HELPFUL WEBSITES

HELPFUL WEBSITES

CAREER/COLLEGE PLANNING

  • www.educationquest.org Information on Nebraska scholarships, college profiles, financial aid, resume template, and college planning.

  • www.mappingyourfuture.org Career and college information for students and parents.

  • Education Dive Information on why and how to go to college.

  • www.bls.gov/ooh Describes occupations and future outlook.

  • www.nebraskacareerconnections.org Provides educational and career planning resources for students and parents. This is the site we use for our 8th grade careers class, students have to log in. Career assessments are also found on this site.

  • www.mystudentedge.com Access to test preparation, college searches, scholarship search, financial aid, a career assessment, resume builder, and homework help. Register as a new user, enter school access code: VXDUVUNY, select member type "student" or "parent", and create a username and password.

  • Knowhow2go Provides middle school-10th grade students and parents easy to follow steps to make college a reality.

  • www.nextstepu.com Information on college matches, career finder, scholarships, and other helpful college planning tips.

  • Nebraska Healthcare Workforce Health career descriptions, outlook, pay, videos, and link to Nebraska colleges that offer each degree.

  • http://mynextmove.org Easy to use occupation searches, industry job search, and interest survey. Gives skills needed, job outlook, salary etc.

  • http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator Free consumer information tool to help students & parents get information about 7,000 colleges and more.

  • Sallie Mae Information on how to prepare, select, apply, and pay for college. Checklists to print and a "borrow smart" video.

  • www.march2success.com Online test preparation course to help improve performance on standardized tests with math, science, and English skills.

  • http://online.onetcenter.org/ O'NET Online allows students to research occupations, job outlook, salary, and skills needed.

  • http://www.gocollege.com/ College Bound Information

  • Jobs Made Real (by Teens for teens)- career videos of real people doing their jobs.

  • Resume Builder- helps with resume and cover letters.

  • Resume Builder for High School Students- resume examples and builder app

TEST SITES

FINANCIAL AID

STUDENTS/PARENTS