Jobs
and
Careers 
General Websites
Reality Check -- a good place to start
California Career Zone
Career Locker-- a resource for ROP students in the Santa Cruz City Schools District. (You must have a password to use this site.)
EDD -- Employment Development Department, State of California
JobStar -- California (and National) Job Search Guide
Monster Board -- Major website for job information exchange; provides services for resume submissions
School to College to Career -- a short interest inventory online exam from Cabrillo College that can help you figure out what careers you are best suited for
What Color is Your Parachute? -- Job hunting online, supplement to the book
Both the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers Briggs Type Inventory can be helpful tests to take to find the job/career for you. Both have a fee for taking the test and receiving the results.
Strong Interest Inventory: Demonstrates how your interests compare to the interests of individuals who are happily employed in a variety of occupations.
-Lists your general interests in different types of work environments, people and activities.
-Shows ways to explore and individualize your career exploration process.
-Requires counselor interpretation. Computer scoring requires a two week turnaround.
Myers Briggs Type Inventory: Provides information on personality types and relationships to preferred work environments.
-Indicates preferences for ways you like to work (work style).
-Indicates possible ways to deal with career indecision.
-Shows ways to explore and individualize the career exploration process.
-Requires a counselor interpretation. One week scoring turnaround time required. Must be taken with Strong Internet Inventory unless specifically requested as an individual test by referring counselor.
Career Guidance
Advancing your Career -- From U.S. Dept. of Labor
California Career Zone -- A new way to explore jobs and occupations that the California has to offer and to learn what career paths interest you.
College Grad Job Hunter -- Good job site with information about careers, resumes, cover letters, interviewing, salaries, and more
Occupational Outlook Handbook -- From the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the standard source of job descriptions, working conditions, earnings, and expected job prospects for a wide variety of occupational areas
O*NET Online -- Interactive database for exploring occupations and identifying skills and knowledge required
Who do you want to be? -- Sponsored by the State of California
Job Banks
America's Job Bank -- Nationwide database of jobs
CCC Registry Plus -- Current information on faculty and administrative position openings in the California Community Colleges
CalJOBS -- Electronic job-listing and resume system
Careerbuilder -- Offers searching of classified listings from various national newspapers
Jobs, Local (Santa Cruz County)
City of Capitola
City of Santa Cruz
Occupational Outlook Reports -- Numerous local economic reports, from Workforce
Santa Cruz County
City of Watsonville
Resume Writing
Resumes and Cover Letters -- Tips and links from The Riley Guide
Résumés template -- from Naples High School Library Media Center
Tips on Resume and Cover Letter Writing
Résumés and Cover Letters -- from the Connecticut Department of Labor
News items published under the Cover Letters topic. --from the Simon Fraser University
Letter Examples (cover, inquiry, etc.) -- from The University of Minnesota
Résumés and Cover Letters -- Tips and links from The Riley Guide
Résumé Readiness Quiz -- From Monster.com, helps you pick the right resume style
High school resume samples -- two sample résumés