Web Resources for Students working on Occupational Profiles
| Office of Science Education: National Institute of Health | This is THE SITE to start research on any medical related careers! Many places to find information - get in and investigate! | |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook- Bureau of Labor Statistics | http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm | This is a site where you can get the most accurate information about the outlook for a specific job. You can search by specific occupations with the OOH Search/A-Z Index if you wish. OR click on Professional and Related or Service topics in the right margin. The Management topic will get you to Health Care Administrators – the folks who run the hospitals. Investigate thoroughly!! |
| Health Web | http://www.healthweb.org/index.cfm | This site will allow you to look up specific health jobs and find out a great deal of info. Look under career resources for a specific occupation. |
| National Library of Medicine | http://nlm.nih.gov | Go to FAQ's, then Reference Questions, then "How do I find info on med. education and careers?" Awesome site to serve as a main starting location for research on health related occupations. |
| Medical Assistant Training Programs | This site is a good place to go to look at jobs that do not require many years of college - that require specific training programs instead of a 4 year college degree. | |
| Bio-Link | http://www.bio-link.org | This site has specific info for biotech jobs. There are terrific internship opportunities listed that occur nationwide in summer for serious biotech students. |
| Access Excellence | http://www.accessexcellence.com | This site has great biotech information for students and teachers. Go to Resource Center and then Career Center for info on Clinical Lab Scientist and then lots of Biotech jobs. Has a very cool section where scientists and folks in various biotech positions are interviewed. Check out the What's News and Biotech pages. Great info! |
| State employment wages as of May 2004 | http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ca.htm | Click on the Health care topics or the Life, Physical, Social science topics for actual hourly rates and yearly incomes (averages). |
| Path to Med School for High School Students | For those of you thinking about becoming a doctor... check it out. | |
| Med Schools | http://www.medicalschools.com/ | Info on specific med schools, nursing schools and other health programs. |
| America’s Career Info Net |
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/library.asp?category=01.05.11.00.00&id= |
Excellent source with a huge, easy to access list of careers. A great place to start! |
| America's Top Colleges | http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php | U.S. News & World Reports ranking of top colleges in the US. Very interesting. Only lets you see some of the info - but you can check out some interesting info on colleges by structuring your search. |
| Medical Workers | http://www.medicalworkers.com | This is the site that Dr. Dial recommended for info on different jobs. |