CAREER QUEST RESOURCES NAME: Debra Rickenberg SCHOOL: McTigue Jr. High WORKSHOP LOCATION: Timberstone Jr. High Sylvania, Ohio TITLE OF ACTION PLAN: Career Quest GRADE LEVEL: 8th CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Careers/Occupations SPECIFIC TOPIC: Exploring Careers CONTENT INFORMATION SUMMARY: This content pathfinder includes sources to be used with the Career Quest Activity. The resources focus on process of exploring and finding a career of interest. DEWEY NUMBERS: various 000s, 300s, 600s, & 700s SUBJECT HEADINGS: Job descriptions Occupations Vocational guidance BOOKS (NON-FICTION) Americas Top Jobs For JIST Works, Inc. This series of books helps find jobs for people that are college graduates, without college degrees, medical, education & human service jobs, military jobs, and office, management, & professional jobs. Careers In Series: Rosen Publishing This series of books is aimed at middle school and young adults. Each book covers a specific career field and offers information regarding background of the occupation, education and job requirements, as well as an interview with a person working in the area. Career Information Center: Macmillan Library Reference USA A 13 volume set. Each volume groups related jobs. For example, all manufacturing jobs can be found in the same volume while all administrative jobs are discussed in a different volume. These books are good sources for finding benefit information. Career Exploration on the Internet: Ferguson Publishing Co. Provides information about over five hundred career-related Web sites on the Internet, grouped in the categories of exploration and self-assessment; career preparation; education and training; job search; negotiation skills; regional resources; industry-specific sites; and career tools. Career Ideas for kids Checkmark Books A series of books organized by specific skills. For example, Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Talking. Chronicle Guidance Publications: Chronicle Guidance Publications, Inc. Provides a four page summary of each job. This is a good resource to find advancement and related occupation information. Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Co. Three separate sets. Organized by volumes. Careers are listed alphabetically in each volume. This is a good source to find information about job history and conditions of work. Medical College of Ohio School of Allied Health Educational Programs: MCO A binder containing information about Health careers offered at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. Occupational Abstracts to Career Information: Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education Provides two page summaries of various careers. A good resource to find duties and responsibilities information as well as advancement opportunities information. Occupational Outlook Handbook: U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics A good source for overall job information. Use the 2004-2005 edition for the most current salary information available in our print resources. Opportunities in Careers Books: VGM Career Horizons Numerous books each covering individual jobs. Vocational Biographies: Vocational Biographies, Inc. Organized by series boxes. Each biography gives a narrative describing the job. Use the tan colored Date File section to find important information for your report. Young Persons Occupational Outlook Handbook: JIST Works, Inc. Profiles over 260 careers, providing quick facts on job duties, education and training requirements, earnings, outlook, related jobs, and subjects to study; and suggesting activities to help readers determine whether a particular job is right for them. CD-ROM Ohio Career Information System.- TPS site licensed VIDEOS Internet careers: college not required / Cambridge Educational ; Publisher Cambridge 2002, c1998. (28 min.) Live action and computer animation. Internet professionals and their employers describe the jobs available and the skills needed to start a career involved with developing, programming, and managing Internet sites. Careers without college - Cambridge Research Group, Ltd. & Black Bear. Publisher Cambridge Educational, 2001, c1996.(27 min.) Guidance counselor Joe Monday examines the availability of careers for students not wishing to continue on to college. VHS. Subjects Vocational guidance. WEB SITES American Career Information Net: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/ Career Zone http://www.nycareerzone.org/ Military Careers http://www.militarycareers.com/ Online Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm Salary Wizard http://swz.salary.com INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES OH! Teach / INFOhio > Curriculum Areas > Vocational Education/Careers General Career Sites, Special Career Sites, Vocational Education, Women and Careers Follow this path to access a number of great career sites. OH! Teens > Life After High School > Careers SELECTED ARTICLES FROM INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LEARN & EARN. Careers & Colleges, Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p17, 1/9p, 1 chart; (AN 12317098) EDUCATION SOCIAL SERVICES. By: Bradley, Gwendolyn. Careers & Colleges, Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p20, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1150; (AN 12317122) CAREERS IN THE TRADES. Careers & Colleges, Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p40, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1160; (AN 12318409)