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Future Students

The Seminole State College of Florida Career Development Center provides many support services that will help students make a smooth transition into college as well as their chosen career path. To learn more about the types of support that are available, please visit the Career Development Center home page.

For additional assistance, use the resources below.

Career Changers

• 10 Worst Career Change Mistakes
• Career Changers and MyPlan
• Career Overview
• Career Profiles
• Job Hunting
• Jump Start Your Career Change
• Quintessential Careers: The 10-Step Plan to Career Change
• Suggested Reading (available for loan to current students):
  • Your Next Career: Do What You've Always Wanted to Do. Geary, Gail (2010)
  • 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills. Farr, Michael J. (2008)
  • 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality. Farr, Michael J. (2009)
  • Where the Jobs Are Now: The Fastest-Growing Industries and How to Break Into Them. Watson, Joe (2010)

Disabled Individuals

• Job Resources for College Students with Disabilities
• Quintessential Careers: Career and Job Resources for Disabled Job Seekers
• Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
• Suggested Reading (available for loan to current students):
  • The Way to Work: How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition. Luecking, Richard G. (2009)
  • I’d Rather Be Working: A Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Self-Support for People with Chronic Illness. Backstrom, Gayle (2002)
  • Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities. Ryan, Daniel J. (2004)

Mature Job Seekers

• AARP
• Interns Over 40
• Our Experience Counts
• Quintessential Careers: Job and Career Resources for Mature Job Seekers
• Retired Brains
• Retirement Jobs
• Suggested Reading (available for loan to current students):
  • Over-40 Job Search Guide: Ten Strategies for Making Your Age an Advantage in Your Career. Geary, Gail (2005)
  • Finding a Job After 50: Reinvent Yourself for the 21st Century. Woodward, Jeannette A. (2007)
  • 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers. Farr, Michael J. (2007)

Middle/High School Students and Their Parents

• College Board
  • High School Students
  • Parents
• Florida Choices Planner
  • Parents
• Mapping Out Your Future
  • Middle/High School Students
  • Parents
• FACTS.org
  • Middle School Students
  • High School Students
  • Parents
• MyPlan
  • Middle School
  • High School
• Next Step Magazine
• JobWeb: Information for Parents
• Parents and the U.S. Department of Education
• Suggested Reading (available for loan to current students):
  • 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality. Shatkin, Laurence (2008)
  • Guide to College Majors: Everything You Need to Know to Choose the Right Major. Princeton Review (2008)
  • Harvard, Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College that is Best for You. Mathews, Jay (2003)
  • Don't Wait Until You Graduate II: Jump Start Your Career in Today's Volatile Economy While Still in School. Luscher, Keith F. (2003)
  • 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates. Farr, Michael J. (2006)

Veterans

• Department of Labor
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Military Skills Translator
• Military to Civilian Career Transition
• Post-Military Success
• Quintessential Careers: Job Transitioning for Former Military
• Successful Career Transitions for Service Members
• Veterans Transitioning to Nonprofit Careers
• Suggested Reading (available for loan to current students):
  • 150 Best Jobs Through Military Training. Shatkin, Laurence (2008)
  • Where the Jobs Are Now: The Fastest-Growing Industries and How to Break Into Them. Watson, Joe (2010)
  • America's Top Jobs for People Re-Entering the Workforce. Krannich, Ronald L. (2005)