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Education Planning Tools

High School Action Plans (W060)

Questions to ask a high school guidance counselor (W062)

NCAA guide for student athletes (W070)

College majors "matching" your career choice. (W101)

Typical courses and student characteristics for each college major (W102)

Education Planning Worksheet: College-Bound Students (E203)

College graduation rates (W105)

College crime statistics (W107)

Community Colleges (W109)

Homepage links to universities and colleges around the world (W110)

College search with your specific criteria (W115)

College rankings (W120)

Colleges accepting the common application (W127)

College Admissions Process Do’s/Don’ts (W129)

College Success Tips (W132)

Free SAT practice tests (W138)

SAT results by state. (Table)

Federal Financial Aid Guide (W145)

Federal student financial aid eligibility (W145)

Scholarship search (W155)

529 college savings plans (W157)

Financial Aid Estimator (W160)

Career Planning Tools

Follow your dreams, but have a back-up plan (C003)

Career & education planning instructions (C004)

Careers "matching" your favorite school subjects (W221)

Interest to occupation converter (W225)

Prioritize your work values (W230)

Free interest/skills assessments (W225-W253)

Videos showing required workplace skills/abilities (W259)

Careers – TV fantasy vs. reality (C102)

College graduate job market (C106)

Fastest growing jobs (C108)

Jobs with the most openings (C108)

Highest paying jobs (C108)

10-Year Job outlook for hundreds of occupations (C118)

Jobs with good pay & many openings (C120)

Job outlook without a bachelors degree (C122)

Interest, skills & values assessment (W280)

Career Search meeting your specific criteria. (W280)

Career summaries including outlook, working conditions, earnings and more for related careers in each career cluster. (C200-C216)

Career evaluation worksheet (C303)

Factors affecting the demand for each occupation (C321)

Health & Medical Science Careers (W300)

Science, Math, Engineering & Computer Careers (W304)

Career Guide for Professional Athletes (W305)

Earnings by Occupation and Gender (C317)

For any occupation: nature of work, working conditions, training requirements, employment, job outlook, earnings, etc. (W330)

For any occupation: earnings, growth, # openings, education required, skills needed, tasks performed and work environment. (W332)

Several hundred career videos. (W346)

Teen entrepreneur guide (W363)

Federal Government student internships (W428)

Federal Government student jobs (W430)

U.S. Armed Forces Job opportunities (W434)

Questions to ask a person about their occupation. (C801)

Summer jobs for teens (C803-C808)

Work abroad internships (C812)

Internship search (W480-W484)

Guide: Internships and Summer Jobs (W491)

Life Planning Tools

Tutorials: resume writing, job interviewing and salary negotiation (Table)

Building net worth (L102)

Student credit card debt (W583)

Personal finance lesson plans (W587-W621)

Stock market game (W622)

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