Careers

Careers

  • http://www.americasemployers.com/
  • Monster.com have a career assessment tool that is very quick and easy but only points the user in a general direction. “Perfect Career” asks a few questions about your personality type, then matches that to various career areas
  • Princeton Review’s Career Quiz –is free and quick. Make 24 choices and you get a career interest summary and a style (personality) summary.
  • Career Zone is another interesting survey to help sort out your career interest.
  • The Self-Direct Search (SDS) ---An inventory, which believes that there is a definite link between your personality and your interest in a career.
  • Illinois Job Outlook in Brief (JOIB) has the latest news on the “BEST BET” occupations, which have fast growth, lots of openings and high pay for their required level of education.
  • A Guide to Health Careers in Illinois is a comprehensive site with lots of information on job characteristics, occupations, salaries/wages, education required, program sites, and other links.
  • The Career Center, at Parkland is dedicated to being a resource to assist community members in career development. Sections on career planning and the job search are worth a special look.
  • Art Schools – www.artschoolsdigital.com

Salary Information 

Career Interest Test 

  • The Keirsey Temperament Sorter- Identifies your personality type based on a theory of “psychological types.” Provides information about yourself, indicating how you may interact with your world.

  • The Self-Directed Search (SDS)- An inventory, which believes that there is a definite link between your personality and your interest in a career.