Resources
The direction your investigation will take during your Career Development activity will be based on your interests and the direction you wish to go. Here are some resources to help you get started.
Step #1:
- Log in to the school's web page and take the career interest assessment.
Step #2:
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
- Wisconsin's Work Net. http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/
- Occupational Outlook Handbook. http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Step #3:
- Log in to the school's web page and go to the school sort in the Education and Training section
Step #4:
- Soaring costs and the burden of student loans are giving plenty of people pause. Is a college education really worth it? http://money.msn.com/college-savings/should-your-kid-skip-college-weston.aspx
- How to Become the Employee No One Can afford to Lose. http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2458-Workplace-Issues-How-to-become-the-employee-no-one-can-afford-to-lose/
- A College Degree Is Still Worth It. http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2011/pi20110318_071224.htm
- It Takes More to Make Ends Meet. http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/51423079.aspx
- Study tells students what their major is worth. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43139089/ns/business-personal_finance/t/study-tells-students-what-their-major-worth/
- High-schoolers who work are less likely to finish college. http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/parenting-family/teen-ya/2011-04-28-highschooljobs28_st_N.htm
Step #5:
- 5 Essential Traits for Working at Home. http://blogs.forbes.com/investopedia/2010/12/10/5-essential-traits-for-working-at-home/?boxes=Homepagechannels
- 10 Jobs That Let Youwork From Home http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-817-Career-Growth-Change-10-Jobs-That-Let-You-Work-From-Home/
- 6 Careers You Can Do From Home. http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-111212-7297-4-6-careers-you-can-have-while-working-from-home?ywaad=ad0035&nc
- 7 Key steps to starting A Successful Small Business http://blogs.forbes.com/kerryhannon/2010/12/14/7-key-steps-to-starting-a-successful-small-business/
- Creating a Home Business Work Space. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/home-business-work-space.asp
- Freelance Careers: Look Before You Leap. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/09/freelance-career-look-leap.asp
- Start Your Own Small Business. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/start-own-business.asp
- Eight Fallacies of Entrepreneurship. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/eight-fallacies-of-entrepreneurship/
- How Small Companies Get in Trouble. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/why-companies-fail/
- It's Never the Employee. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/its-never-the-employee/
- Testing the Entrepreneurial Life. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/testing-the-entrepreneurial-life/
- The dirty Little Secret of Successful Companies. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/the-dirty-little-secret-of-successful-companies/