The College Board
The College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college each year. You will find official college planning tips, financial aid resources, and preparation tools to help you succeed on your quest to college.
http://www.collegeboard.org/
Business First’s College Calculator
This database allows viewers to generate their own lists of nearby colleges, based on personal preferences for size, location, setting, and courses of study.
http://tinyurl.com/bizcg-calc
State University of New York (SUNY)
Learn about SUNY campus offerings and conduct SUNY college searches.
http://www.suny.edu
CollegeRecruiter.com
View your pick of over 350 career videos. Each is a few minutes long, requires no software or special skills to be viewed, and provides the viewer with a snapshot of what it is like to work in any of the featured professions.
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/podcast/summary/
Jobstar Central
This site is packed with information about planning your career. Questions like, “What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in?” are finally answered here.
http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.php
New York Career Zone
This is a creative website, newly designed to provide in-depth information on a wide variety of exciting careers. This site has a fun self-assessment exercise that is a good place to start.
http://www.nycareerzone.org/
Career OneStop
Welcome to America’s Career Info Net! Get information about the job market, occupations, wages and trends, skills and abilities required for specific occupations, and information that is unique to NY state.
http://www.acinet.org/acinet
Career View
Search for colleges based on location, size, cost, etc., AND compare them to other choices. This website also offers career searches, info. on resume writing, and interviewing skills.
http://www.careerview.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The OOH is a great place to search for employment information on specific occupations. The federal government supplies this information and it includes what occupations are expected to have the highest growth over the next few years.
http://www.bls.gov/oco
What Can I Do With A Major In…?
Check out this website if you know what subject(s) you want to study, but aren’t sure what kind of career it could lead you to!
http://www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/majors/default.shtml
O*NET OnLine
This site was developed for the US Department of Labor and allows you to find occupations by using keywords, skill sets and a variety of other methods.
http://htt://online.onetcenter.org/