Career Awareness Resources
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.
JobWeb
JobWeb offers career and job-search advice for new college graduates, and is the online complement to the Job Choices job-search publications
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.
Career and Trade Schools
There are more than one hundred twenty-five private career schools in Maryland that offer training in a variety of fields. Before enrolling in any career school, students should explore all options to select the one that best meets their needs. Before enrolling, make sure the school is approved, inquire about the total program cost, find out if the school qualifies for Federal financial aid, and visit the school to observe classes.
Private Career Schools and Programs in Maryland
A list maintained by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Maryland Private Career School Search by Career Field
On the Maryland Higher Education Commission Web site.
Automotive Technical Trade Programs and Schools
Listing of schools in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Maryland's Career InfoNet: Job Seeking Skills and Job Search
Site maintained by the State of Maryland.
America's Career InfoNet
Find information on the impact of training, determining your training needs, and where to find training. |