Career Planning Links
What Can I Do With My Major?
Research majors and possible careers
Career Planning & Assessment
- Career OneStop: Pathways to Career Success
- California Career Cafe from California Community Colleges
- Find Your Future from College Board
- Careers with a Conscience (.pdf) edited version of website list from Linn-Benton Community College)
- How to Create a Career Blueprint
- Keirsey Temperament Web Site
- Mapping Your Future
- TypeLogic: Profiles of your MBTI type
- What is Your Medieval Vocational Personality?
Majors and Careers
Career Exploration & Resources
- America's Career InfoNet
- California Labor Market Information: Occupations/Careers
- California Occupational Guides
- Employment Projections from the U.S. Department of Labor
- O*NET - Online Database of Occupations, tool for career exploration and job analysis, including detailed descriptions of the world of work
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Profiles covering hundreds of occupations including what they do, work environment, how to become one, pay, and more. Each profile also includes employment projections for this decade.
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly
- Sloan Career Cornerstone careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Networking & Social Media
- BranchOut - career networking on Facebook
- Glassdoor - an inside look at jobs and companies
- LinkedIn - the world's largest professional network
- Meetup - helps groups of people with shared interests plan events
- Netiquette - netwokr etiquette
- Riley Guide - online job search guide
- Score - business advice
- Twitter - real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news
- Xing - social network for business and career
Specific Fields
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Architecture & Environmental Design
Arts
Business
- Career Paths in Accounting
- Career Paths in Consulting
- Career Paths in Entrepeneurship
- Career Paths in Finance
- Career Paths in Human Resource
- Career Paths in Management
- Career Paths in Marketing
- MBA Careers
- Law School Admission Council
Communication
- Fastest Growing Communication Careers
- MediaBistro.com
- Society for Technical Communication
- Top Ten Communication Careers
Engineering & Computer Science
- Sloan Career Cornerstone
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Try Engineering
- Association for Computing Machinery - Explore the field of computing
- Software Engineer Insider
Health Professions
- Pre-Health Professions Advising Center (Cal Poly)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Careers in Dietetics
- Careers in Nursing
- Careers in Veterinary Medicine
- Cuesta College Nursing & Allied Health Department
- Definitions of Different Health Careers
- Dental Hygiene Careers – American Dental Hygienists’ Association
- Dentistry as a Career – American Dental Association
- Education for Careers in Dietetics
- Nursing Career Zone
- General Health Professions Careers Websites
- The Physical Therapy Profession
- Becoming a Physician Assistant
- Careers in Public Health
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Board of Registered Nursing
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
International
- Careers in the Foreign Service
- Going Global (Cal Poly access is through MustangJOBS)
- International Exchange (CIEE)
- Peace Corps
- Transitions Abroad
- UCLA International Career Building Advice
- United Nations
- US Department of State (Bureau of International Organization Affairs)
Military
Psychology & Social Sciences
- American Anthropological Association
- Anthropology Careers
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences - MFCC/LCSW Licensing
- Careers for Geographers - Association of American Geographers
- Careers in Aging
- Careers in Archaeology
- Careers in Physical Anthropology
- Psychology Careers for the 21st Century from the APA
Science & Mathematics
- American Institute of Physics
- American Mathematical Society
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Biology Resources - USGS
- Careers in Biotechnology
- Careers in Oceanography
- Careers in the Genetics Field
- Careers in the Microbiological Sciences
- Environmental Jobs and Careers
- Mathematical Association of America
- Mathematical Sciences Career Information
- PhDs Org. (Science, Math and Engineering)
- Science Magazine - Science Careers
- Society for Industrial & Applied Math
Sustainability
- Green Careers Guide
- A Woman's Guide to a Sustainable Career - a guide published by the US Department of Labor
- Why Green is Good - a fact sheet published by the US Department of Labor
Teaching
- Becoming a Teacher from NCATE
- California Teaching Credential Information
- Careers in Special Education and Related Services
- Commission on Teacher Credentials: Schools by Subject Matter Programs
- CTC PPS Credential
- Teacher Certification Requirements State-by-State
Volunteer Opportunities for Career Planning
- Earthwatch
- Idealist.org
- National Council of Non Profits
- Partnership for Public Service - Call to Serve
- Peace Corps
- The Corporation for National and Community Service
- Volunteer Match
- Volunteer San Luis Obispo - Volunteerslo.org
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