CAREER / SERVICE PROGRAMS
Life After High School – What’s Next?
You chose to explore careers! Below you will use PA Career Zone to learn more about yourself, the employment options available to you, and the training that will prepare you for them. Then finally, you will understand how to budget so that you can pay for housing, transportation and other necessities.
Self Assessment: Who Am I?
You chose to explore careers! Below you will use PA Career Zone to learn more about yourself, the employment options available to you, and the training that will prepare you for them. Then finally, you will understand how to budget so that you can pay for housing, transportation and other necessities.
Begin Self Assessment
Pennsylvania Career Guide
Whether you are a student, an educator, a first-time jobseeker, a parent or a person considering a career change, you will find that the Pennsylvania Career Guide is a valuable resource as you make those all-important career decisions. Information in this publication can be used by all individuals who are preparing for continuing education and/or entrance into the workforce. Examples of the useful information that are found in this guide include career outlook highlights, an interest assessment tool, tips for marketing yourself, sources of financial aid, and contact information for many Commonwealth services, including PA CareerLink locations and select state agencies.
Explore Careers
Career Clusters and Pathways
Explore groups of career clusters that share common features. If you like one job in a cluster, it is likely that you will like other jobs in that area.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
A guide to career information about hundreds of occupations brought to you by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
O*Net Online
Provides detailed descriptions of the world of work, helping students with career exploration and job analysis.
Budget Your Life
Service and Training Programs
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country.
Job Corps
Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training.
U.S. Military
Learn more about the U.S. Military at Today’s Military
ASVAB
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is a multiple choice test administered by the U.S. Military. It is used to determine qualification for enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Learn About the Military Services Branches
The U.S. Military consists of five active-duty service branches and their respective Guard and Reserve units. Together, they offer a broad variety of ways to serve (Today’s Military).
Volunteer Information
Making Career Connections
One way to gain skills and experience is through unpaid work. Students can improve their job prospects when they gain practical work experience and job skills that employers are looking for.
Please utilize the Making Career Connections resource for information on volunteering, job shadowing, internships, apprenticeships and other helpful information: Making the Career Connection Toolkit – Google Sheets