Career planning tools
Free online career tests
These links will help you pinpoint your goals by evaluating what personality traits you have and the careers in which you would excel.
Focus2 - A personalized career and educational plannning system that will give you a complete picture of your interests, values, personality, skills and leisure activities and match you to career paths that fit your personality. Go to Focus2.
Carl Jung Typology Test - http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Career planning
These links will help you find a major if you are planning on (or are already) taking classes and will identify careers for specific majors.
Connect Majors to Careers – What Can I do with this Major?
"Major Resource Kits" http://www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html
Find a major, from the Princeton Review site
List of occupations with majors: http://www.niu.edu/careerservices/weblinks
Match your occupational skills and experiences with the skills needed in other occupations to enhance career mobility and economic prospects: http://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/
Career exploration
These links will help you explore what careers are available.
Provides 10 tips for developing a career planning strategy - http://www.quintcareers.com/career_planning_tips.html
Web resources for career exploration:
- http://www.wetfeet.com
- http://www.vault.com
- http://www.quintcareers.com
- http://www.onetcenter.org
- http://www.onetonline.org/
Good place to start career exploration or transition - http://www.jobhuntersbible.com
Campus Monster - http://campus.monster.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/
A free career analysis - http://www.assessment.com/MAPPInfo/FreeAnalysis.asp
Exploring occupations - http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html
College Board career search - http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/careers/index/