Selecting a Career

Use the below websites to start to answer the universal, age-old question:  What should I do when I grow up?

ASVAB - Explore career options, prepare for the ASVAB Test, identify courses to meet career goals,  connect interests and skills to career options, and learn how you compare with other high school students.
Career Quiz - A quiz from the Princeton Review to help you decide on a career path.

Careers and Colleges - Learn more about current career opportunities, college funding, college programs, and hot scholarships.

Career One Stop - Visit this extensive website to explore career options, research careers, learn about obtaining occupational licenses, gain financial aid advice, locate employment, develop a resume, locate scholarships, and develop a career marketable skills list.

Careers in Architecture - Visit this site to explore architecture career options, educational advice, and internship opportunities.

Computing Degrees and Careers - Visit this website to learn more about the expanding and changing computing career opportunities and degrees.

EngineerYourLife.org - a webssite that features ten great reasons to become an engineer, streaming video of inspiring women engineers, descriptions of dream engineering jobs, and resources you can use to advise girls about engineering.

Green America - discover green jobs, internships, and educational opportunities.

Home Builders Institute Career Services - Students can learn about the construction industry, career options, education and training offerings, and search for construction jobs.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Students can research job prospects and how much they can expect to earn in their future career.

Sisters in the Building Trades:  Building Women, Building Trades, Building Futures - Visit this website to learn more about career, employment and training (offered free of charge) for women in the context of a professional network.

Some Options for a Gap Year

Student's Gateway to U.S. Government - Students can learn about US government and services include careers in the military, loan information, and career options.

Try Engineering - Students (ages 8-18), their parents, their teachers and their school counselors can use this portal about engineering and engineering careers to gain a better understanding of what engineering means and how an engineering career can be made part of their future.

Workforce Explore - Connect interests and abilities with careers in the state of Washington while learning about educational requirements for various careers and employment outlook.