Career Planning

Planning for your future includes the following elements:

Self-Awareness - an analysis of interests, skills, aptitudes, values and experiences.
Career Exploration - an exploration of careers in pathways related to self-awareness information.
Decision Making - long-term and short term goals are developed related to the information gathered during the self-awareness and career exploration phases.
Career Planning - creating a plan of action with steps to reach your career goals.

Career Pathways - Six clusters of occupations linked through interests, abilities and talents requiring various levels of education and training.

Career Guidance Systems

Bridges - An entertaining interactive web-site designed for career exploration and information

Career Cruising - Comprehensive career and college exploration

MOIS - The Michigan Occupational Information System is a career planning tool sponsored by the Michigan Department of Career Development which is a department of Michigan Department of Education

MyDreamExplorer - This site is a place to assist you in self-assessment and career planning

Job Search - Did we miss anything? Check out this site for links to an amazing number of job related sites

Michigan Department of Career Development (MCDC) - Information including career preparation, finding a job and employer services

Michigan Works - This contains information about job training, education and employment opportunities. This is the old MESC site

U.S. Department of Labor - This site contains the Occupational Outlook Handbook - which gives you comprehensive information about any career you might be interested in. The Career Information site contains information relating careers to school subjects you like.

Information about careers in the building trades can be found by going to the site created by Management and Unions Serving Together (MUST) organization

Careers in the Military - Get excellent job training while serving your country. A career in the military can also lead to a college degree.