Career Choice Resources
Whether you're working with students in high school or college, one of the biggest aspects of your job is to help students find a career direction. The competitive employment environment dictates that these decisions be made earlier in a student's life so you'll need more tools to help students with the decision-making process.
The World of Work
An especially useful diagram, "World of Work," was created by the American College Testing program (ACT). The counselor's version of the map appears at www.act.org/wwm/overview.html.
It helps bridge the gap between interests or abilities and careers by showing how they are related. The diagram shows all types of career possibilities (divided into 26 career areas and six clusters) in the United States today in terms of the things people do who are in those careers. The range of possible job activities is divided into four categories.
Working with:
Data: Facts, numbers, files, business procedures
Ideas: Knowledge, insights, theories, new ways of saying or doing something
People: Care, services, leadership, sales
Things: Machines, tools, living things, and materials such as food, wood, or metal
The ACT program produces an interest inventory called UNIACT, which is keyed to the map, but the map by itself can be very useful. UNIACT is only available as part of the ACT package of tests.
MyRoad
MyRoad is an online tool available to students who take the PSAT/NMSQT. It is designed to help students find majors and career interests, and includes a personality profiler and information on many jobs, including the very latest ones.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Jobs and Preparation Requirements
The following listings were compiled by CAP : first is a list of jobs in demand, which are also desireable according to students in focus groups in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region. The second is a list of "wish jobs" - occupations students have named when asked what jobs they would like to have. Follow links for specific information on preparation requirements at the partner institutions of this region. High school students should be aware that preparation for jobs begins in high school, where certain courses are needed to enter college level training programs.
Jobs in Demand