Thinking about majors can be grueling for kids and parents. As parents, we want to make sure our kids will go to college and then get a great job that fulfills them and pays well. This, as we know, is not always reality. When considering majors, students and parents should think about life after college! What can someone with this major do in the working world? The US Department of Labor has a site called the Occupational Outlook Handbook that allows users to search for careers based on median pay, education, number of new jobs, growth rate, and on-the-job training. It also provides lists of careers with highest paying, fastest growing, and most new jobs. Topping the list of highest paying are Physicians, Surgeons and all other with a median salary of $187,200. Wind turbine service technicians have the highest projected growth rate coming in a 108% and personal care aids have the highest number of new jobs. Users can also search by career and bring up profiles that show lots of details about the job including work environment, how to become one, pay, job outlook, and similar occupations.
Another great site is My Next Move which provides similar data to the Department of Labor site but it is a little easier to use. It also allows users to search by industry and has a section for people who do not know what they want to do! This sections includes an interest profiling quiz and then provides users with a list of potential careers. Definitely helpful for students who are completely unsure about what they want to do with their lives.
Another great site is My Next Move which provides similar data to the Department of Labor site but it is a little easier to use. It also allows users to search by industry and has a section for people who do not know what they want to do! This sections includes an interest profiling quiz and then provides users with a list of potential careers. Definitely helpful for students who are completely unsure about what they want to do with their lives.
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