Careers

Careers

General

  • Accounting Degree Earning Potential The best colleges for accountants based on earning potential.

  • America's Job Bank links state Employment Service offices to provide job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere and nationwide exposure for their resumes

  • Best Jobs USA packed with information on career fairs and employment events throughout the country -- corporate profiles, where companies showcase all they have to offer, and a full page of hyperlinks to an array of employment sites available on the Web

  • BLS Career Information find out what careers are available to you based on which subjects you like in school

  • The Career Key source for choosing a career, career pathway, college major, or training program

  • Career Resource Center Internet's most complete and extensive index of career related web sites -- over 7,500 links to jobs with major employers and lots of career advice

  • Cool Works check out what it takes to live and work in the kinds of places that most people only get to visit -- links to more than 40,000 jobs in great places

  • Cybersecurity Jobs describes the types of careers available to cybersecurity professionals, including potential salaries, job duties, and the best cities and industries to pursue cybersecurity jobs, as well as explains how to prepare for a career in the cybersecurity field

  • Healthcare Careers Guide the definitive guide to healthcare careers

  • How to Write a Resume comprehensive guide on how to (and how not to) put together a resume

  • Inside Career Info career reports from the real-world - searchable collection of hundreds of candid career reports written by "insiders", successful professionals who are actually doing the job

  • JobBank USA specializes in providing employment and resume information services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms

  • Job Corps nation's largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24

  • Keirsey Temperament Sorter online test designed to identify different kinds of personality

  • Letters for Job Hunters over 200 sample cover letters for job hunters to use as guides

  • Louisiana Workforce Commission impressive site filled with information and statistics concerning the Louisiana job market

  • My Future Focuses on teens, particularly career and college information. Build a resume online, find out about college finance options, roommate stories, the military as an option and more.

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook provides essential information about prospective changes in the world of work

  • Part-time Jobs for Teenagers suggests part-time jobs for teens based on their abilities and interests

  • Proven Resumes 40 free workshops that include Resume Writing Tips, Blow Away Your Competition, Electronic Resumes, Reference Sheets, Providing Salary Information, Resume Length, and Completing Applications

  • QuintCareers.com a student resource to colleges, careers and jobs

  • RN to BSN Programs includes Best MSN Programs, Healthcare Administration Programs, Best Accelerated BSN Programs, and Best RN to BSN Programs.

  • Summer Jobs Search for jobs by location or keyword. A good link page, too.

  • Top Nursing Step-by-step Guide to prepare you for a career in Nursing

  • Ultimate Guide to Careers in Social Work comprehensive guide to a career in social work with links to various guides

  • US Department of Labor includes protecting workers' wages, health and safety, employment and pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthening free collective bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics

  • US Office of Vocational and Adult Education provides useful information about our programs, grants, and events in the fields of: Adult Education; Vocational Education; National Programs for Vocational and Adult Education; School-to-Work; Community College Liaison Office; White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities; Office of Correctional Education; and Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities

  • Wiley Efficient Learning: Your Accounting Career the ultimate guide to a career in accounting

Military Options

  • Air Force Recruiting: The Air Base  designed so you can get firsthand information on what it would be like to be a member of the Air Force

  • Air National Guard provides information on the Air National Guard

  • American Legion National Headquarters chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization -- a community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members in nearly 15,000 posts worldwide

  • Army National Guard provides information on the Army National Guard

  • Army Recruiting Online information on army opportunities, reserve, band, JAG, Special Forces, Golden Knights, etc.

  • Army ROTC students learn self-discipline and study skills, combined with the greatest opportunity for excitement 

  • Coast Guard information on reserves, academy, auxiliary, OCS, etc.

  • Marines information on recruit training, technical training, educational opportunities, reserves, etc.

  • Military.com Military news and information

  • Navy Opportunities information on job opportunities, money for college, travel, reserves, etc. 

  • US Department of Defense official home page of the DOD