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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" 

Children are first asked this question in elementary school, often as part of a writing assignment. Revisited briefly in middle school, the career question is left on the back burner until high school. Then suddenly, there are inflexible deadlines for standardized testing, college and financial aid applications. Your child is under pressure to make life-altering decisions. What careers provide the best opportunity? College or trade school? Can we afford college? Which schools are best for me? Who has the answers for me?

Although guidance counselors are available to assist with career planning, the reality is that most children rely on their parents to guide them through this process.  The web sites listed below can assist you with this process.

Career Exploration and Development on the Internet

Career Channel at iVillage.com (www.ivillage.com/career/index.html) provides tools to help you identify potential careers including assessments, like “Work and Life:  Are you Deciding on Purpose?”, working smarter, getting a job, getting ahead, job listings, networking center, and ask the expert.

Career Planning Process (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/), developed by the Career Services Department at Bowling Green State University, has set up a series of web exercises to help job seekers assess their values, needs, motivational levels, and personality traits; consider their academic and career options; reflect on their relevant practical work experience; and prepare for graduate school.

FutureScan^TM Magazine (www.futurescan.com) provides guidance on selecting a career, descriptions of careers,  the Guidance Guru to answer questions like, “How do we turn our dreams into reality?”, and lLinks to some of the best career sites on the Web.

Jobtrak (www.jobtrak.com) and the George Washington University Career Center bring you the job search process including how to conduct an effective job search, testing your career competencies and much more.

School to Careers (www.swep.com) was designed to facilitate the distribution of School-To-Careers (School-to-Work) information to educators, students, and businesses.

CareerPath (www.careerpath.com/) provides ways to search for employment, create your resumes online, research information on featured employers, get expert advice, information, and articles on careers.

America’s Job Bank (www.ajb.dni.us/), a great resource for career exploration, links the nation’s 1,800 state Employment Service offices and provides job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere. For employers it provides rapid, national exposure for job openings.

FindLaw (www.findlaw.com) provides information on law schools, career development, national bar exams, state bar exams, and local bar exams.

Career Magazine (www.careermag.com) is a comprehensive resource, designed to meet the individual needs of networked job seekers. This site includes a job openings database, a resume bank, employer profiles, career-related articles and news, a career forum and links to other Internet career resources.