Resources & Tools
CAREER SEARCH
Backwards Design
- Identify & Understand Your Interests
- Identify & Understand Your Strengths
- Explore Careers
- Understand Required Education/Training
General Career Exploration Resources
Use Xello and other career tools. Xello is accessed through each student's Google waffle.
CareerOnestop (Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor):
Tools to assess yourself, explore careers, understand high demand careers, learn the required education/training.
Tool to help you explore occupation information.
Tool to help you identify what you want to do for a living.
Federal Student Aid Career Search
Career Research tool provided by FAFSA.
Federal Reserve Bank - Labor Market for Recent College Graduates
Interactive tool to assess labor market outcomes.
Minnesota State CAREERwise (Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universitites):
Tools to assess yourself, explore careers, plan your education, and find jobs.
Minnesota DEED Career and Education Explorer
Tools to learn more about career demand, wages, and required education.
Minnesota CareerForce
Free or affordable education/training opportunities. Career/job locator resource.
Washington County Earnings (for health care and manufacturing) vs. Living Affordability
Understand what jobs in health care and manufacturing are paying in Washington County. That information is taken a step further to help you determine if you could live in Washington County with those earnings.
Trade Career Resources
Apprenticeship is time honored practice through which employees are able to develop skills through both instruction and on the job training. Employers around the country are turning to apprenticeship to ensure they have skilled employees.
Learn more about the robust apprenticeship program in MN by visiting the Department of Labor and Industry's webpage.
Tool to learn more about construction careers and apprenticeship.
Tool to learn more about union construction apprenticeship from the point of view of an apprentice plus directory links to apprenticeship tranining center.
Tool to learn more about specific trades, required training, and opportunities available.
Tool to learn more about specific trades, required training, and opportunities available.