CAREER  PLANNING WEBSITES

 

NC State Occupational Info. Coordinating Committee (SOICC) - http://www.soicc.state.nc.us/soicc/

 

America’s Career INFONET - http://www.acinet.org/acinet/

 

Career Planning eManual - http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/

 

SELF  ASSESSMENTS  TO  FIND  THE  BEST  CAREER  FOR  YOU

Seven Rules for Taking Career Tests - http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/counseling/ctests.shtml

 

Exploring Your Values:

 

Emode Inventory - http://web.tickle.com/tests/values/authorize/signin.jsp?url=/tests/values/index.jsp

 

Concordia Self Assessment - http://cdev.concordia.ca/CnD/careerservices/selfassess/Values.html

 

Google Work Values Web Search – enters "work+values" in Google Search Engine

 

Various Online Tests (Personality, Intelligence, etc.) - http://universityoflife.com/fun.htm

 

Exploring Your Interests:  Career Key ($7.95 but worth it) - http://www.careerkey.org

 

Self Assessment Exercises - http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step1.asp

 

Job Hunter’s Bible - http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/counseling/counseling.shtml

 

Career Interests Profile - http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/careerszone/cms/profile/intqunnaire.htm

 

Google Interest Inventory Web Search – enters "interest+inventories" in Google Search Engine

 

CHOOSING  A  CAREER  PATH

 

SOICC / Career Briefs - http://www.soicc.state.nc.us/soicc/info/briefs.htm

 

Fastest Growing Occupations in the US - http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab3.htm and in North Carolina - http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview1.asp?Level=Overall&from=State&stfips=37

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

 

Job Profiles - http://www.jobprofiles.org/index.htm      NC Careers - http://www.nccareers.org/

 

ONET - http://online.onetcenter.org/

 

EXPLORING  COLLEGE  MAJORS

 

What can I do with a Major in..…..? - http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/

FINDING  A  COLLEGE

 

Bladen Community College - http://www.bladencc.edu/

 

Six Reasons to Attend a Community College – With personal testimonies -

http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,1120,4-21-0-8169,00.html?orig=sec

 

Links to NC’s 58 Community Colleges -http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/colleges_map.htm

 

Links to UNC’s 16 Public 4-Year Colleges - http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/campus/campusmap.htm

 

Articulation Agreement between 2 and 4-Year NC Community Colleges and Universities -

http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/assessment/reports/student_info/caa.htm

 

Links to NC’s 36 Independent Colleges & Universities - http://www.ncicu.org/member.html

 

Princeton Review - http://www.review.com/college/colMajorSC.cfm

 

College Foundation - http://www.cfnc.org/                   Peterson’s - http://www.petersons.com/

 

College Board - http://www.collegeboard.com/            Princeton Review - http://www.review.com/

 

COLLEGE  FINANCIAL  AID

 

Federal Student Aid Online - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/   Fastweb - http://www.fastweb.com/

 

College Is Possible - http://www.collegeispossible.org/   Finaid - http://www.finaid.org

 

MILITARY SITES FOR VETERANS

 

VA Educational Benefit Programs - http://www.gibill.va.gov/

 

Transition Assistance Online - http://www.taonline.com

 

How to Request Military Transcripts

 

Navy & Marine Corps by email at ncc@cnet.navy.mil , by calling toll free 877-253-7122 or online at http://www.mohave.edu/info/FinAid/pdfs/VANavyMarineTransReqForm.pdf

Active Duty Army by calling toll free 866-297-4427 or online at http://aarts.army.mil/index.htm

For Army National Guard Transcripts go to http://www.virtualarmory.com

For Community College of the Air Force go to http://www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/active_transc.htm


To obtain your Coast Guard Institute Transcript, go to http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgi/forms.html