Career Developmentand Transition Websites
Career Developmentand Transition websites
Includes both lessons and Assessments
- JAN – Job Accommodations Networkat - this site has a large list of different disabilities and appropriate accommodations. Beyond that there are a lot of resources for employers, individuals with disabilities related to accommodations in the work place.
- Career Bridge - - this site has some career exploration tools and a vast data base of occupations and related education or training needed.
- Oregon Career Information System (CIS) This site is used by a number of schools throughout the state so individuals are encouraged to ask your counseling center if the school has it for students. It has several career and interest inventories, related career clusters and training information. Students set up a profile and they can save their information, develop resumes and future plans.
- My Next Move – Originally developed for veterans, this website offers career development tools and lots of related careers, required training etc. Students can just search jobs of interest or take a career interest survey. They get a print out of their work.
- Inside Jobs – this website is a very simple job exploration tool. Individuals answer two questions, one “What am I good at?” and two “What do you like?” which relates to different career fields. Based on these answers the participant gets suggested careers and related job and training information including short videos of individuals telling about those jobs. Very simple and easy for HS students.
- America's Career Resource Network (ACRN) consists of state and federal organizations that provide information, resources and training on career and education exploration. The network's national activities are funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
- Mr. B’s Career Exploration Page has lots of teacher resources for engaging in the career development process.
- Career Jeopardy – Jeopardy games for elementary and secondary students in a web or PPP format.
- Drive of Your Life Interactiveand free Indiana-specific career exploration website. Students answer questions about their interests while building a car that they "drive" to careers that might be a good fit for them. Once students settle on a few careers to explore further, they learn which high school courses and post-high school training or education programs they need to succeed in those careers.
- Pepnet 2 – Career Development site for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students
- TAGG - This tool is a self reporting tool that provides information about self advocacy, Present Level of Educational Performance and suggested goals related to the common core.
- KidsWork! – A game format used for exploring different careers. Suitable for both elementary and secondary.
- O’Net Ability Profiler – this is an aptitude test developed by US Department of Labor/ Employment and Training. It is a free resource.
- Personality Lingo – Online assessment that assesses communication and working styles.
- Kids.gov – This site has a number of lessons and activities related to career development.
- Aptitude Tests.Com –this site has a very complete list of aptitude tests that students can use to see what they are good at.
- Transition Hub - This web page has a number of FREE transition assessments posted:
Visual assessments for non readers
The COPS Picture Inventory of Careers (COPS-PIC; Knapp-Lee, 1998)
Reading Free Vocational Interest Inventory is a good resource and easy to administer/score. It is a pen and paper evaluation if that is something that you prefer. Here is the link.
Picture Interest Career Survey
A combination of assessments and curricula that lend themselves to use in the basic skills classrooms:
My Future My Plan, (
Putting Feet on My Dreams (
Transition Hub -This web page has a number of FREE transition assessments posted. Some aren’t available any more but there are still plenty of good recources.