Internet Links
What can I do with a major in...
The links below can be used for personal research and your semester activity.
- Niagara University
- Indiana University
- Kansas State University
- Northern Illinois University
- The Princeton Review: How to Choose a Major
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Exploring Occupations
- Career OneStop
Career exploration site that includes assessments and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- iSeek
- Provides information on careers in 16 different career clusters. (specific to Minnesota, but helpful to all)
- Life Works
Explore health and medical science careers by the National Institutes of Health, Office Science Education.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Provides information about specific occupations.
- O*Net
Contains occupational descriptions and includes tools for career exploration. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor / Employment and Training Administration.
- Sports Careers - Sample Jobs
- A sample of careers to consider in the sports industry.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provides statistical information related to employment.
Just For Fun
- Career Wizard
- Provides calculators for salary, cost of living, education vs. salary table, and information on hot careers.
- Making it Count
A site that provides information on potential careers and career related topics as well as information and advice on college life.
- SERVEnet
- Will connect you with service and volunteering opportunities.
Assessments
Discover the strengths of your personality type and how they relate to careers.
- Career Zone
- Provides up-to-date career information for more than 1,100 occupations.
- Type Focus
- Type Logic
Government Jobs Search
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Government Job Search - by career field
- USAJOBS
- Federal Jobs By Major
- Partnership for Public Service
- USA.gov – Government information by topic
- U.S. Department of the Treasury Jobs
Government Agencies
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- IRS – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Careers
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Secret Service
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of the Treasury