Other Career Resources for Families
Round out your information in order to help your teens with careers, education, and jobs, using these websites.
Pathways to Success: Helping Your Minnesota Teen with College and Career Decisions
(5,879KB, .pdf)
This 24-page publication for parents has information about career clusters, high-demand occupations and ways to help your teen prepare for these careers.
Translations available in:
ISEEK Parent Brochure
(203KB, .pdf)
Parents, help your teen find a rewarding career. Your help is essential as your teen explores career information. To get started, try these three steps.
MnCareers
This award-winning annual publication of Minnesota-specific career exploration resources is used by students and adult job seekers to find accurate and easy-to-understand education and job search information.
MnCareers Parent Guide
This downloadable Guide encourages parents to take an active role in their child or teen's career exploration process and to better understand the realities of the working world. Included are fun, age-appropriate activities and resources for parents, children, and teens to work on together.
Creative Job Search (CJS)
CJS online helps job seekers identify their skills and includes job search preparation tips for resumes, cover letters and interviews. CJS job seeker workshops and book are available at any WorkForce Center.
GetReadyForCollege
This Web site from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education has information for parents, high school and adult students about preparing for college, financial aid, application and entrance requirements, evaluating colleges and more.
Minnesota Career Information System (MCIS)
A subscription to this online resource from the Minnesota Department of Education gives access to several useful tools and publications on careers and training with Minnesota-specific information and national data.
CareerOneStop
This national site offers online career tools, resources, and links to local services for job seekers on the pathway to career success. Online tools include an Education & Training Finder, Employability Checkup, Skills Profiler, and Scholarship Search.
Career Voyages
Provides information on high-growth, high-demand careers along with the skills and education needed to attain them. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
