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Career Exploration Websites: for kids &
teens
Career Exploration Websites: more links
Career Information Books: for kids &
teens
Websites:
for fun and information
General
Career Information: websites
General
Career Information: books
Information Technology (IT) Career Information:
websites, guides, articles
Career Information: for teachers/curriculum
development
Information
Technology Workforce
National Science Foundation
- Information Technology Workforce
(ITWF)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03609/nsf03609.htmhttp://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03609/nsf03609.htm
Information
Technology Workforce (ITWF) Awards FY 2001 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0120056
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Career
Exploration Websites: for kids & teens
The
Career Key (Lawrence K. Jones, PhD)
http://www.careerkey.org/english/
Career
Kids
http://www.careerkids.com
includes Career Kids videos (career clips) http://www.careerkids.com/carvid/index.html
Discover
Engineering
http://www.discoverengineering.org
The
Engineer Girl
This website is part of the National Academy of Engineering's Celebration
of Women in Engineering project
http://www.nae.edu/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf?OpenDatabase
Expect
the Best from a Girl
Academic equity information provided by Women's College Coalition
http://www.academic.org
Girl Geeks
GirlGeeks is an online community for women and girls interested
in technology and computing
http://www.girlgeeks.org
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GetTech.org - (has IT segment) preparing students for future
jobs
The National Association of Manufacturers and the Center for Workforce
Success,
its educational and training affiliate, teams with the U.S. Department
of Commerce
http://www.gettech.org
Girls, Inc.
Not-for-profit youth organization dedicated to helping girls become
"strong, smart, and bold".
http://www.girlsinc.org
Girlstart
www.girlstart.org
Formerly, SmartGrrls, this not-for-profit organization focuses on
empowering girls in math,
science, engineering and technology through hands-on in school and
after school programs.
http://www.girlstart.org
Independent Means
Promotes teen girls' economic power
http://www.independentmeans.com/imi/dollardiva/index.php
Kids
& Teens Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Economics/Careers/
Mapping
Your Future
Ten Steps to Planning for Your Future - for middle school and high
school students
http://www.mapping-your-future.org/MHSS/
New
Moon
Encourages girls to reach for their dreams. Publishers of New Moon:
The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams.
http://www.newmoon.org
Role
Model Project for Girls
Role models from many fields, career information and resource list,
encouragement for girls.
http://www.womenswork.org/girls/about.html
TAP
Junior
Information and resources to encourage girls and teens in science,
computing and technology.
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/tap-junior.html
Tryscience
"Experience the fun of science from museums around the worldthrough
interactive exhibits,
multimedia adventures and hands-on science activities."
http://www.tryscience.org
Women
of NASA
Encourages young women to pursue careers in math, science and technology.
Showcases outstanding role models and features live chats, forums,
and web casts.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
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Career
Information Websites: more links
CareerJournal.Com
http://jobstar.org/tools/career/
Career
Resources Toolkit
http://www.quintcareers.com/teen_articles.html
Career
Trail (links page)
http://library.thinkquest.org/11720/
cybersleuth-kids
(internet search guide for K-12 student)
http://www.cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Business_/Careers/
FirstGov
for Kids
http://www.kids.gov/k_careers.htm
Surf
the Net with Kids (career explorations)
http://www.surfnetkid.com/career.htm
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Career
Information Books: for kids & teens
Getting
Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future by Kenneth C. Gray
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761975152/qid=1029506401/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0152091-824393
Jobs
for kids who like...
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_sci.htm
Websites:
for fun and information
howstuffworks.com
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/
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General Career
Information: websites
Career
Browser - CollegeBoard.Com
http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/careers/index
Minnesota
Careers Website
http://www.mncareers.org
start exploring, investigate careers, future planning
I Seek http://www.iseek.org/sv/index.jsp
the Internet System for Education and
Employment Knowledge, is a Web-based gateway to Minnesota career,
employment,
education, and business development information and services.
The Internet system
helps you make smart choices about careers, employment, education,
and business growth.
U.S.
Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/
What
can I do with a major in...? (Univ. North Carolina)
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/
WomensWork.org
http://www.womenswork.org
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General
Career Information: books
Best
Career And Education Web Sites: A Quick Guide to Online Job Search
(Best Career & Education Websites)
by Anne Wolfinger
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Career-Education-Web-Sites/dp/159357312X/sr=1-1/qid=1157912429/ref=sr_1_1/102-9175213-5482526?ie=UTF8&s=books
Careers for Computer Buffs and Other Technological Types,
3rd edition (Careers for You Series)
by Marjorie Eberts, Margaret Gisler
http://www.amazon.com/Careers-Computer-Buffs-Other-Technological/dp/0071458778/sr=1-11/qid=1157912630/ref=sr_1_11/102-9175213-5482526?ie=UTF8&s=books
Career Opportunities in Computers and Cyberspace (Career Opportunities)
by Harry Henderson
http://www.amazon.com/Career-Opportunities-Computers-Cyberspace/dp/0816050953/sr=1-2/qid=1157912895/ref=sr_1_2/102-9175213-5482526?ie=UTF8&s=books
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
O*Net OnLine Occupational Information Network
http://online.onetcenter.org
Peterson's Guide
http://www.petersons.com
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Information
Technology (IT) Career Information:
websites, guides, articles
Peterson's
Guides - the "IT Channel"
http://www.petersons.com/itchannel
Information
Technology Careers - The Hottest Jobs for the New Millennium
by Drew Bird
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576106802/qid=1029333069/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-0152091-8243932
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