Career Awareness

A career is all the productive work, paid and unpaid, performed throughout a person's lifetime. Career Education provides students with opportunities to learn about their interests, to become aware and appreciate a range of careers, and to develop decision-making, job-seeking, and job-keeping skills.

Explore the links below to help make informed career choices.

  • Resume Writing and Interview Skills
    JobWeb's step-by-step guide.
  • Tips for Writing a Cover Letter
    Resource maintained by The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Choices Explorer
    Explore careers, take a career interest assessment, access interviews with career professionals. Contact your school's College and Career Center for school password.
  • Choices Planner
    Investigate more than 7000 two- and-four-year colleges and college/technical schools. Explore occupations and majors. Contact your school's College and Career Center for school password.
  • Lifeworks
    Explore health and medical science careers in this Web site developed by the National Institute of Health. Read interviews by health professionals or browse the 100+ career database.
  • Career Overview
    A non-commercial career Web site that offers useful and reliable career information and reviews provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Streaming Futures
    A free online career show that connects teens with advice from prominent industry leaders through video interviews.
  • Career Voyages
    Excellent web site for students, parents, and career advisors offering tools for career exploration.
  • Connection Resource Bank
    A Montgomery County Public Schools database of volunteer resources in the community providing tutors, speakers, mentors, judges, and consultants.
  • Mapping Your Future
    Step-by-step career planning for students.
  • Mapping Your Future: Español
    Planeando una carerra.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Nationally recognized source of career information. What workers do on the job, working conditions, job outlook, and more.
  • America's Career InfoNet
    Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, employer contacts nationwide, and an extensive career resource library online.
  • Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
    Information about and practice questions for the ASVAB, a multi-aptitude test battery that allows students to identify different abilities.

Modified August 9, 2007 by Barbara Weintraub