BHS Library - College and Career Planning
CAREERS
Choices
Planner
Education and Career Planning. The
site ID and password are available in the library.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Published
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the OOH is keyword searchable. Revised
biennially.
Ferguson’s
Career Guidance Center
A career
database profiling more than 2,000 jobs in more than 90 industries. It
is fully searchable and hyper-linked. It contains in-depth job descriptions
complete with job-specific resource listings, detailed industry descriptions,
career resources, career preparation information, and web resources. The
user name and password are posted in the library or available from Mrs.
Flagg.
Career
Cruising
This database
allows students access to colleges and universities, career profiles, skills
assessments and a built in resume builder. The user name and password are
posted in the library or available from Mrs. Flagg.
CareerZone
For those engaged in career exploration.
Learn about career options. Match interest, skills, preferences and abilities
to job openings.
Career
Voyages
This site covers specific career information
as well as which industries are growing, what education is required and
much more.
Career
Infonet
Find wage
and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor
market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most
extensive career resource library online.
Military
Careers
A searchable
launch site that will link you to the many web pages of the U. S. Coast
Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Learn about training, potential
occupations, recruitment centers, and ROTC
Maine
Game Warden
State requirements with a link to the
job description.
COLLEGES
College
Source Online
A virtual library representing 27,197
colleges showing each colleges profile (cost, enrollment, admission requirements,
etc.) degree programs and their websites. Their catalogs are
NOT available.
Peterson's
Peterson's
web site provides a comprehensive list of secondary, vocational, and technical
schools, colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, graduate and
professional schools, management sources, distance learning, and career
information.
U.S.
College Search
Find the
perfect College. Extensive list of 10,000 U.S. Colleges and Universities
including school contact information, website addresses, enrollment information
and student demographics. Career Guidance, and Financial Aid information
are also available.
College
Opportunities Online
Direct link
to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States including;
large universities, small liberal arts colleges, specialized colleges,
community colleges, career or technical colleges or trade schools.
University
of Maine
University
of Maine site.
SCHOLARSHIPS
FastWeb
A free scholarship
service through which you fill out and submit a detailed online form. FASTWEB
sends a list of matching scholarship programs, with information about contact,
deadlines, requirements, etc. Downloadable applications for over 700 colleges.
Scholarship
Search
Locate scholarships,
loans, and other financial aid programs from non-college sources. Database
of more than 2,000 undergraduate scholarships and loans.
Absolutely
Scholarships
Over 200,000
scholarship awards in our database. Search across two of the most comprehensive
scholarship databases available.
TESTING
GED
Practice Tests
Free practice tests provided from the
GED Testing Service pool. Students are able to work through lessons,
activities and practice tests.
SAT
Prep Center
Take the Mini-SAT to get feedback on
where you need help. Then choose the SAT PrepPacks™ that improve your skills
in those areas. Link to SAT registration.