Career Resources

Nebraska Career Resources - Looking for a job in Nebraska? This is a huge resource!
Nebraska Workforce Development - Lots of information about local employment opportunities.
Nebraska's Job Link - JobLink provides job searches, resume services and one-on-one assistance to job seekers.
UNL Career Services - This website provides a lot of information about majors and careers, as well as links to more career sites.
Nebraska CareerLink - Super site right here in Omaha. It includes apprenticeship programs for high school students and a rather good job listing for adults.
Job Web – If you are looking for a job in the Lincoln area this website may be worth your time.
Work for You – Classified ads from the Lincoln Journal Star and area states help link you to job opportunities.

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter This personality inventory organizes your answers to approximately 60 questions into four personality types. More information is given about temperament, and gives the personality types of famous people. This is a very interesting site.
Princeton Review - Go straight to the "career search" on this site. It has a fairly large database of careers that start with "A day in the life of ..."
Career Interests Game (U. of Missouri)
This quick exercise is based on Holland's theory that people and work environments can be classified into six different groups: Realistic, Investigative, Social, Artistic, Enterprising, or Conventional. Check it out!

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Published by the US Dept of Labor, the Handbook gives detailed information on several hundred different careers.
Career Profiles Index - Alpha list of hundreds of careers with descriptions that include education/training, wages, job outlook and more. Great site!
Coolworks - Jobs in National Parks and other cool places! Great site to find the perfect summer job in a vacation spot!
Bureau of Labor Statistics - The largest resource on labor information available on the web. If you are doing a term paper and need stats on anything related to jobs/careers, this is it!
O*Net - Occupational Information Network supplied by the U.S. Government.
FastWeb – MANY resources regarding job seeking, resumes, interviews, etc.
Federal Jobs Digest – Information on federal jobs available by state – very interesting!

Military Career Guide Online - Want to find out lots of factual information about what it is like to be in the different branches of the Armed Forces? Then this is your site. Very helpful information here!
U.S. Military – Includes a listing of all branches of the military to access further information.

For questions or comments, contact Maggie Rasmussen, Aurora High School Guidance Counselor

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