Excite Careers
http://www.excite.com/

· Click on "Careers".
· Scroll down the page and click on "Career Profiles".
· Click on selected career.

O*net Online
http://online.onetcenter.org

· Click on "Find Occupations".
· Either type in keyword of career OR select job family.
· Click on "Go."
· Select occupation. Click on "Summary".

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco

· Click on "OOH Search/A-Z Index".
· Either click on first letter of career title OR type name of occupation.
· Click on selected career.

America's CareerInfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/

· Click on "Occupation Information".
· Click on "Occupation Profile".
· Highlight the Job Family desired, then click "Search".
· Highlight the specific occupation, then click "Continue".
· Select a state (Alabama), then click "Search".
· Click "Select All Options".

NextSTEP Magazine
http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/

· Click on "Career Center" tab.
· Click on "CareerEdition.com".
· Click on career category desired.

These are very brief entries, which vary in type and quantity of information.

JobProfiles
http://www.jobprofiles.org/

· Click on the Job Family desired (down the left side of the screen).
· Click on the specific occupation desired.

These are profiles written by real people in these jobs. Personal and anecdotal information is offered but not many "hard" numbers.

Alabama Virtual Library
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/

· Click on "Campus & Library".
· Scroll down and click on "Middle Search Plus".
· Put a check mark in Full Text box, type "Career World" in Publication box, and type the career to be searched in Search box.

REMEMBER:

· Not every career will be on each site.
· Know your career field to find a specific job.
· Use a search engine (www.google.com, for example) to search the Internet. Do NOT type a career in the address bar of Internet Explorer to search.