Answers such questions as what are the fastest growing occupations and what occupations have the most job openings. You can even compare average wages in a particular state as opposed to the entire United States.

Dawn Rosenburg Mckay, author of 5 books on government employment, hosts this About.com site on how to plan your career, covering topics such as the job search, relocating, balancing work & family, employement law, workplace survival, job loss & quitting, diversity, and advising teens (and parents with teens).

Information on careers in arts &b communication, business, engineering, environmental science, health sciences, and human services. These files require Acrobat Reader or some other PDF viewing application to open.

Maximizing the use of technology to help improve employment searches, this site allows the user to upload resumes and search for jobs, while allowing employers to post job openings.

This site allows you to figure out your personality traits and interests. Then you can see what jobs fit these characteristics and learn more about careers that you would like. Take the Career Key online and get started in your exploration of careers. Good links to other career resources, too.

Provides introductory career information for students. Most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook—a career guidance publication for adults and upper-level high school students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations.

"A national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education."

FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site claims to be the most comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools -- on or off the web.

A high school guidance counselor made this site with information for teens who are thinking about college.

"This guide will assist you in exploring the various health careers and provide links to information so that you can make a more informed decision about your future. This guide is divided into 15 career areas which include 60 specific health occupations. You'll find information about the career, educational programs, professional organizations plusother resources. In addition, there is a section on financial assistance and even a fun quiz."

Career search information and links.

Features the profiles of individuals who have been successful in their field. This might help you to decide whether a particular career is right for you. There are many, many, careers described here, from bookkeeper to plumbing contractor to handmade wooden boat builder.

Links to information about specific careers with profiles, training and education requirements, salaries, and work environments.

Links to all of Michigan's Public Four-Year Universities

Wondering which career is right for you? Use the Keirsey Personality Sorter II to help highlight your personal strengths and weaknesses, and use the results to point you in the right direction.

From the Ypsilanti High School Web site.

Information for students considering attending WCC.

Download or view WCC's magazine. In addition to information about WCC programs, CareerFocus is a resource for job hunters, career changers and everyone interested in improving their worklife.