| 42eXplore Project
This web project provides "four to eXplore" for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic.
AchieveTexas
AchieveTexas is an education initiative designed to prepare students for a lifetime of success. It allows students to achieve excellence by preparing them for secondary and postsecondary opportunities, career preparation and advancement, meaningful work, and active citizenship.
Advanced Technical Credit Program Website
The Advanced Technical Credit (ATC) Program gives high school students a chance to receive credit at participating community colleges across Texas for taking certain enhanced technical courses during high school. The statewide articulated courses and their equivalent college courses are listed in the ATC Course Crosswalk. All the participating community colleges have agreed to offer students credit for these courses, provided the college offers the course and the student meets certain criteria.
America's Career InfoNet
CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy. This site contains occupational information that will assist individuals in employment searches and increase overall understanding of the job market.
America's Job Bank
The America's Job Bank computerized network links state Employment Service offices to provide job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere. For employers it provides rapid, national exposure for job openings. In addition to the Internet, the job openings found in America's Job Bank are available on computer systems in public libraries, colleges and universities, high schools, shopping malls, transition offices on military bases worldwide, and other places of public access.
American Counseling Association
The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, ACA is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings.
American School Counselor Association
The American School Counselor Association is the national organization that represents the profession of school counseling. ASCA focuses on providing professional development, enhancing school counseling programs, and researching effective school counseling practices. Our mission is to promote excellence in professional school counseling and the development of all students. This site contains many links to resources for school counselors.
Bridges Transitions
This commercial site is an online school-wide career development program. You can take a guided tour and sign up for a free trial. Click on American Version and then click on Guests, Free Trial & Guided Tour. The full service is available campus-wide with a site license fee.
Career Parent Magazine
Career Parent Magazine gives you tools to help your kids develop skills and knowledge about themselves, career alternatives, career and life planning, personal management and contributing to their community.
Career Pathways
Career Pathways is an exciting and interactive program to help prepare middle school students to make the all important decisions regarding which electives to select for their high school plan of study. A fun career exploration site developed by the University of Idaho.
ECOS (Education and Career Opportunity System)
This commercial site is an online career and college planning tool for students and administrators. A guided tour is available online.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services
Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services: University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Education.
Getting Ready for College Early
Getting ready for college means planning for the future and making some very important decisions early. This guidebook will help you and your children understand the steps you need to take during the middle and junior high school years to get ready for college.
Hobbs Public Library
A website for college & career planning consisting of Career Planning, Financial Aid, and Colleges & Universities.
Job Shadow 2009
Job Shadow is a year-round effort to introduce young people to the world of work through job shadowing experiences. The purpose of this site is to provide useful information and resources that will help you have a successful job shadowing effort!
My Future
My Future is a service presented by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The goal of the site is to help students understand the opportunities available to them after graduation, and better prepare them for the choices and challenges they have ahead. Accordingly, throughout the Web site, there are a variety of resources that specifically pertain to planning for the future. Resources include career-planning tips and advice, tools to assess skills and interests, and links to external career resources—in the Military and beyond.
National Collaboration on Workforce and Disabilities
This website was created by the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD/Youth) and contains research and literature reviews, evaluation summaries, and seminal research and practice documents relating to workforce development and youth with disabilities.
Net Temps
A commercial job placement site, Net Temps is an Internet recruiting center for the Staffing industry. Net-Temps brings together the world's leading staffing firms with the best candidates for contract assignments and direct placement.
Next Step Magazine
The Next Step Magazine covers college planning, career choices and life skills to help students plan their lives after high school. Next Step Magazine is published five times every school year: in September, November, January, March and May. There is a fee for a one-year home subscription, but school counselors can receive free copies.
Next Steps
This website is a full featured employment, career development, and job finding resource for youth. Next Steps provides Career Planning, Job Seeking, Career Maintenance, and Other Resources for youth.
O*Net Online
The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this data and O*NET OnLine provides easy access to that information.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online (OOQ Online) is based on the print periodical Occupational Outlook Quarterly (OOQ) and mirrors its print counterpart. OOQ Online provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunites, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
OSCAR
Texas OSCAR is the Occupation and Skills Computer-Assisted Researcher for career exploration. OSCAR is a product of the Texas Workforce Commission/Career Development Resources (TWC/CDR) and was originally developed under a grant from the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
Preparing Your Child for College
This website is a U. S. Department of Education Resource Book for Parents. It is the 2000 Edition.
Quintessential Careers
Quintessential Careers is a career, job, and college site, offering comprehensive free expert career and job-hunting advice (through articles, tools, tips, samples, and tutorials), as well as links to all the best job sites. Special sections for teens, college students, and all other job-seekers (by industry, geography, and job-seeker type) make this site a comprehensive resource for all.
Reality Check
Reality Check lets you see what job you'll need to make the income you want. Find out how much money you will need and which career will pay for all your needs.
Texas Association for College Admission Counseling
The Texas Association for College Admission Counseling (TACAC) is a non-profit educational organization comprised of secondary counselors, college admission counselors, independent educational consultants, and other educational professionals who work with students in the transition from high school to college.
Texas Business & Education Coalition
Texas Business & Education Coalition (TBEC) was formed by Texas business leaders to engage with educators in a long-term effort to improve public education in Texas.
Texas Career Development Resources
This is the best site for labor market information in Texas. Formerly called SOICC, the mandate for CDR is to support the uniformity of labor market data products, coding systems and related information, to encourage the coordination in the production and use of labor market data among education training entities, and to promote the development and dissemination of new and existing data to enhance program planning and job seeker effectiveness.
Texas Counseling Association
The Texas Counseling Association is dedicated to providing leadership, advocacy and education to promote the growth and development of the counseling profession and those who are served.
Texas GEAR UP
The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) project is a six-year federal initiative designed to increase early college awareness and readiness in traditionally underrepresented groups. Texas GEAR UP is divided into two major strands: statewide initiatives that help achieve GEAR UP goals across the state and the STAR Project, an intensive, multifaceted P-16 intervention in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas in coordination with the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Pre-College Outreach Center. Texas GEAR UP addresses multiple aspects of the college awareness process.
Texas Skills Standard Board Repository
This website was established by the Texas Skill Standards Board (TSSB) as part of the workforce development system under House Bill 1863 that contains the lists of skills for occupations that have been studied and approved in Texas. This website also contains information on industry certifications and credentials.
Texas Work Prep
The Texas Work Prep Learning Management System, (LMS), is designed and hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission. This LMS is built to manage the delivery of job search content and resources and to facilitate “anytime, anywhere” access to learning more about getting, and keeping, the job of your choice. It contains three on-line courses, each designed to communicate unique aspects of successful job hunting and excelling on the job. Our goal is help job seekers master an effective job search process, get each back to work quicker and communicate the attributes of work excellence expected by Texas employers. The content is designed with you, and your successful job search, in mind.
Texas Workforce Commission
This website consists of skills and interest inventories, job postings, and job matching. The website is designed for companies seeking employees or employees seeking a job.
The Career Key
The Career Key is the #1 Internet source for help choosing a career. The high-quality career test matches your personality with careers.
Think College
This is a U. S. Department of Education website that provides college information. This website was designed to "Think College". College could be your local community college, a university, career or technical school. This website is designed for a middle-school student, a student in high school or already in college, or an adult who would like to continue your education for a lifetime. The information to help you get started is here at your fingertips.
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The Labor Market & Career Information Department (LMCI) of the Texas Workforce Commission provides statistics and analyses on the dynamics of the Texas labor market and informational products designed to support informed educational and career decisions. In addition, LMCI provides a wide array of career and occupational information through software programs and printed publications.
U.S. Department of Labor OSHA
This website provides United States Occupational Safety & Health Admininistration (OSHA) regulations for youth workers. It provides information employers can use to limit or prevent workplace injuries and make work safer for teens and all workers.
U.S. Department of Labor YouthRules!
The YouthRules! web page is a gateway providing quick access to information about Federal and State labor laws that apply to young workers. The web page includes information designed to educate teens, parents, educators and employers about the hours youth can work, the jobs youth can do, and how to prevent workplace injuries.
Workforce Solutions of Central Texas
Workforce Solutions of Central Texas services are developed to promote the delivery of programs and services to meet the needs of business, industry, and workers. These services are designed to place Texans in jobs and to equip workers with the skills needed to foster economic development. We work with employers, employees, and the general public to achieve these goals.
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