Exploring Careers Web Sites

for Elementary/ Middle School Students

By Dr. Mary Askew http://www.hollandcodes.com

Here are the different types of EXPLORING CAREER CURRICULUM WEB SITES.

RESOURCE ONE: CAREER CRUISER

Source: Florida Department of Education

The CAREER CRUISER is a career exploration guidebook for middle school

students. The CAREER CRUISER has self assessment activities to match personal interests to
careers. The CAREER CRUISER has information on HOLLAND CODES. Careers are grouped
into 16 career clusters. The CAREER CRUISER has information on occupational descriptions,
average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job.

Teacher’s Guide is also available.

RESOURCE TWO: Elementary Core Career Connection

Source: Utah State Office of Education

The Core Career Connections is a collection of instructional activities, K - 6 and 7 - 8, designed

by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align
directly with the Utah State Core. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers,
counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level
grade students.
CAREER INFORMATION

RESOURCE THREE: Career Voyages

Source: U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education

The Career Voyages web site is a Career Exploration web site for Elementary School students.

The Career Voyages web site has information about the following industries –

 Advanced Manufacturing
 Automotive
 Construction
 Energy
 Financial Services
 Health Care
 Hospitality
 Information Technology
 Retail
 Transportation
 Aerospace and the "BioGeoNano" Technologies
RESOURCE FOUR: Career Ship
Source: New York State Department of Labor

Career Ship is a free online career exploration tool for middle and high school students.
Career Ship uses HOLLAND CODES and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools.
For each career, Career Ship provides the following information:

 Tasks
 Wages
 Career outlook
 Interests
 Education
 Knowledge
 Skills
 Similar careers

Career Ship is a product of Mapping Your Future, a public—service web site providing career,
college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.
RESOURCE FIVE: Career Zone
Source: New York State Department of Labor

Career Zone is a career exploration and planning system. Career Zone has an assessment
activity that identifies HOLLAND CODES.

Career Zone provides information on 900 careers from the new O*NET Database, the latest
labor market information from the NYS Department of Labor and interactive career portfolios for
middle and high school students that connect to the NYS Education Department Career Plan
initiative. Career Zone has links to college exploration and planning resources, 300 career
videos, resume builder, reference list maker, and cover letter application.
Here is another picture from Career Zone.
RESOURCE SIX: Destination 2020
Source: Canada Career Consortium

Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will
need to face the many challenges of the workforce.

Skills are linked to –

 School Subjects
 Other School Activities
 Play Activities At Home
 Work at Home

Through quizzes, activities and articles, they might actually

find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future.
There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are
describing what a day at work is like for them.
RESOURCE SEVEN: What Do You Like
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

What Do You Like is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Career web site for kids. The web site
provides career information for students in Grades 4 — 8. According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, ″ Most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational
Outlook Handbook—a career guidance publication for adults and upper—level high school
students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings
levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations″.

Careers are matched to interests and hobbies. In the Teacher's Guide, there are twelve
categories and their corresponding occupations.

Here are other pictures from the What Do You Like web site.