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Explore Majors
- "UW-Eau Claire's What Can I do with a Major in" provides information about majors at UW-Eau Claire
- College Board Online Career Search - Allows user to browse through different careers based on a specific major.
- Mymajors.com - MyMajors.com can provide useful advice on college and university majors that a high school senior or first year college student based on interests and past achievements. Can complete a short questionnaire, or click on "Major Information Pages"
- Princeton Review Majors Search
- Majors at UW-Eau Claire
- Major Mania - Searchable directory of all majors offered at UW-System schools
Link Majors to Careers
- Web sites for each major has a variety of career sites related to each of UW-Eau Claire majors-including occupational information, professional associations and internship possibilities
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington has good selection of careers and links to many different Web sites
- Northern Illinois University - Access hundreds of occupational & job search sites sorted by major
- UW-Green Bay 's Majortopia - Information includes skillslearned from each major, what careers are available, information on Graduate Schools, and much more!
- What Can I Do With My Major? - Career titles and employment settings related to college majors.
- Major Resource Kit - Major descriptions, sample job titles, employers, and sources of additional information.
- Major & Career Series - Major descriptions, skills/knowledge developed, and career options.
- Career Planning Options by Major - Major descriptions, skills developed, job titles, employers, and related websites.
- Major Booklets - Work settings and position titles related to majors.
- Match Major Sheets - Occupations and work settings related to college majors.
- Major to Career Converter - Occupations related to college majors.
Career Descriptions and Real People Profiles
- Real People Profiles - Learn about requirements, career tracks, the job outlook and compensation for various these careers
- A Day in the Life - Take a walk through actual days in the lives of professionals in top careers with Vault's Day in the Life profiles.
- Job Profiles - Experienced Workers share rewards of their job, stressful parts of the job; basic skills the job demands; challenges of the future, and advice on entering the field.
- Job Profiles - Job profiles from Monster.com
- Jobs People Love
- Dream Jobs
Career and Occupational Information
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Very useful for finding detailed information about a specific career, wide variety of options
- O*Net Online - Provides information about careers
- America 's Career Infonet Occupation Information - You can choose an occupation and customize the information by state. This site also has 450 videos of various occupations
- Career Exploration Links for various occupations
- Occupation Library - Explore by occupation from America's CareerInfoNet
- Career and Occupational Guides - Great links from the Riley Guide
- Links about Liberal Arts Careers - Many links to liberal arts career-specific information
- The Princeton Review: Career - Provides information about career preparation and allows one to do a search by specific job title.
Career and Industry Outlook
- Career Guide to Industries - Provides information on the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, outlook, earnings, and types of occupations.
- Job Outlook - Academic majors in highest demand, top industries, skills employers most look for, recruiting methods employers most use, and employer advice.
- Fastest Growing Occupations - 152 occupations, requiring a bachelor's degree or higher, that are projected to grow the fastest from 2002-2012.
- Occupations with the Most Openings - 158 occupations, requiring a bachelor's degree or higher, with the largest number of projected openings from 2002-2012.
- Highest Paying Occupations - 210 occupations, requiring a bachelor's degree or higher, with the highest median hourly wages in 2002.
- Fastest Growing Industries - Industries projected to have the fastest wage and salary employment growth from 2002-2012.