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Major and Career Info Websites
America's Career Infonet (www.acinet.org) This site can help you identify career and job options that best fit you. Find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, career videos, and an extensive career resource library online.
California Career Zone (www.cacareerzone.org) A career exploration and planning system, this site has information on 900 occupations including 300 career videos and information on state specific wages, worker attributes, and job characteristics. You can complete an Interest Profiler, Work Importance Profiler, and Assess Yourself assessment.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/oco) The Handbook describes what employees do on the job, the training and education required, earnings, job outlook, related jobs, and websites for additional information for a wide range of career fields. An excellent overview of and a good first stop in researching careers.
O*NET Center(http://onetcenter.org) The O*NET database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations. Check out Career Exploration Tools and O*NET OnLine.
Prentice Hall’s Student Success Site(Majors Exploration)(www.prenhall.com/success) For information on a field of study and whether it is right for you, this website can be useful. Learn where majors and fields lead for careers that interest you.
Princeton Review's Find a Major (www.princetonreview.com/majors.aspx) If you already have a good idea of what you want to study in college, use this site to learn more about it.
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