Great Resources - Career Exploration

Visit even more websites that have great resources to help you with your career exploration that puts you in touch about technologies, career profiles, types of jobs and much more. Many of these resources have links to videos and articles!

Games:

Discover the creative engineer in you! - Sometimes the best way to understand what engineers do is to try your hand at it! The following are links to several engineering games on the internet to give you a first hand try at the problem solving skills engineers employ every day! This "Try Engineering" website has links to different types of engineering games and challenges to try your skills. (TryEngineering.org, supported by IBM, IEEE, and New York Hall of Science)

Engineering the past - Catapult Demo - Time Engineers, teaches engineering, science, and math without leaving the fun of gaming behind. Students travel in a cool time machine to three different time periods and encounter typical engineering problems to be solved in order to build pyramids, irrigate farm land, command a WWII submarine, raise and lower medieval drawbridges, and much more. (Time Engineers, supported by Software Kids)

Time Engineers - teaches engineering, science, and math - Time Engineers was designed to help middle and high school students explore and apply some of the fundamental principles of engineering. In Ancient Egypt, students experiment with ramps, workers, and the type of stone to build pyramids. During World War II, they help design a submarine or a radar system. During the Middle Ages, students help design a drawbridge and a catapult. In each, there are several factors that students can adjust to be successful. The content, delivered through narration, text and interactive exercises, includes binary numbers, boolean logic, weirs and water flow, force balance and trajectory. (Software Kids)

Job Shadowing:

Job Shadow Program: What Career Exploration Should Be!! - This PDF document offers excellent information about participating in a job shadowing program such as getting started, how to contact mentors, helpful tips to follow, and questions about career fields. Many other helpful resources are available on the On-Line Resource Center web page about career assessment, development, the job search and job offers. (University of Wisconsin, Platteville Career Center, supported by On-Line Resource Center)

Job Shadow: About the Program - Job Shadow is an academically motivating activity designed to give kids the unique opportunity of an up-close look at the world of work and provide the answer to the commonly asked question, "Why do I have to learn this?". Job Shadow is led by the National Job Shadow Coalition. This website explains the program, sponsors and information to learn what is offered for your area. (The National Job Shadow Coalition, supported by America's Promise, Junior Achievement, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor)

Other Career Exploration Sites:

Career Center for The Plastics Industry Trade Association - SPI's worker training, safety and certification programs help member companies enhance the skills of their employees and keep them safe. And while existing programs address the needs of today's plastics workers, SPI's education and outreach initiatives seek to inspire young people to be tomorrow's workforce. A safe, skilled, knowledgeable and flexible plastics industry workforce is the key to competitiveness in the global economy. (SPI, supported by The Plastics Jobs Network)

Career Exploration on careeronestop.org - Offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy. Links to Self Assessments, Skills, Industries, Occupations and "Take Charge" links offered on this page. (U.S. Department of Labor, supported by - sponsored website)

Career Planning Resources for Science, Technology, Engineering - The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center offers vast resources on over 160 degree fields. Within each area you'll find a profile of the field, and links to video or print profiles of professionals working in each area. There are downloadable lists of employers and degree granting universities, salary data, links to professional associations, and descriptions of different types of academic degrees. (Sloan Career Cornerstone Center, supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

Get Into Energy for Career Exploration - Not only will you learn about energy careers, but you will find videos games, contests, and cool web sites related to energy. This site is designed to build awareness among students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, as well as working adults who are considering a career change. Videos about career profiles, an assessment quiz, a training and employer locator tool are just a few items to explore! (Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD))

The Ultimate Roadtrip to Career Success - This web site is designed to provide information on in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs, for which there are an increasing number of job openings and to inform you of training and education that is available to prepare for these occupations and to help you advance in a career path toward a brighter future! (U.S. Dept. of Labor and U.S. Dept. of Education)