Career Counseling Web Resources 2006

Career Counseling Web Resources Kayeri Akweks, Presenter, Manager of Online Student Services, SBCTC ACRN Training – April 28, 2006 and May 10, 2006

Review Workshop Agenda and Activities

Review BlackBoard Discussion Board Tool

Post Individual Introductions

Introduction

Examples within the WACTC System

Current status of Online Career Exploration within the WACTC system

According to the 2005 Online Student Services Matrix 15 colleges within the system have Career Exploration Tools on their college websites

Edmonds Community College Career Action Center

WAOL Career Resources

Online Career Exploration Tools Example sites with good practices

NCDC Internet Sites Links for Career Planning From the book, The Internet: A Tool for Career Planning , (Second Edition, 2002) by JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, Margaret Riley Dikel and James P. Sampson Jr. The book is available from the NCDA online Career Resource Store. The authors granted permission for use by NCDA. The links were verified and updated January 2006.

http://www.frederick.edu/CareerCenter/index.cfm A variety of resources are available to assist Frederick Community College students in their career and life planning. These resources include career counseling and job search assistance. Whether students are exploring career options, deciding on a major, making a career change, or searching for a job, the Career Center can help. (Frederick, Maryland)

National Career Development Guidelines (from ACRN)

The National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG) help educators, career development professionals and community leaders develop high-quality career development programs for youth and adults nationwide.

The Internet could be used in 4 ways for the purpose of providing career counseling and/or career planning services to clients. These are:

To deliver information about occupations, including their descriptions, employment outlook, skills requirements, estimated salary, etc. through text, still images, graphics, and/or video.

To provide online searches of occupational databases for the purpose of identifying feasible occupational alternatives.

To deliver interactive career counseling and career planning services.

To provide searches through large databases of job openings.

NCDA Guidelines for the Use of the Internet for Provision of Career Information and Planning Services

Online Career Exploration Tools Services

Career Convergence – NCDC Free Web Magazine

The Riley Guide: Explore Career Options The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet to their best advantage, but recruiters and other career service industry professional will find information here to help them also.

National Organizations

The National Career Development Association - A Founding Division of the American Counseling Association

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING ASSOCIATION - a Division of the American Counseling Association (ACA)

Online Career Counseling Research Title: Design Strategies for Need-Based Internet Web Sites in Counseling and Career Report reviews and discusses Web site design strategies for organizations providing counseling and career services. URL: http://www.career.fsu.edu/documents/technical%20reports/ Technical%20Report%2028/TR-28.html

Online Career Counseling Research