Plan your future with a career-guidance system that helps you match your skills and interests to a career. It includes:
- “Career Matchmaker” assessment tools;
- “Explore Careers,” with job descriptions, educational requirements and multimedia interviews;
- “Explore Schools,” containing information on colleges and other educational institutions;
- “Portfolio,” a free account to let you save your results, develop a plan, and create a resume; and
- “Search Career Cruising,” to help you pinpoint the information you need right away.
A free service of the NY State Dept. of Labor, CareerZone provides information on 900 occupations, labor-market information, job postings, and application tools, including a résumé builder and reference-list maker.
Interactive wizards will guide you through every step of the search, from recommending occupations to fetching job postings based on your career preferences. In addition, users will have access to tools such as the résumé and cover-letter builders, interview course, and LearningExpress Library skills-improvement courses and occupational practice tests. By creating an account, you can organize and track your job-search progress.
To explore colleges and universities, create a free account and click on the “Find Jobs & More” tab at the top of the page. Then, in the sidebar, click on “Schools, Programs, Training.”
JobNow, from Brainfuse, provides live, interactive help and online resources to help the job seeker land a position. Ace the interview with the Live Interview Coach service, craft a winning resume with Résumé Templates and get expert advice from Résumé Expert and Live Résumé Expert, and seek direction with personality and Career Assessments and the Live Job Coach.
