Careers

Careers websites

I have been looking over the careers advice available to you. No doubt there are provisions made in schools and colleges. However, I believe that there can never be too much guidance or too many resources out there. I can guarantee that at college there are very few students who actually know what they want to do with their lives. I have known people at University completing a course of interest, knowing that when they graduate, they are still no closer to deciding what they want to do. It is not uncommon now for people to change careers due to circumstances, pace of life or the need for fresh challenges. This is not a decision to be made lightly. Someone once quoted that you spend 80% of your life working. If this is true, you might as well take some time to make the right choice and choose something you would like to do for the majority of your life.

Below are three careers websites that are definitely worth a look.

http://www.mynextmove.org/ allows you to do a personality test and browse careers that suit your personality results and skills. Persevere with the questions as the end results will give you a good basis to start your career search. There are searches based around interests or current career headings.

http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm has a lot to offer. It has statistics on new jobs and pay, but I recommend the interview section which gives first hand experience accounts from candidates on their interview process for different jobs at different companies. It allows you to get an insight into the type of job and preparation needed to get the job.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ A government website that gives a very basic description of each type of career, the level of education required and level of pay. On this website there are a lot of facts and statistics based around the economy which might be worth keeping on your favorites tool bar as you go through college, university and life as it is the website for Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Department of Labor. Featured occupations are worth browsing once you know roughly what careers would suit you. This website provides a great resource for legislation, pay, work trends and many more areas that will be helpful.