Career and College Planning Guide
Career Development Process
Know Yourself
Interests, values, strengths, traits, abilities
Explore
Occupation searches, job trends, education and skill requirements
Get Focused
Make decisions, create goals, develop an action plan
Take Action
Get experience, connect with employers, apply, get training or a degree
16 Career Clusters
•Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
•Architecture & Construction
•Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
•Business Management & Administration
•Education & Trainin
•Finance
•Government & Public Administration
•Health Science
•Hospitality & Tourism
•Human Services
•Information Technology
•Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
•Manufacturing
•Marketing
•Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
•Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Learning About Yourself
Learning Style Inventories
These assessments can help you determine your learning style and reveal ways to help you learn or study better.
https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
http://www.howtolearn.com/learning-styles-quiz/
SC Career Information System
Career assessments, learning style inventories, employability surveys, work value inventories, and more
https://sccis.intocareers.org/materials/portal/home.html
User name: wareshoalshs Password: hornets
O*NET Career Exploration Tools
Ability Profiler, Interest Profiler, Computerized Interest Profiler, Interest Profiler Short Form, Work Importance Locator, Work Importance Profiler
https://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html
Career Search Tools
NCDA: Internet Sites for Career Planning
Directories, trends, job banks, job search engines, social networking, salary information, financial aid, career development process, and more….
http://www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/resources
O*NET Occupation Search
Explore and filter through various occupations
https://www.onetonline.org/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupation search tool
http://www.bls.gov/bls/occupation.htm
Career OneStop
This site can help students explore careers while connecting them with training and jobs. There are career planning tools within the site, such as resume writing tips and assessments. There is a really great “toolkit” that has a variety of tools, even a comparison tool and training section. This site lets you do research, learn about yourself, and connect with pertinent information about the entire career development process.
http://www.careeronestop.org/jobseekertools[...]
SC Career Information System
College search, career assessments, learning style and work value inventories
https://sccis.intocareers.org/materials/portal/home.html
User name: wareshoalshs Password: hornets
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Bureau of Labor Statistics- Search occupations and resources
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
College Search Tools
Big Future
This site is through The College Board and provides a wealth of information on majors and career options. The site is conveniently broken down into “major categories” to make searching easier. It gives descriptions of majors, shows colleges with that major, and provides a path to a career planning web site. For the career portion it connects students with descriptions, making high school count, related majors and careers, job outlook, and compensation information.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors-careers
Education Planner
This site has a section for students, parents, and counselors. It has a career planning checklist for middle and high school. It helps connect students with information on various careers through providing assessments, videos, and links to appropriate training. There is a financial planning portion regarding paying for college. The parent portion has FAFSA information, ACT/SAT information, and much more.
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/career-planning/
College Board Senior Checklist
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/making-a-decision[...]
College Search
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search
Virtual College Tours
https://www.youvisit.com/collegesearch
Affordable Online Colleges
http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/
Scholarship Search
Affordable Colleges Guide
http://www.collegeaffordabilityguide.org/schools/south-carolina/
College Websites
Anderson University
Benedict College
Charleston Southern University
The Citadel
Claflin University
Clemson University
Coastal Carolina University
Coker College
College of Charleston
Columbia College
Converse College
Erskine College
Francis Marion University
Furman University
Lander University
Limestone University
Morris College
Newberry College
Presbyterian College
SC State University
Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg Methodist College
University of South Carolina
Winthrop University
Wofford College
Technical Colleges in South Carolina