Need some assistance with finding a career that's right for you?  Try some of these useful resources available for exploring careers:

Focus Career and Educational Planning System

Come into the Career Center and take this assessment test to discover occupations of possible interest to you.  (Registration and test administration conducted in HCC Career Center.  Go to Kittredge 322 for assistance.)

http://www.focuscareer.com/

MASS CIS (Massachusetts Career Information System)

Review this source for detailed information about hundreds of careers, occupations, academic majors, training programs and colleges and schools offering those programs.

http://www.masscis.intocareers.org/www.masscis.intocareers.org

America ’s Career InfoNet/ Career One-Stop

Lists of the hottest occupations in the U. S. economy for various levels of education and training.

http://www.americascareerinfonet.com/

Massachusetts Employment Projections through 2014

A Department of Employment and Training report with relevant data concerning employment outlook in the state.

http://lmi2.detma.org/lmi/pdf/MEP2014.pdfMEP2014

Occupational Outlook Handbook

A comprehensive resource on occupations in the national economy provided by the U S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Another U. S. Department of Labor publication providing interesting data on occupations, employment trends, emerging occupations and other interesting career features.

http://stats.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

Steps for Exploring Career Options

A simple planning guide for understanding the steps to exploring careers.

Steps for Exploring Career Options

The Riley Guide

A comprehensive directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet.

http://www.rileyguide.com/index.html

Career Resources for Human Services Majors

Links for finding careers, jobs and internships in Human Services and Social Science fields.

Career Resources for Human Services Majors

Green Careers

Internet links to find environmentally friendly occupations.

List of interesting green career sites

College Source

An on-line library of thousands of college catalogs.

http://www.collegesource.org/home.asp

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT

HCC CAREER CENTER

Kittredge 322

Holyoke Community College

303 Homestead Ave.

Holyoke, MA  01040

E-mail: rpowers@hcc.mass.edu

Telephone: (413) 552-2597

Fax: (413) 552-2741