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  • America's Career InfoNET - Find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, and state-by-state labor market conditions.

  • The Business of Babysitting - This website is specifically designed to be used by young people, ages 14-19 who are interested in learning more about the business of babysitting.

  • Career Information System - This is the site for "Career Information System", "Career Click", and "Countdown 9,8,7". The are outstanding career resources for teachers, students, and parents. You will need User ID = illinois and Password = careers, in order to access the "CIS" portion of this site.

  • Career Key - a career interest measure is taken by an individual and instantly scored on the Internet; the results  are linked to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

  • Career Power Tools - ASU Career Services offers tips for resumes, interviews, portfolios and more.

  • Career Voyages - This site is produced in cooperation with the Department of Labor and the Department of Education. At this location you can find help choosing an academic or technical field of study, assess your interests and abilities, and find jobs in emerging occupations.

  • CAREERSHIP - an online career exploration adventure geared towards middle school students.

  • e-Career Center - This is an excellent site that was developed by the Workforce Opportunities Resource Consortium.

  • Get Tech - Get Tech helps students, teachers, and parents plan for exciting careers in technology, engineering, manufacturing, and science.

  • Illinois Hire the Future - Preparing Illinois Youth for the world of work.  Illinois Department of Employment Security.

  • Job Profiles - after reading profiles from different jobs in the same field, students will get a feeling for the industry as a whole, what types of people succeed in it, what kinds of traits it will demand of you.

  • Jobs for Kids Who Like ... - Career exploration site developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook - students learn all aspects of aeronautics at various reading levels.

  • Kid Info - "The Web's best homework and student, teacher, parent resource."  A very comprehensive site with a lot of good links.

  • Monster Career Center - Contains a variety of self assessment links.

  • O*Net Online - O*Net Online provides broad access to the O*Net database of occupational information. It includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations.

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-2007 Edition - a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.

  • Try Tools - students (K-16) explore construction-related careers.

  • U.S. Olympic Team: Base Camp - younger students can learn about teamwork, discipline, persistence and what it takes to be on the US Olympic team

  • Welcome to One Source- Your Gateway to Workforce and Career Information.  The Illinois Department of Employment Security is the most reliable source for information about the state's labor market.

  • Wright Again - Students will "virtually" recreate the development and construction of the Wright Flyer on the web.

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