Career Exploration Resources

The following career resources offer starting points to begin your career awareness, further exploration, and prepare yourself for a successful career journey.

Some suggestions to get the most from use these resources helpfully:

• Follow specific career pathway resources to find local certification programs, apprenticeships, college programs, and ways for high school students to prepare for career success.
• Take an interest assessment (O*Net Interest Profiler)
• Watch a career video & take notes about the starting point for a career that interests you
• Search for an apprenticeship or job and write down qualifications & responsibilities
• Look for a summer job experience with Michigan Works! or Grow Detroit's Young Talent
• Most importantly, have fun... learn at least one new thing, and share it with everyone at dinner

U.S. Department of Labor’s website for career exploration, training and jobs.

The O*NET Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find out what you like to do and what kinds of careers you might want to explore.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.

Search career outlooks & opportunities by college degree!

Create your custom roadmap by exploring careers, schools and programs in Michigan to find the path that is right for you.

Explore careers and find out how to pay for college: financial aid, scholarships and grants.

Explore careers through a career survey, videos & movies.

Video lessons to learn college readiness, computer science, how to avoid online scams, study strategies & much more.

Discover rewarding “Gateway Jobs” and the destination jobs they could lead to in the future. This link finds programs specifically in the Metro Detroit area.

Find the health-related career that fits you best.

Thousands of careers in the military, categorized to help you decide the type that’s right for you.

MUST Construction Careers connect you to apprenticeship opportunities within the unionized construction trades.

Learn more about the variety of occupations in the construction field.

U.S. Department of Labor’s website to find an apprenticeship that lets you earn and learn at the same time.

State of Michigan website with comprehensive active job listings and Career Pathfinder career exploration resource.

Search careers by key word, industry, or interest.

Michigan Works! provides jobseekers the support, training and services they need to find new employment, obtain needed credentials, and more! (students who are residents in Wayne County, outside of the City of Detroit).

Detroit At Work in collaboration with Michigan Works! provides jobseekers the support, training and services they need to find new employment, obtain needed credentials, and more! (students must be residents of the City of Detroit).

This document includes just a sample resources available to you. Remember to check websites for offerings. Your school’s career exploration tools will also highlight a variety of related careers and education & training institutions.

References: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook

Note: Inclusion of a program in our database does not indicate an endorsement by Wayne RESA. The database is for informational purposes only.

Department of Workforce Development, CTE, Adult Ed and Career Counseling