Union Mine High School Library
College, Careers, Resumes & Cover Letters
"A career is something you like to do so much that you'll do it for free
and something you do so well that someone will pay you to do it."
Anonymous
Online Subscription Career Tools
These services help our students and their families create a four year plan for education after graduation.
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Thompson/Peterson College Guide - "The most comprehensive and heavily traveled education resource on the Internet."
The Princeton Review - "Start your school search right now and find the perfect fit."
California Community College Directory
The Guide to California Colleges and Universities - "...detailed information about 145 public colleges and universities, 130 WASC-accredited non-public institutions, and 254 state-approved or exempt private postsecondary and vocational institutions.
Mapping Your Future - "Mapping Your Future's mission is to enable individuals to achieve life-long success by empowering schools, students, and families with free, web-based college, financial aid, career, and financial literacy information and services."
Vocational and Technical Schools
The School Directory - "...detailed information about a wide range of postsecondary schools, from technical and vocational schools to specific career training colleges and online degree programs."
Votech Direct Vocational and Technical School Directory
California Vocational Schools Database
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FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
El Dorado County Schools Scholarship Site - Information on scholarships and grants within El Dorado County
Union Mine Scholarship Book (pdf)
FinAid! - Student Guide to Financial Aid
College Net - resources for applications, financial aid, scholarship information and more
Hispanic Scholarship Resources
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The sites below are excellent resources for researching todays jobs, what it takes to prepare and what to expect in the future. |
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Occupational Profile: This is great! "Create a customized occupation profile. Available data include wages, employment trends, knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), education and training, and web resources. National, state, and local information is available, as well as trend and wage comparisons across occupations and geographical areas."
The College Board - another great site that includes career information, how to prepare while in high school, and job outlooks
Occupational Information Network - here you can search for information by specific job, skill, interests, knowledge, and more.
Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2006-2007 "...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."
CollegeGrad.com - job descriptions and outlooks are based on the information provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Career Descriptions, Data, and Schools - from CitiCareerSearch
Culinary Arts and Food Science Careers - a huge number of food service related career links
Careeers in Health Care - From the American Medical Association, information on health care careers and the edcuation to needed.
U.S. Military Jobs and Careers - both military and civilian job information
Cool Careers In Science - Check out what these real-life scientists have to say about how they chose their work, what they do everyday and why they enjoy being scientists.
AmeriCorps - AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
So You Wanna Join The Peace Corps? - A very cool site that gives a realistic and down-to-earth information.
JobStar - offers users access to an excellent collection of career and job search information as well as resume writing.
Are You a Working Teen? - "... informs working teenagers about their rights and safety responsibilities on the job, hazards they should watch out for, and the laws that protect them from doing dangerous work."
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Where Do You Want To Go? Know the Cost of Living! |
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Compare the Cost of Living - "Just tell us your current city and where you'd like to move. We'll show your two cities side-by-side in all the categories you need, such as taxes, housing, food, and other costs."
How Far Will Your Money Go in Another City - from Money Magazin
JobStar's Resumes - This will get the job done for resumes and cover letters.
Resume Writing - You'll have to do it sometime!
Job Gusher - "From resume tips to interviewing insights to follow-up thank you letters, JobGusher Tips has all the information you need to get a great job."
Resumes and Job interview Pointers
7 Ways to Ruin Your Resume (online article)
Ten Worst Things to Put on Your Resume (onlilne article)
7 Things You Should Say in an Interview (online article)
How To Nail an Interview - 20 Tips
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