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The following linked websites may be useful as you think about what you
want to be doing after you graduate from highschool and beyond to be
successful. Links are listed and described at the bottom  | | What career have you been thinking about? Click the picture to start "Mapping Your Future" |
of this screen
so you will have to scroll down. The pictures are also links to
selected sites.
After years of research and exhausting interviews into the subject, here is how Dr. Dennis Kimbro  | | Click on the picture to go to the OOH website |
defines success:
An
attitude and a matter of choice. It is available to all who will take
charge of the direction of their lives. The path to success leads
through service.
Success  | | Click here to go to ISEEK |
is the process of learning and growing.
It requires that the individual step out of line, away from the pack,
and march to the beat of a different, sometimes distant, drummer.
Success is knowing  | | Click on this picture to go to a pretty cool website called Career Voyages |
yourself and what you want.
Success is born
by the pursuit of a goal or an ideal which will benefit others as
easily as the dreamer. Success cannot be conferred upon others. Success
can  | | ACT Counseling and Career Center (added on 9/04) |
only be earned through individual initiative.
Succeeding means risk taking, courage, faith and commitment. Frederick Douglass was correct: success is born of struggle.
Success
demands  | | Click here to go to New Jersey |
the use of whatever abilities and talents are available. It
decays on the 40 hour work week. It is derived from labors of love. The
achiever will be most successful doing what he or she truly enjoys.
Some
indicators  | | Take a quick personality test by clicking on the picture above |
of success come from the desire to leave behind some great
work that will survive or endure--in other words, permanence.
Dr.
Dennis Kimbro, author of the best sellers Think & Grow  | | Click on this picture to complete a college quest exercise |
Rich: A
Black Choice and Daily Motivations for African American Success, will
feature his third book, What Makes the Great Great: Strategies for
Extraordinary Achievement, (Doubleday) January,  | | Explore Minnesota careers by clicking the picture |
1997.
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 | | A website where careers, opportunity and diversity meet. (Added 10/21/04) |
 | | Use the "Salary Wizard" to find the salaries of various careers in your area. (Added 1/05) |
 | | This web site will show how to find your dream career and helps you take the plunge to make the first move and getting the job you deserve! It contains all the resources you need to further your career. |
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 The New Jersey Connection
A "really good" comprehensive link to a link in New Jersey..check it out!
ISEEK
A very comprehensive site for exploring careers and educational choices in Minnesota. There are also many "inventories" available to help you learn about yourself.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
You have three ways to find career information by occupation on this site:
Planning a Career
WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN EDUCATION-- The premier source of college and career planning information.
The Keirsey Temperment Sorter
An online personality questionaire
University Career Centers
The Career Resource Homepage has become a clearinghouse of employment related information on the internet. It has been widely quoted in various articles, including the Wall Street Journal ( April 4, 1994-2000 Pg. B1), Review (February 17, 1994-2000, Volume 16 - Number 5), Financial World (January 1996). It has also been reviewed in various online resources such as Magellian - Mckinley's Internet Directory, iGuide Net Review , Internet Business 500 by Ventana Communications Group, and New Rider's Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages.
Fedworld.gov
A gateway to government information
Job Hunter's Bible
A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers.
America's Job Bank
Visit our site and see how we can help you find the job that's right for you. Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for someone like you.
Military Career Center
In today's world, there are hundreds of occupations from which to choose, so it's important to spend some time looking into your options. The U. S. Military is one option everyone should know about. Once you have the facts, you may discover for yourself the military is an excellent place to start your career.
Career Magazine
You can post your resume, build your portfolio, turn it into a personal website all in a matter of minutes
Job Board
Find a Job and more
Wired Scholar
This is a great site to help you get started on planning for your future. Lots and lots of good tools and information.
Mapping Your Future
A good place to start
Harding Students: ECOS Education & Career Opportunities System
Harding students can get a Login and Password from the Guidance Office to search for careers, apply to college, prepare for tests, and much, much more.
America's Career InfoNet
Smart career decisions start here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.
Career Builder
Where employers and job seekers go...
Ramsey County Employment and more
Learn about job openings in Ramsey County
College View Career Planning Center
Designed to get your career on track
Career Resource Center
Directory of over 6,000 links to jobs available now, employer resources, education, personal business,
The Quickest Personality Test
This one is quick and kinda fun!
Minnesota Careers
Explore and investigate careers on this website as you plan for the future
O*NET® Career Exploration Tools
The Occupational Information Network - O*NETTM database takes the place of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) as the nation's primary source of occupational information. The O*NET database and related products will help millions of employers, workers, educators, and students make informed decisions about education, training, career choices, and work. The O*NET Project is administered and sponsored by the US Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
Career Voyages
Start exploring career options - whether you are in high school, have graduated, have a vocational certificate, have a 2-year or 4-year college degree, or have knowledge and skills acquired through training centers, on-the-job training, or work experience. Be in demand by knowing about high growth jobs with better wages and a brighter future.
Black Collegian Career Information Site
THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are abundantly explored. This site is the cyberspace partner of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine, serving the career and self-development interests of African-American collegians throughout America since 1970.
Ms. D's Online Guide to College, Careers and Scholarships
Clueless about college? Here are some of the best, least time consuming sites to get families and students started in the college, career, and scholarship search process. Good Luck as you Seize The Day!
The Career Zone
This no-cost, career-planning tool is an ideal way for you to assess workplace skills and aptitudes right from your own computer. Whether you're beginning your journey to a rewarding career or changing your career path, NYCareerZone.org will help you find your way.
Suggested internet resources from Scholarship America
A list of suggested internet resources that may help you plan for your future.
Quintessential Careers
Quintessential Careers is a leader in career and job-search advice! Now with more than 1,900 pages of college, career, and job-search content to empower your success in life.
Junior Achievement Student Education Center
Welcome to Junior Achievement's Student Education Center brought to you by the Diversity Pipeline Alliance. Here youll be able to sort, simplify and search based on all those features and benefits youd ever want in an institution of higher learning.
Education Online Search
Education Online Search is a free college portal online, helping you learn about careers and the colleges offering career education and degrees for the fields you choose. The site offers a collection of career articles and education articles to guide you through many aspects of your search, including career descriptions, financial aid tips, advice for adult learners, an overview of standardized college tests, a directory of colleges, and more.
Information on jobs in Minnesota (Added 10/04)
This site from MNSCU has lots of information about jobs in Minnesota with links to post-secondary schools
IMDiversity: A website where careers, opportunity and diversity meet (Added 10/21/04)
Lots of good features in this site.
Salary Wizard: What are you worth? (Added 1/05)
Start a new search for free average salary information and premium salary data.
Fetchster.com (Added 3/18/05)
Welcome to Fetchster.com - a new way to find a job in Minnesota!
Free Career Search Tool (Added 9/05)
A free interest inventory to help with your future.
What's Your Life's Purpose? (Added 10/26/05)
Are you stuck in a job that you hate? Looking for a career that will make you happy? Take this test to jiggle your brain and get a few ideas to help you find your life's purpose.
Kingdomality (Added 10/26/05)
A unique personality test based on answering the question: What would your medieval vocation have been?
Snagajob.com (Added 10/26/05)
Search more than 50,000 part-time and hourly jobs in all industries across the country. Find the right job for you today!
Entrepreneur U
This site was created by DECA Inc. through a grant funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the purpose of informing students, administrators and parents about the opportunities for studying entrepreneurship beyond high school. We hope this web site will bridge the gap between high school students interested in becoming entrepreneurs and postsecondary institutions that have viable entrepreneurship education options.
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