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VOED 4/5533 Methods and Materials of Teaching Career Orientation
Instructor: David Agnew                     


Questions About CO?

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Schedule
Example Old Tests and Quizzes
Links to CO Sites

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Session # and Topics
 
1-- Introduction to CO and history of Career Education
 2 -- Principles, Theories and Models of  Career Education
 3 -- State Staff visit
 4 -- Introduction to Work -- Chapter 1  and 2 from the text:  Your Career Adventure 
 5 -- Self Assessment
 6 -- Session 6
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Career Orientation Terms


LINKS to CO related sites

http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Occupation Outlook Handbook: This is just like the hardcopy you have in your classroom. This is searchable by keyword. This site is sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics., which as some good in for on salaries and working conditions.
http://www.careermag.com
Career magazine: this contains job openings, employer profiles, products and services, news articles, a career forum, career links, resume bank.
http://www.careertrack.com
Career Track: Has much of the same as above except it has an audio and video option which will allow you to see and hear short segments of interviewing and human relations skills. You must have the proper software and speakers to use this function.
http://www.clubfed.com
Federal Employee Digest: This one has information of special interest to federal employees, resources, a job market list of federal jobs and more.
http://www.careerexpo.com
Careerexpo: is an informative website that allows the user to use the Virtual Job Fair Library and Career Resources. This site has job positions. It describes the skills needed for the job and the positions available. It also has the location of the job and many more facts. It also has helpful hints on writing a resume and management tips.
http://www.careers.org
Careernet: specifies locations for jobs and for employers looking for employees. It lists over 11,000 links to jobs and employers. It also lists the business and education needed for each position.
http://www.careermart.com
Careermart: lists jobs by selecting the area of interest and the state of interest to you. It also has a site to get information from colleges and universities and from community colleges. The uniqueness of this site is that it also lists jobs for alumni of universities.
http://www.careersonline.com
Careers OnLine: This site offers global course applications, course information. Career advice and research.
http://isdn.net/nis
Career Atlas for the Road: Up to date interviewing information. In depth information of making a powerful resume.
http://www.eop.com
Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.: This site specializes in connecting employers commited to the recruitment of a diversified workforce with career seekers. Specializing in replacement of minorities, women and people with disabilities.
http://www.careercraft.com
Career Crafting: This site is for persons who are looking for new careers. It offers information on Clarity Dialogue. Communications Matrix. Skill Assessment.
http://www.ajb.dni.us
America's Job Bank--through the U.S. Dept. of Labor and State Public Employment Service Agency. Choose which state and occupation and it will list information about job titles, location, salary, and education.
http://www.cweb.com
CareerWEB: A full Service Global recruiting center. One-stop-shop for learning about the technical employers, browsing jobs, applying for jobs, on-line and testing and polishing your career fitness.
http://www.nationjob.com/aviation
Aviation/Aerospace Job Page -- Hundreds of detailed aviation aerospace job listing, company profiles.
http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/osujobs.htm
Careers in Finance and Accounting and Consulting -- Provides you with current salary information, job requirements, resources and employers listing in Finacne, Accounting and consulting.
http://www.job-hunt.org
JobHunt -- Searchable Online job lists, Links, Classified Ads, Companies, newsgroups searchable database, and college and university links.
http://www.jobweb.org/catapult/guenov/restips.html
This site gives a sample resume and tips on writing a resume.
http://www.pbs.org/jobs
a) Go to "Career Center."
b) Go to "Are You Working Smart?"
c) Go to "Create A Job and A Future (Alicia)/"

This site gives a scenario of a young girl named Alicia and then gives examples of jobs that Alicia might be interested in/good at.
http://www.bcit.tec.nj.us
This is a game the students can play, called "Dragon Slayer," that gives them information about careers.
http://www.jobtrak.com
Jobtrak - "The nations leading job listing service" - A good resource for job search tips. This site has a job search guide that gives different processes for finding a job - from networking, to designing your resume, to negotiating your salary. There is an Occupational Outlook Handbook, a personality test, and a salary calculator here. There is also a "city snapshot" section where you can compare cost of livings, climates, and demographics. The students and alumni section has a nice recruiters section that "represent some of the nation's most active recruiters". The employers page has an "index to colleges" that lets you search and locate collegs by major, state, enrollment, or keyword. The "resource center" in the college career staff section has multiple links with other employment-related sites.
http://www.occ.com
Online Career Center - A site that lets you search for jobs by location or job field.
http://www.assessment.com
International Assessment Network - You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to do an assessment, but there is also a link to 12,000 job descriptions.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed404581.html
Five Processes of Career Planning - I did a search of ERIC - "career planning" - and found this site.
http://www.ed.gov
US Dept. of Education - I didn't do any research on this page, but I thought that I should list it as a site to do more research on in the future.