Student Services - Career Center

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The Oswego East Career Center is located behind the attendance office. We offer an abundance of information pertaining to specific colleges, financial aid, scholarship opportunities, and careers. We believe that it is never to early to start planning for the future. Having a well organized plan for a career or college is vital to success. Below is a list of points we encourage students to consider as freshman and sophomores.

Remember your grades are very important. Colleges will review your transcript, which reports semester grades from every class taken during your high school career.

Develop a career plan. Think about what you want to do and find out more about the kind of training, education, and skills you will need to achieve your career goal. (Use Career Cruising to help with this!)

Get involved in sports, clubs and community service. Colleges and scholarship organizations look for an active and motivated person. For community service opportunities stop by Student Services.

Why go to college?

Whether you are uncertain about going to college or you just need some reassurance you're on the right track, here are a few reasons to go to college:

Every bit of education you get after high school increases the chances you'll earn good pay. Most college graduates earn a lot more money during their working years than people who stop their education at high school.

The more education you get the more likely it is you will always have a job. According to one estimate, by the year 2028 there will be 19 million more jobs for educated workers than there are qualified people to fill them.
Continuing education after high school is much more important for your generation than it was for your parents' generation. Today most good jobs require more than a high school diploma. Businesses want to hire people who know how to think and solve problems.

Education beyond high school gives you a lot of other benefits, including meeting new people, taking part in new opportunities to explore your interests, and experiencing success.

 

Career Sites

America’s Career InfoNet.  Find wages, employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employment contacts nationwide and an extensive career resource library. www.acinet.org    

This site offers assessment surveys on personality, interests and skills to help you choose a career field. www.wiredscholar.com

Under the CIS section, students are able to generate a list of occupations that use their skills, abilities and interests and the training involved.  They can explore military options and also nontraditional employment opportunities. www.ILWorkInfo.com/icrn.htm User ID: iletc   Password: etc 99     

Develop a career plan, assess your skills and interests and research occupations on this web site. www.mapping-your-future.org

This is a nationally recognized source of career information which describes what workers do on the job, the working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. www.bls.gov/oco/

Profiles of many career fields and industry insights into these careers. www.careerbuilder.com

Our local education-to-career information web site. Learn how students can earn credit at Waubonsee Community College for classes taken at Oswego East High School. On this site, students and parents can find information on the National Vocational Technical Honor Society and other career and technical areas. www.valees.org

Explore careers and training required. Multimedia interviews with real people in that career field are available at this site. This site also enables you to build your own portfolio. www.careercruising.com

Job Sites

Excellent site for high school students. Posts part and full-time positions open for high school students in this area. Students can post their resume or fill out an application online.  Resume writing tips are also offered on this site. www.snagajob.com

Must login with password to use this site.  Find information on writing your resume, interviewing and salary negotiation.  You can also post your resume on this site for use by prospective employers. www.careercity.com

Search for a job by category, company and location.  This site allows you to post your resume. www.hotjobs.com

Online career fair available on this website.  Resume and interviewing tips are available. www.jobweb.com

Learn how to compose a job winning resume, post your resume, or apply online.  A message board is also available to chat with other job seekers.  Must create an account profile to participate. www.monster.com

Find an internship by career or location.  Salaries, job requirements and more are listed for many industries and careers. www.wetfeet.com

Trade Sites

Information on careers in construction and Chicago area apprenticeship schools and application availability. www.cisco.org

Armed Services

This website compares all branches of the military. www.military.com

U.S. Army www.gov.goarmy.com

U.S. Marines www.marines.com

U.S. Navy www.navy.com 

U.S. Air Force Academy www.usafa.af.mil

U.S. Naval Academy www.nadn.navy.mil

U.S. Military Academy West Point www.usma.edu

U.S. Coast Guard Academy www.cga.edu

Excellent resource for learning how a military branch can be used as a springboard for funding your college education.  Explains in detail the programs each branch of the military has to offer. www.keycolleges.com