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High School College and Career Resource Centers Help Advance
Future Plans
The College and Career Resource Centers at Waterford School District
High Schools offer dozens of resources to help students make progress
toward their future goals. Walk-in services, available daily from 7
a.m. until 2:30 p.m., include career assessments, military and college
rep visits, financial aid and scholarship information and job shadow
opportunities. The College and Career Centers also have resources to
help with resumes, cover letters and job market information. Changes
are continuously being made in order to keep up with the constantly
changing access to resources using technology and the changing
employment outlook.
For more information contact:
Mott | Mrs. Mitchell | 248.674.4134 x763 |
mitcht01@wsdmi.org
Kettering | Mr. Sherrill | 248.673.1261 x 146 |
sherrl01@wsdmi.org
WAHS | Ms. Eland | 248.674.3145 |elandl01@wsdmi.org
Career Cruising
Career
Cruising
utilizes a four-step career development model:
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Self-Assessment |
Allows the user to make selections
and obtain career lists and learn about careers. |
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Exploration |
Allows the user to read about
careers, schools, and use the library of information. |
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Decision Making |
Allows the user to reflect on what
they've learned and to set goals. |
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Career Planning |
Allows the user to enter a resume
and information for a high school EDP. |
This program is available to students of
the Waterford School District through their individual buildings.
Bridges.com
Provides information needed to
make good career decisions.
Published daily on the Internet.
Helps individuals in transition
prepare for the future.
Features career information, skill
development materials, labor market trends, emerging employment
opportunities, and recreational activities.
Provides resources for individual
research, one-to-one guidance, curriculum integration, and career and
personal planning.
Additional Resources:
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Helpful tool for conduction career research
http://www.bls.gov/oco
The Monster Board
Career tips, job search function and employment sources.
http://www.monster.com
The Education Supersite
Information on colleges, study abroad programs and scholarships.
http://www.petersons.com/
FinAid
A financial aid information source.
http://www.finaid.org/
FAFSA on the Web
Financial aid information.
http://fafsa.ed.gov
Bee Freeway
The Business
e-education Freeway (BeeFreeway) was created to meet the demand of
Michigan small businesses for effective, efficient employee training.
http://www.beefreeway.com/
Michigan
Department of Career Development (MDCD)
www.mdcd.org
MDCD funded BeeFreeway and
has been instrumental in the program's design, development and promotion.
MDCD is the state agency charged with providing the skilled workforce that
Michigan needs to maintain and enhance its economy.
Michigan
Virtual University (MVU)
www.mivu.org
MVU designed, developed and
maintains the BeeFreeway web site. MVU was established in 1998 to meet the
workforce development education and training needs of Michigan businesses
and industries and their current and prospective employees through the
innovative use of electronic learning technologies.
Michigan
Talent Bank
www.michworks.org/mtb
An Internet-based labor
exchange available to job seekers and employers 24 hours a day.
Michigan
Works!
www.michiganworks.org
The Michigan Works! system
is a customer-driven workforce development system that serves employers
and job seekers to ensure that employers have the skilled workers they
need and workers have good jobs that provide economic self-sufficiency.
Talent
Freeway (Michigan Internship, Talent Bank)
www.talentfreeway.org
The "on-ramp" to explore,
develop and find Michigan job-related talent. Use this site to find the
right road for your future: find a job, a college, an employee or start
planning your retirement.
Michigan
Community College Association
www.mcca.org
The Michigan Community
College Association represents Michigan's twenty-eight public community
colleges.
MVU
Corporate Learning Services
corporate.mivu.org
MVU's Corporate Learning
Services creates robust e-learning business solutions. Professional
consultants, instructional designers, technologists and strategists team
up to coordinate complete training systems for organizations both large
and small.
Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
www.michamber.com
The Michigan Chamber of
Commerce represents employer interests in Michigan.
Michigan
Small Business Development Centers
www.mi-sbdc.org
The Center provides a full
range of services to emerging and growing small businesses in Michigan.
State
of Michigan
www.michigan.gov
Official web site for the
State of Michigan.
www.act.org
www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid
www.macra.org
This site lists equivalent class credit when transferring
between community colleges, colleges and universities.
www.collegeboard.com
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