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Career Directions, 4/e

Donna J. Yena, Johnson & Wales University

Weblinks

http://www.acinet.org/acinet/select_occupation.asp?from=&next=occ_rep&level=&op1=&op2=&op3=&op4=&op5=&op6=&op7=&op8=&id=&nodeid=&showintro=&stfips
This is the place to go to find information about jobs in a particular field – from A to Z, from occupational descriptions to wages. You can select any areas of employment and run a search by state.

http://www.careeronestop.org/
A site where you can post resumes, search job listings, explore wages and occupational trends and locate potential employers.

http://www.plansforme.com/mappingmycareer/
There are helpful articles on career planning including tips on creating your resume, tips on financial planning while searching for a job as well as a link to a free book on “Setting Goals to Achieve Success.”

http://www.youngmoney.com/careers/career_trends/040501
This article focuses on women in the career field. It explains women are still under-represented in management positions and how things will hopefully change.

http://www.careervoyages.gov/hotcareers-main.cfm
Find "hot careers” by state. The site shows careers that do and do not require four-year degrees, and videos of people working in their jobs.

Also go to http://www.careervoyages.gov/students-whichindustries.cfm
Links and information to the growing career fields and industries.

http://content.monstertrak.monster.com/resources/archive/careerfields/career2yr/
You can find information on career trends regarding two-year degrees and certificate programs. You will find these jobs listed and links for others that are similar.

www.diversitycareers.com
Information on IT and Engineering careers.

http://www.topusajobs.com/jobs-by-state/?f=google&t=general.
This website provides a list of top employment opportunities by state currently available.

http://online.onetcenter.org/find/
O*NET is a great way to find specific career trends by browsing by job families. Directions: click on the job you are searching, choose title, choose wages and employment link, click on the state where you want to find the information regarding the trend, choose profile options and it will give you trends as well as state and national wages.

http://www.acinet.org/acinet/library_search.asp?Keyword=trends
User friendly and useful to determine what jobs will be around in the future and which are not growing.

http://www.usatodaysecure.com/snapshots/
Snapshots of specific fields and careers.

http://www.vault.com/hubs/industrylist.jsp
Where the jobs are by industry.

http://jobstar.org/tools/career/index.cfm
Career guide by Job Star

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