, campus descriptions, and more. |
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Postsecondary Education Opportunity |
| Information for those who formulate, fund, and administer public policy and programs about the condition of and influences that affect postsecondary education opportunity for all Americans. |
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QuestUSA |
| Send a resume on-line (free) and contact thousands of employers. |
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Resource Guide |
| Can be used as a classroom tool to guide students and jobseekers through career exploration exercises. Intended to be used in conjunction with the 2003 edition of the Pennsylvania Career Guide. |
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Student Transition Alliance |
| Follow seven recent high school graduates, all from unique backgrounds and walks of life, as they explore new adventures and experience life after high school. |
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The Career Key |
| Helps in choosing a career, choosing a college major or training program, and in career planning. Take The Career Key, a professional test or quiz that measures skills, abilities, talents, values, interests, and personality. |
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The Princeton Review |
| A good site for information on practicing for your SAT’s, on taking your LSAT’s or MCAT’s, on choosing a school, and on the college admissions process. |
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USA Jobs |
| The official site for federal government job openings. |
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Vocational Information Center |
| Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics and take a look at the current job market. |
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XAP.com Plan A Career |
| Evaluate interests, skills, personality and values to help determine possible career choices. |
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YouthGig.com |
| The place where teens and young adults find part time, summer and seasonal jobs. |
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