Career Links
Counselors have many career resources to help you choose a college major or make career plans. Here are a few samples:
- Career Information System:
- Find colleges that offer your major (see School Sort) and learn about sources of financial aid
- Learn about occupations, job outlook and wages in Illinois or in other states
- User Name: Illinois Password: careers
- Discover Career Planning Program:
- Complete online career inventories to find career areas that match your interests, abilities or values.
- Find schools that offer your major, learn about occupations and college majors.
- MCC students may pick up a user ID in the Counseling Department (A257)
- Guide to Industries: Learn about industries in the United States, the outlook for each industry, common occupations within the industries and average wages per occupation
- Illinois Learn More Earn More:
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Find descriptions of occupations, including national job outlook, wage information and education needed. See Ways to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly:
- 2008-2019 Job Outlook in Brief (for the United States) PDF
- Recent OOQ issues and OOQ index
- O*ONET, find Occupations by various categories:
- Search for books in the MCC library catalog: Next to "words or phrases" enter "Vocational Guidance and" followed by a keyword. Example: type in "Vocational Guidance and animals" to find books about careers involving animals.
- Vocational Biographies:
- Learn from real people what it’s like to work in various occupations
- User/School Name: mchenry, User ID: fuss
- What Can I Do With This Major? Print a handout that outlines the many things that you can do with a college major, find links for additional information. Note: The career areas listed on the handout refer to what you can do with at least a Bachelor's degree in the selected major; this information is useful for students planning to transfer to a 4-year college after attending MCC.