Web Research Tools Directions: The Internet is the best place to find up-to-date, in-depth information

about careers, career preparation, and job openings. In this section of your final, you will find and
examine many different sources of online career information.

SELF-ASSESSMENT 1. Find two websites that offer career self-assessment resources. List both sites
below:

1. What information, advice, or interactive assessments do these sites offer?

2. Visit two career websites. Find the section of each site that offers advice, tools, and resources for
job seekers, such as résumé-writing tips and self-assessment tools. Describe what each site
offers.

Web site:

Resources offered:

Web site:

Resources offered:

3. Search one of these career websites for a local job in a career that interests you. Describe how you
found the job posting.

4. Visit America’s Career InfoNet, a career website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
What career resources are available on America’s Career InfoNet?

Career Exploration OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK

5. What is the Web address of the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook?

6. Read the profile of an occupation that interests you. What aspects of this occupation does the
profile cover?

7. Does Alabama have a career-planning Web site for students? If so, what is it called and what is
its Web address? What does the site offer?
 8. Use the Education & Training Finder on America’s Career InfoNet to find schools in your state
that offer training for the career that interests you. List two of these schools below.

9. Where on the Web can you find information about federal grants, loans, and work-study
programs to help pay for postsecondary training and education?

10. Most states’ higher education agencies provide funding for postsecondary education. What is
the name and Web address of Alabama’s higher education agency?

Directions Choose two careers that interest you. Use online resources to create an in-depth profile of
that career.

11. What are the two careers?

12. How do you get this job? Special training? College?

13. What are the main tasks and responsibilities in this career?

14. Describe a typical day on the job.

15. What skills are required for the careers?

16. What personality traits are a good fit for this career? Which are not a good fit?

17. What is the average rate of on-the-job illnesses and injuries for workers in this career?

18. What are the typical working hours per week?

19. What specific high school courses and activities could help you to prepare for this career?

20. What postsecondary (after high school) course of study or training is required for this career?
21. Do these careers require a high school diploma, a college degree, or an advanced degree? Is on-
the-job training provided? Does it require a certificate or license? Do you have to pass any tests to
attain that certificate or license? Are you expected to continue your education and training once you
enter into this career?

Research 3 schools (college or trade) that you would need to attend to get one of these careers and
answer the following questions for each school:

22. Name of College #1:

a. Where is the college or trade school (i.e. city and state)?

b. How many students out of every 100 are accepted to this college?

c. Would you consider it easy or difficult to get accepted to this college? Support your
answer with details.

d. What criteria does this college use for admissions decisions?

Name of College #2:

a. Where is the college or trade school (i.e. city and state)?

b. How many students out of every 100 are accepted to this college?

c. Would you consider if easy or difficult to get accepted to this college? Support your
answer with details.

d. What criteria does this college use for admissions decisions?

Name of College #3:

a. Where is the college or trade school (i.e. city and state)?

b. How many students out of every 100 are accepted to this college?

c. Would you consider if easy or difficult to get accepted to this college? Support your
answer with details.

d. What criteria does this college use for admissions decisions?

23. Are there any special demands on your body such as sitting, standing, or working on a computer
for long periods of time in your career of choice?
Select an online article from a current newspaper or magazine (no older than a month) about one of the
colleges you researched. This article can be about anything related to college (admissions, events,
grades, testing, etc.)

24. Title of Article

Source of Article
____________________________________________________________________________

Date of Article
______________________________________________________________________________
Reporter’s/Author’s Name
____________________________________________________________________

In a paragraph (5–6 sentences), summarize this article. Do not retell everything that happened.
Select the main points. Be sure to start with a main idea, provide supporting details, and end with a
concluding sentence.

25. What is the salary range for this career?

26. In your state, what yearly pay can you expect in the following career stages?

Entry level:_______________ Mid career:____________________ Professional:______________

27. What benefits, such as paid health care and vacation time, do workers in this career generally
receive?

28. Is the demand for workers in this career expected to increase, decrease, or stay the same over the
next decade? Why?

29. List three employers in your state or community that hire workers in this career field.

30. What is your 5-year plan after high school? Meaning, what do you plan to accomplish? What do
you want to be doing?
 31. Would you rather have a job you hate that pays $120,000 or a job you love that pays $40,000?
Why?

32. What careers are Gen Z most interested in?