What Do I Need To Know?

So you're thinking about how you want to spend the next 88,000 hours of your life.*

In this section of the MnCareers Web site, you will find occupational information to investigate careers and help you decide what to do with the next phase of your life.

The occupations in this section are divided into the six career fields and 16 career clusters that are standard on ISEEK and MCIS, and are used by the Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota State Colleges and University Systems to support career education. More about career fields, clusters and pathways.

To find out what you need to know about occupations and how this information in presented inMnCareers, read this PDF document describing the Information About Career Clusters & Occupations.

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Before you investigate careers, start your exploration by using the resources in the first section of MnCareers to help you figure out what you want to do with your life.

Next, use this section of MnCareers to explore occupations. Use the left navigation links to begin your occupational search. Or go directly to ISEEK's list of occupations to find the specific occupation you're looking for. You can also take advantage of other state and national career resources available.

Later, do some future planning to decipher where you go from here by using the resources in the third section of MnCareers.

* 88,000 hours = Working from age 18-62, 40 hours each week, 50 weeks per year (2 weeks vacation each year)

Agriculture Food & Natural Resources

• Agriculture Food & Natural Resources

Business, Management & Administration

• Business, Management & Administration
• Finance
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Marketing, Sales & Service

Communications & Information Systems

• Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
• Information Technology

Engineering, Manufacturing & Technology

• Architecture & Construction
• Manufacturing
• Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Health Science Technology

• Health Science

Human Services

• Education & Training
• Government & Public Administration
• Human Services
• Law & Public Safety