Company Research, Career Options & Assessment

RESEARCHING COMPANIES

• Hoover's Online - The ultimate source for company information.
• NYNEX Interactive Yellow Pages - A national compilation of telephone directory Yellow Pages.
• Corporate Information - Contains thousands of annotated links, with 20,000 + company profiles, and has a search engine which allows you to search for company profiles.
• America's Career InfoNet - Comprehensive source of occupational and economic information to help make informed career decisions.
• Big Yellow - An on-line mega-telephone directory to locate phone numbers and addresses of businesses anywhere in the United States.
• Yellow Pages - On-line yellow pages.

• ACADEMIC AND CAREER INTERNET RESOURCES - Fantastic site containing tons of links for career research and more!
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - US Bureau of Labor site containing national employment statistics, career planning information, Occupational Outlook Handbook and more.
• Career Research Site with Interaction with NY DOL
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Complete listing of job descriptions by the US Dept of Labor.
• Career Salary Calculator - Collegegrad.com website with great way to find out how much pay you can expect.
• USDOL Career Voyages - Career Voyages contains a wealth of information to help you learn about the high growth industries and the in-demand occupations.

• You can complete a number of self-assessment tests, including a skills, values and interests assessment as well as explore career opportunities at this Northwestern College site: Career Assessment
• At Analyze My Career there are many things you can investigate about yourself and your career aspirations.
• The College Compass site will allow you to complete a career interest survey and explore all kinds of career options.
• The Keirsey Character Sorter, a personality test, determines which types of jobs are in synch with your psyche. The 70-question test is available online and in several languages.
• The Platinum Rule breaks the working population into four major "behavioral styles" -- director, relater, socializer and thinker. Take the survey to determine where you fit in.
• Career Key - Take this career assessment test and then finish up with a look at your career choices through the Occupational Outlook Handbook!
• The Princeton Review Career Quiz - This shortened version of the Birkman Method Career Profile is a quick way to obtain general career suggestions. Users need to be completely honest in answers to obtain valid results.
• My Future Quiz - Click on and complete Career Toolbox's "Work Interest Quiz." Lists two of six work types that best fit results and defines typical related occupations.
• Career Search - A career interest survey sponsored by collegeboard.com, Inc.
• AT & T Resource Center - See the Career Assessment page.