Northwestern Career Services
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- CT State Career ServicesCT State Career Services helps students and alumni in the areas of academic advising, transfer planning, career decision-making and job opportunities.
Useful Sites: College Majors
- What Can I Do With This Major?What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities.
- College Majors 101Site intended to "teach students about different college majors in depth so that they can make more informed college and career choices."
Peterson's Test Prep
Peterson's Test Prep allows you to:
- Prepare occupational entrance and licensing exams.
- Explore careers.
- Improve job search, interviewing, and networking skills.
- Prepare for placement tests such as ACCUPLACER and CLEP.
- Search for colleges and scholarships, and get advice on every stage of the admissions process.
- Peterson's Test and Career Prep This link opens in a new window Gale Presents Petersons Test and Career Prep provides you with standardized exam preparation, including practice tests, eBooks and online courses. Exams types include professional, civil service and military exams. Career prep includes professional career videos, an occupational database and career library, military crosswalks, citizenship, math, science, reading, writing skills and job search powered by Indeed.com. Access to Visual CV Resume Creator is also included.Please Note: an account is required to access this resource and save your progress in the prep material. An email address is not required, but highly recommended, to create an account.
Useful Sites: Strengths & Skills
- What is Career Readiness?From the NACE Center for Career Development and Talent Acquisition, definitions and resources on what are career readiness competencies.
- VIA Character Strength SurveyIncludes a short survey to discover "character strengths" that can lead to finding a good career or organizational fit
Useful Sites: Career Exploration
- CareerOneStop: Explore Occupations and CareersInfo on industries, occupations and job skills, as well as self-assessment quizzes. Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- Occupational Outlook HandbookDiscover everything you want to know about an occupation, including education and training requirements, advancement opportunities, employment, salary, and ten-year job outlook. From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Connecticut Career PathsA CT Dept of Labor publication "created to provide the information needed to help learners, from youth to adults, make informed decisions about their career choice and preparation."
- Glassdoor: An Inside Look at Jobs & Companies"Search millions of job listings and see company salaries, reviews, and inside connections for any company."
- National Application Center: Plan a CareerIncludes self-assessment quizzes and career match-ups, as well as info on careers by industry and job title.
- LearnHowToBecome.orgThis website contains information about how to conduct a job search, how to network and market themselves, and ultimately, how to land their dream jobs
- O*NET OnlineO*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, developers, researchers, and more!
- Roadtrip NationDocumentary/podcast project exploring different career paths