Career Cruising is a subscription-based interactive website where users can take interest surveys, research careers, create a portfolio, and hear from professionals in a wide variety of fields about their work and education experiences. Users can also explore different education and scholarships opportunities.
Users can search jobs and post resumés for potential employers. You can also research different occupations and relevant state and industry data by clicking on the InfoNet section of the site.
This website has lots of stats and information about hot jobs, including education requirements and salary. There is also a large collection of videos that describes the job responsibilities and daily lives for many different professionals.
Students can research colleges, take a college matchmaker quiz, and apply to schools online. This site has a wealth of information for parents and students about planning for college, including information about test preparation and financial aid.
College Navigator is a free consumer information tool designed to help students, parents, high school counselors, and others get information about nearly 7,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States. It offers a wide range of information — such as programs offered, retention and graduation rates, prices, aid available, degrees awarded, campus safety, and accreditation — in a very user-friendly way.
College Parents of America has created a one-stop shop of information and guidance for parents, from the time they begin preparing for their children to go to college, through the complex admissions process, until their college graduation. College Parents of America provides listings of resources and information on college savings strategies, financial aid, scholarships and other ways to help pay for college; academic strategies for getting into top colleges; resources and deadlines in the application and admissions process; the challenges and opportunities in child and parent relations during the college years; and much more. If you decide to become a member you can take advantage of their newsletters, email experts, and news columns.
College Toolkit is an online resource that offers an extensive database of college- and career-related tools. Students can apply for scholarships, search over 4,000 colleges, explore 900 careers, and compare student loans. By entering details about the student’s interests and personal information, search results are customized to fit his or her needs.
This site is designed for young people who are interested in improving their communities. There are articles written by students and message boards where students can post ideas and read what other kids their age are doing and thinking. Every month dosomething.org has a new challenge in community building, health, or the environment. These challenges never require money to complete, and can be done in school or after-school. Over 4 millions students have already participated.
Fastweb is the leading website for finding out information about college scholarships. It also has college profiles, financial aid tips, and tools to find internships and part-time work.
More than 300 Middle School students from around the country worked on this site to link their interests and hobbies to future careers. It's full of resources and information about different jobs. It's especially great for students ages 11-15.
The Futures Channel has created a library of videos showcasing the real-world relevance of what students learn in school through interviews with and on-site footage of people who are passionate about their jobs.
Icouldbe.org connects students with career mentors through email. Students can ask professionals what it's like to have their jobs and how they got where they are, and get advice about the steps they should be taking. Students also work with mentors on a curriculum. The student fee for using icould.org is $20 for 6 months.
INeedAPencil.com is an innovative and completely free online SAT preparation program with a mission to significantly raise each student's SAT scores through the use of interesting learning content, proven testing methods and helpful student tools like digital notes, mentor communication, a confidence calibrator and an automatic SAT score projector.
The Making It Count website is full of advice about getting the most out of high school and college. If your child's school is interested, it can host a variety of free Making It Count presentations, including Making High School Count, Making Your College Search County, and Making College and Career Count.
This site offers "how to get a job" advice AND provides listings for local jobs that are available for teens.
