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Planning a career or a career change? Whether you're starting or changing...you need information to plan your next move. Learn more about requirements, training, outlook and settings.

These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?

Some sites include personal stories from folks working in the field: how did they move (or stumble) into their current work situation? What advice would they give newcomers?

ACCOUNTING

Start Here, Go Places in Business and Accounting
A guide for high school and college students to careers in business and accounting from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

ANTHROPOLOGY

ARCHEOLOGY

ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING

Job Hunting for Planners
From the Environmental Design Library at UC Berkeley, a "selectively annotated guide to help job seekers in the professions of city & regional planning, architecture, and landscape architecture."

BUSINESS, FINANCE & MARKETING

Careers in Marketing
Guide to settings and job functions in marketing from University of Southern California School of Business Administration.

COMPUTERS & MULTIMEDIA

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
Partnered with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, this site provides information on a wide range of career paths for electrical engineers & computer scientists.

Computerworld IT Careers
Articles and features from Computerworld's Career pages (including skills and salary surveys.)

So You Want to be a Computer Game Developer
Diana Gruber's excellent guide to the computer game field.

CULINARY ARTS

EDUCATION

ENGINEERING

Aeronautical
Aviation & Space Careers
Links to resources from the Federal Aviaition Administration.

Civil
Thinking of a Career in Civil Engineering?
Past, present and future of civil engineering from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Electrical
Your Career in the Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering Fields
Basic information and resources from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Mining
Geology & Mining Jobs
Michigan Tech guide to career information, government agencies, societies and more.

ENTERTAINMENT

HEALTH

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Select Professional and Related and scroll down for Health diagnosing and treating occupations and Health technologists and technicians. Also, select Service Occupations and scroll down for Healthcare support occupations.

Allied Health
Allied Health Descriptions & Certification Information
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs guide to an extensive range of job titles in 21 health science occupations such as athletic trainer, cytologist, medical assistant, perfusionist, respiratory therapist and more.

Chiropractic
Chiropractic as a Career
An outline of education, future and opportunities from the American Chiropractic Association.

Dentistry
Become a Dental Professional
An outline of careers in dentistry from the California Dental Association.

Career in Dentistry
Information on training, careers, job outlook for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental laboratory technicians from the American Dental Association.

Gerontology
Careers in Aging Project
"People who are interested in this diverse field can enter at any educational level and in many disciplines, professions, and clinical areas, such as social work, nursing, counseling, recreation, public policy, long-term care administration, medicine, architecture, psychology, adult education, and rehabilitation therapy."

Health Administration
What do Health Administrators Do?
Career information for hospital and non-hospital administration settings from Auburn University.

Laboratory
Medical Lab Careers
American Society of Clinical Pathologist's guide to laboratory careers: histologic technician, laboratory technician, cytotechnologist.

Massage
Becoming a Massage Therapist
American Massage Therapy Association guide to careers, training, certification.

Medical Transcription
Becoming a Medical Transcirptionist
Guidance from The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) - formerly American Association of Medical Transcription.

Music Therapy
About the Music Therapy Profession
Practice, training, and outlook from the American Music Therapy Association.

Nursing
Planning Your Nursing Career
Many resources on training, work, job titles and job hunting for nurses from the National Student Nurses' Association.

Nursing Organications
Extensive list of specialty associations for nurses from Nurse.org. Explore the links for more in-depth career information.

Physical Therapy
Interested in becoming a PT or PTA?
Career information, links to programs and more for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants from the American Physical Therapy Association.

Physician Assistant
Becoming a Physician Assistant
Career basics from American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Veterinary
Careers in Veterinary Medicine
Training, employment outlook, settings for veterinarians and veterinary technicians from the American Association of Veterinary Medicine.

HUMANITIES

English Majors
English: What Can I Do with this Degree?
Job titles and career paths from Oregon State University.

INTERNATIONAL

International Jobs
Extensive web guide from U.Texas at Austin covers background information, short and long term international opportunities, and resources by location.

LAW

What is a Paralegal?
National Federation of Paralegal Associations outlines career paths and training for paralegals and legal assistants.

Court Interpreting
California Courts - Court Interpreters: FAQ
Judicial Council of California offers a guide to training, examinations, job outlook for translators working in the court system.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

LIBRARY

American Society of Indexers FAQ
Frequently asked questions about indexing as an occupation or a business.

MEDIA

Careers in Journalism
Boston College links to career information, fellowships and industry guides.

MILITARY

PERFORMING ARTS

PSYCHOLOGY

Pursuing Psychology Career Page
Collection of links on psychology careers from the University of Northern Iowa.

RETAIL

Industry Report: Retailing
Settings, training, opportunities and resources for retail careers from the Black Collegian Magazine.

SCIENCE

Careers for Biology Majors
From Furman University, Greenville, SC: extensive list of links to career information in many related fields: "Agriculture" to "Zoology."

Careers in Science & Engineering
National Academy of Sciences guide: determining career goals, planning education, job hunting and profiles of scientists and engineers with unusual career paths.

Biotechnology
Biotech Career Center
Industry information and position descriptions for a variety of functions in biotech.

Careers in Genetics and Biotechnology
An outline of current and future careers in biotech from the Human Genome Project.

Chemistry
Chemistry as a Career
Career guide for entry level chemists from University of Illinois, School of Chemical Sciences.

Careers in Chemistry
Career descriptions for specialties & settings for chemists from the American Chemical Society.

Earth Sciences
Careers in the Geoscineces
Articles, profiles and career information from the American Geological institute.

How to become a Volcanologist?
Electra promises you there is a bit of everything here on the web. If you were considering a career involving eruptions, you couldn't go wrong by starting here.

Ecology & Environment
Ecology as a Career
Career information, pathways, education and job listings from the Ecological Society of America.

Environmental Career Guide
Career descriptions and links from the Vocational Information Center.

Outdoor Environmental Careers Guide
From Princeton University: settings, organizations, associations.

Forestry
Urban Forestry: 50 Careers in Trees
Great site for anything connected with trees! (The information is also offered in Spanish.)

Genetics
Careers in the Genetics Field
Training and outlook for career growth from Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Includes interviews with working geneticists.

Marine Science & Oceanography
SeaGrant Marine Careers
Profiles, salaries, resources & more for Marine Biology, Oceanography and Ocean Engineering from MarineCareers.net.

Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science and Marine Biology
Listing of career guides from Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library.

Mathematics
Mathematics Careers Bulletin Board
American Mathematical Society. Profiles on mathematicians working in industry or government. Includes career information and tips on what employers look for. An added bonus: you can ask questions of the persons currently profiled.

Microbiology
Careers in the Microbiological Sciences
Career outlook, training, salaries for a wide range of positions from the American Society for Microbiology.

Physics
Careers for Physicists
American Institute of Physics site covers education, career profiles of working physicists and more.

Statistics
Careers in Statistics
From the American Statistical Association.

Zoological Parks
Guide to Zoological Park Careers
Career information from SeaWorld for positions in Animal Services, Aquarium, Aviculture, Mammals, Animal Training, Education, Research, Veterinary Care, and Animal Support.

SOCIOLOGY

TRADES

TRANSPORTATION

TRAVEL AGENTS