WisCareers

WisCareers is the main Career exploration tool used by WBHS. Students are allowed to access their accounts to help identify future goals and plans. School counselors help students explore their career interests with online tools, classroom discussions and Individual Learning Plans (ILP). For account information, please contact your school counselor.

Military

U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Marines
U.S. Navy
U.S. National Guard
Armed Forces Career

Military Academies

Students interested in being nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, or the U.S. Naval Academy must be nominated by a member of Congress in their home district. For more information, visit Congressman Paul Ryan’s academy nominations web page at www.house.gov/ryan/academy, or go directly to any academy at:

U.S. Air Force Academy    http://www.academyadmissions.com

U.S. Naval Academy          http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/

U.S. Military Academy       http://www.usma.army.mil/Admissions

U.S. Merchant Marines      http://www.usmma.edu/admissions

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation. Apprenticeship programs are sponsored by joint employer and labor groups, individual employers, and/or employer associations.

(U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration www.doleta.gov)

Additional Links

This list is an additional resource to help students explore career information.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The OOH is an excellent starting place to search for employment information on specific occupations based on data supplied by the federal government.

Americorps
AmeriCorps is the national service program through which 40,000 people each year tackle community problems from disaster relief to tutoring. Find out how you can join AmeriCorps.

America's Job Bank
This site allows employers to list vacancies and applicants to file resumes. It also has information about employment trends and job seeking strategies.

ASVAB Career Exploration Program
Once a student has taken the Armed forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, this site will assist with interpretation of the results and consequent career exploration strategies.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data from the Department of Labor about the economy, including projections and regional information. Helpful for high school students planning majors and careers.

Business Job Finder
Specific information about specialized careers within the business world - venture capitalist, managerial accounting, strategic planning, for example.

Career Builder
Ever changing, all encompassing site has employment tips, links to other career oriented web sites, ask the experts, and career news from the USA Today.

Career Centers Around the Globe
List provides links to career development services at many different universities.

Career Currents
A different career is profiled every day in this free career newsletter. It covers the work, the people, the facts and the education or training you need for career success. Just click on the U.S. button (top of page) to read about salaries and the job outlook, education programs and much more. Current employment news headlines, a daily career news feed, and informative career e-zines keep you on top of your goals and connected with your next career.

Career Ed
This site helps students conduct an on-line job search after completing a resume and also has career assessment features.

Career Key
The Career Key interest inventory assist students with identifying personality types, finding jobs that fit those types and has links to find out more about those jobs. A sections also explores how to make good career decisions. (based on Holland career clusters)

Career Magazine
Features and programs designed to assist employers and job seekers communicate with each other and facilitate the employment process.

Career Mosaic
This is a national job vacancy data base geared toward careers in technology & computers.

Career View
Here you'll find information on how to find the right job. In addition to resources that can help you locate career opportunities, it includes a wealth of information on resume writing, interviewing skills, best-paying and fastest-growing fields and careers, etc.

Career Zone
This site offers a cluster approach to career exploration based on the Holland organization scheme. Information on specific jobs can also be sorted by years of training required.

Careers
Site from the University of Wisconsin career center ties together career planning with selecting a college major.

COIN
COIN is a tried and true career interest inventory. The company who markets this instrument has an extensive career exploration site with links to career clusters, specific career information, and career planning sites.

College Admission Essay

Community Learning Network
Links to sites featuring information on careers in the arts,health and medicine, information technology and mathematics. Also has information on finding jobs, researching occupations, and writing resumes and cover letters.

Discover Careers That Fit You
Complete a check list from Indiana University listing activities that may interest you and find out careers that match these interests.

Future Scan
On line career magazine featuring regularly updated information on a large variety of careers and advice on how to enhance skills for job seeking and preparation.

Illinois Department of Employment Security
This site provides information on approximately 700 occupations in the State of Illinois.  The occupations are divided into six clusters.  Description, salary information, State of Illinois and Sub-State employment levels, employment forecasts, and other information that help clarify career choices are provided for each occupation.

Illinois Job Outlook in Brief
The Illinois Job Outlook In Brief highlights occupations expected to provide the most job openings each year, organized by education and training requirements.  Growth by occupational groups is also provided. This information is helpful to people who have a specific career interest by summarizing information on employment prospects.  It is also useful in evaluating the occupational payoff to be expected from various education and training programs.

Internship Programs
This site is a data base of over 2800 programs and 200,000 positions where students can locate internships and employers can list internship opportunities.

Job Corps
Job Corp is the only national residential job training and education program for at-risk youth 16 to 24 and is a top source of entry-level workers. It offers young people industry validated, up to date skills training, as well as world of work and social skills tips that teach young people how to act on the job site.

Job Profiles
Experienced workers share the rewards and stressful parts of their jobs, basic skills required, challenges of the future and advice on entering the field.

Job Smart
This site is packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not? Some sites include personal stories from folks working in the field: how did they move (or stumble) into their current work situation? What advice would they give newcomers?

Job Trak
Partners with over 500 college and university career centers nationwide, Jobtrak is a source for jobs on the Internet. Over 280,000 employers have used JOBTRAK to target their full-time jobs, part-time jobs, temporary jobs and internships toward college students and alumni.

Job Web
Extremely complete collection of career information including job search, info on career choices from aquatic science to zoo keeping, on-line periodicals, reference sources, etc., Medical, Law, Business Schools, etc., minority resources, info for persons with disabilities, & international resources. Also contains info on writing a resume.

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

O*Net Online
Use this site to find specific occupational information and search for occupations that use your skills. Comprehensive site.

Personal Logic - Careers
This site takes you through many of the same activities a career counselor would use to help you decide on a career path.

Princeton Review
Information on finding and keeping a job, cover letter, interviewing, resumes, employment trends, etc. Also has search engine for finding information on specific careers.

Quintessential Career and Job Hunting Resources Guide
This site is designed to provide as much information and resources as possible about jobs and careers for job seekers. While this site has all types of resources and links, its main focus is on helping college students find internships and employment.

Resume Writing
Helpful tips including formats, what a resume should include, and why a resume is important.

VoTech Education
Comprehensive site offers specific career information about many jobs that do not require a bachelor's degree. It also has articles of general interest to students deciding on a career.

What Color is My Parachute?

This long awaited site from career counseling guru Richard Bolles, serves as a complement to his well known book. The site has links to take an interest inventory, create a resume, find out about salaries and look for jobs.