Choosing a Career Path
Where Do I Start?
- Learning About Yourself
- This test measures your interest level in the 6 categories of careers, as described by Dr. John Holland in his RIASEC model:
- Realistic - Building, fixing, working outdoors
- Investigative - Thinking, researching, experimenting
- Artistic - Creating, designing, expressing
- Social - Helping, teaching, encouraging
- Enterprising - Persuading, leading, selling
- Conventional - Organizing, categorizing, recording
- Explore Careers
- Search for careers based on the Holland codes listed above.
- Iowa **HOT** Jobs
- Iowa Workforce Development provides details on high demand and high salary occupations in Iowa, by region and by entire state.
- U.S. News 100 Best Jobs of 2017
- The occupations that offer employment opportunity, good salary, manageable work-life balance, and job security.
Where Can I Gain Experience?
- Volunteer Iowa
- Find opportunities for community service and volunteerism in Iowa.
- Apprenticeship Programs in Iowa
- An apprenticeship is a training program where you earn wages while you learn a skilled profession in a specific field, such as construction, health care, or culinary arts. Apprenticeship programs combine classroom studies with on-the-job training supervised by a trade professional.
- Job Corps
- Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible youth at least 16 years of age, Job Corps provides the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.
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