Career Information

The sophomore year in high school is a time for students to give careful thought to what they want to do in the future.  During the sophomore and junior year, students should start narrowing down their career options and start looking at the various post-high school facilities that offer similar educational degree programs.

Wisconsin Career Assessment Link

Career Information websites:

1)   Planning a Career (www.mapping-your-future.org/planning) is a guided tour helping students find out how to choose a career and how to reach a career goal.  Useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques are included.

2)   Undecided about what your career interests are?  Take about 10 minutes to complete a career interest assessment at The Career Key (www.careerkey.org/english) This is a good free and short interest survey that links to the career information in the US government’s Occupational Outlook Handbook.  Click first on the “You” section, then “Take the Career Key”.  This site also has some good “stuff’ for making career and college major decisions.

3)  America’s Career InfoNet (www.acinet.org/acinet) has state-specific information on careers.  Use this website to: a) learn about typical wages and employment trends across occupations and industries, b) check education, knowledge, skills and abilities again requirements for most occupations, c) search for employer contact information nationwide, cost of living data, and call up state profiles with labor market conditions, and d) find more than 4,000 external links to the most extensive set of career resources available on the interest.  For information on a specific state, click on the “state info” tab and select the state.

4)      For first-hand profiles of what people do on their jobs, check Job Profiles (www.jobprofiles.org/index) Here, experienced workers, people from chimney sweepers to top executives share their motivations, basic skills and education needs, rewards, and advice for those interested in a similar career.

5)      Our school is a member of the Wisconsin Career Information System (http://wiscareers.education.wisc.edu) Using our student registration code (brf-c074), students can obtain career information based on individual interests, skills, values, or budget.  Salary information, employment outlook, and education path for the occupations you find most suitable are also provided.  

These websites are valuable resources for learning more information about specific career possibilities.  Continue also meeting periodically with a high school guidance counselor to learn even more current and accurate information pertaining to your future educational and career goals.

Career Sites