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College Information Links

Career Cruising
**Career Cruising - Interactive career guidance resource that includes detailed information on colleges and universities.

College Board
College Board - Association is composed of more than 4,500 schools, colleges, universities and offers programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, and enrollment.

College Degree
Index of schools by degree program.

College Net
Hosts official forms for many colleges and universities including admission forms, housing forms, etc.

College Plan
Information on college selection. Admission, financial aid, etc.

College Profiles
In-depth college profiles with information about academic programs, athletics, campus life, facilities, expenses, financial aid, etc.

College by Career
Links to colleges by area of career interest.

College View
Profiles of colleges.

Peterson
Details on every US accredited college.

Princeton Review
Information and statistics on over 1200 four-year colleges.

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College Majors = Careers

College Major
Listing of high school class and corresponding career suggestions.

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Career Resources & Interest Surveys

ASVAB
It is a comprehensive career exploration and planning program that includes a multiple aptitude test battery, an interest inventory, and various career planning tools designed to help students explore the world of work.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

Career Builder
Advice and resources on various careers.

**Career Cruising
Interactive career guidance resource that includes in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers and multimedia interviews with real people in every career.

Career Key
Resume, interview, salary, and research resources.

Career One Stop
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.

Department of Labor
Advancing Your Career” career plans, researching job opportunities, dealing with job loss, and finding training to acquire new skills.

IDES
Your direct link to Illinois workforce services: job placement and referrals, unemployment insurance, employment and training programs, career and labor market information, payroll tax filing, and more!

**Illinois Work Information
Tells you about wages, education requirements and job duties for nearly 500 occupations. Career Click shows occupations by title, education level and wages. Each has a list of skills that you can use in your resume. See current and projected employment levels for your county. Some occupations have one-minute videos showing people on the job

Illinois Job Outlook
highlights occupations expected to provide the most job openings each year, organized by education and training requirements. Growth by occupational groups is also provided.

My Future
Career Toolbox that included work interest quiz, personality tests and career information on the Armed Forces, Apprenticeships.

Guidance Resource
Links to colleges by area of career interest.

Self Directed Search (Fee Required)
Career Interest Inventory based on Holland codes.

Strong Interest Survey (Fee Required)
Measures your interests in a broad range of occupations, work activities, leisure activities, and school subjects. Its validity and reliability far exceed those of any other interest inventory.

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Personality Tests

Career Fitter
Personality Assessment

Jung Typology
This test is based on the Jung - Myers-Briggs typological approach to personality.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Online Personality questionnaire.

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Aptitude Tests

Career Explorer
Free Sample, then Fee

Analyze MY Career (Fee Required)
Aptitude, Personality and Occupational Interest tests.

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Apprenticeships

Trades
Information on trade careers including Union requirements.

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Military

Air Force

Army

Coast Guard

Marines

Navy

 

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