The Career Explorers Guidance System is one of the top three career planning systems in the USA according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
The Career Explorers system is one of the three most widely used career-planning systems in the USA. (NACE, Summer 2000 Journal of Career Planning & Employment, Page 46).
The Career Explorers Guidance System has the following resources -
- Self-Exploration Assessments
- Occupational Exploration Resources
- Record Keeping Portfolios and
- Access to Database of Career Resources
Self-Exploration Assessments
The Self-Exploration Assessments do the following tasks -
- Analyze Your Career Planning Status:
Evaluate your career planning status and decide how to best use
Career Explorers.
- Assess Your Interests and Values:
Summarize the kind of work activities you most enjoy, your work
values, and the areas in which you think you have your strongest skills.
Assessments generate three-letter Holland Code.
Occupational Exploration Tools
Information from the assessments is used to -
- Explore, Identify, and Analyze Occupations Based on Your Holland Code, Interests, & Work Values.
- Explore, Identify, and Analyze Occupations Based on Educational Areas of Study:
Identify and analyze occupations you could enter with your current or
planned major area of study, training program and your strongest
skills.
List for educational programs came from the following published works
and Internet websites -
U.S. Department of Labor
Career InfoNet
America’s Learning Exchange
O’Net Online
Guide for Occupational Exploration
Dictionary of Occupation Titles
Occupational Outlook Handbook
NACE
- Explore, Identify, and Analyze Occupations Based on Your Personality & Values:
Identify and analyze occupations that are compatible with your personality
and your values, i.e., things important in your personal life.
- Explore, Identify, and Analyze Occupations Based on Your Leisure Activities:
Identify and analyze occupations in areas that match the kinds of
recreational activities you enjoy doing during your spare time.
Leisure activities linked to Holland Codes
- Search for and Analyze Occupations Based on Your Skills: Identify and analyze occupations that match your skills.
Skill lists are adapted from the U.S. Department of Labor’s
O*Net website.
- Assess Your Personal Development Needs:
Help you identify the experiences and training you need in order to
achieve your occupational and educational objectives.
Intensive Career Search Resources
- Research A Single Occupation:
Quick facts about any occupation in the system.
The information available includes -
A description of the occupation’s duties
Earnings
Educational requirements
Skills demands
Work values satisfactions
Outlook for job openings
Amount of travel
Opportunities for creativity
Salaries
Team work
- Compare Two Occupations Side by Side:
See the details of any two occupations at the same time.
Career Planning Recordkeeping Tools
- Narrowing Down Your Options:
Think of this as your basket of occupations. As you work through the
assessments you will have the opportunity to mark any career as a
potential goal.
You will be able to review your preferred occupations here.
Printable reports become available for each of the assessments you
complete.
Remember – you can print any page on our site as you would any web
page.
Cost: $20 for Single User - Assessments, Portfolio, & Career Database
Then, you will receive an e-mail with your user name and password.
