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Career Counseling Strategies and Techniques for the 21st Century
Web Links
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- http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/default.asp?careers=6
The Princeton Review Career Quiz includes an online assessment related to personality and career options. It uses the test taker's interest and style to identify potential careers and related duties. It may be useful in career exploration or to learn about specific occupations and occupational tasks/duties.
- http://mapping-your-future.org/
This website helps students, parents, and adults map their future from school to work. It includes picking a college and paying for it. It gives you step-by-step instructions on how to go about finding a career, how to research it, and access to links that can help you with all of the steps. This website even shows you some pointers on writing a resume. Also, there are tabs that will allow you to go into the level that is right for you. For example, high school students have a tab, graduate students have a tab, etc.
- http://www.careerplanner.com/default.htm
This website offers a wide range of services and is very user friendly. It incorporates links designed for high school students, college students, teachers, counselors, and career changers. The website encourages users to take the career inventory before proceeding. It goes into great detail about why users should take the assessment and how it would be useful to them. It also provides useful job descriptions and a wide variety of other career links. CareerPlanner.com also offers numerous featured articles addressing common career questions. The website guarantees its services by offering full refunds if users are not satisfied with its services. Services from a tele-counselor are offered, though this seems to be a new feature of the website, as there is not as much information about it as there is about other parts of the site. Limited credentials are provided, but a lengthy explanation about the origin of the company is offered.
- http://www.theoxfordprogram.com/
The Oxford Program is an on-line full service career counseling website that provides users with comprehensive career guidance. This site provides career counseling, batteries of formal assessments, support network, job search assistance, etc. The cost associated with this site may not be affordable for everyone. The site also provides evaluative responses of previous users of this service. This site mainly uses the Highland Ability Battery and reports on the effectiveness of this assessment by showing the results of a recent study. The site appears to be very effective and provides users what it purports to provide.
- http://www.career-resumes.com
This site is a resume service for individuals and corporations. The fees for preparing resumes range from $200-$600. Samples of resumes and cover letters are provided and there is a toll free number available for consultation. The site also offers links to other job hunting resources.
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