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Waupaca Area Job Center
1979 Godfrey Drive
Waupaca, WI 54981
Phone (715) 258-8832
Fax (715) 258-6997

Open:
Mon.- Thurs. 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Fri. 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Youth Resources

CAREER EXPLORATION SITES
  • Occupational Profiles
    OCCINFO Alberta Occupational Profiles. Before you prepare for a career, or change your career direction, make sure there is a good fit with who you are and what you want. Check out over 500 occupations and get all the details, from duties, working conditions, salaries, and advancement opportunities to personal characteristics and educational qualifications. The Province of Alberta is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to provide employment support programs and services. These benefits and measures are funded in whole or in part by the Government of Canada from the Employment Insurance Account.
  • Career Voyages
    USDOL site provides career information and good choices for varying levels of education or training background. Career information on the site includes; fastest growing occupations; Career Ladders; Skills, education and training; Occupational reports including wages; Career Videos, & Specialized resources.
  • Careers 4 Wisconsin
    Salary/Wages, Job Stability, Job Preparation, Current Employment
  • Careers in Aging – Consider the Opportunities
  • CollegeBoard.com
    College Board.com lets you Plan, Search and apply for the college of your choice.
  • Exploring Occupations
    Student Counseling and Career Center – University of Manitoba. Good career decisions require good information—about your personal traits and preferences and about the world of work. Career counselors can get you started by helping you to identify and articulate your skills, aptitudes, values, personality traits and interests as they relate to career choice. We’ve provided information on almost two hundred occupational options. Thousands more exist! Be creative. Remember—good research can lead to more satisfying career decisions!
  • Major Mania
    Search for University of Wisconsin system academic programs.
  • College Grad.com
    Career and job search-post your resume on line.
  • NWTC Career Exploration Center
    Careers 2000 & Beyond
  • Military Career Guide Online
    The Military offers more than 4,100 unique jobs for both officers and enlisted personnel. And each year the Armed Services hire a combined 365,000 people to fill those positions. Explore this site to learn more about a career path in Today's Military.
  • UW-Oshkosh Career Services
    Excellent Resource link for checking out what you can do with your major.
  • WisCareers Home Page
    This is an interactive self-assessment tool that will help you learn more about yourself and your career goals and options. It provides assessments for values, interests, and skills. This program has an extensive database of occupational information. Job outlooks, salary, and job requirements are provided as well as information about schools that offer majors for careers you select. WISCareers is available on-line to students free of charge. Contact your career/resource room help desk for instructions and a password. You must register at your local job center.
  • Wisconsin AHEC Health Careers
    Wisconsin Health Careers Information Center Homepage
  • PTA Goes to Work
    This is your gateway to navigating the ever-expanding world of information on career planning and getting your child or student on the path to an exciting and rewarding career. We're proud to have the United States Department of Labor (DOL) at our side in this effort.
  • Wisconsin’s Career Centers
  • Academic and Career Information Center
    Kansas State University Website: Career Options By Academic/Industry Area. On this page you will find : Career Links by Major; Professional Organizations , Specific Career Guides, Certificate or Accreditation Programs, Career Resources ,Career Links from Other Universities: Internet Resources Containing Valuable Information On: Job Search Engines, Occupational Data, Salary Surveys, Cost of Living Indexes, and Links to College Research Sites: Financial Aid Information, Scholarship Information, 2-year Colleges,4-year Colleges and Universities
  • Work 4 Women
    A non-traditional occupations website
  • Mapping Your Future
    One Stop site for students and parents with information on financial strategies, career options and college planning.
  • Career Development E-Manual
    The Career Development eManual has been prepared by the University of Iowa- Waterloo to guide you through the necessary steps, whether you are looking for your 1st or your 21st job. In order to help you do this in an efficient and effective way, the Manual has been organized into six (6) “steps? To help you navigate this site we recommend that you start with the introduction: Steps To Success.
  • Health Information Careers
  • O*NET ONLINE
    Making occupational information interactive and accessible for all...
  • Healthcare Exploration for Youth
    The HEY! (Healthcare Exploration for Youth) website is interactive, fun, and most importantly educational. This website has been created by middle school educators and reviewed by Northeast Wisconsin middle school youth. The state DWD (Department of Workforce Development) forecasts Wisconsin's total need for healthcare workers will grow 30.3 percent by 2012. This forecast includes both newly created jobs to care for an exploding aging population and replacement of existing jobs for those reaching retirement. This translates to more than 10,000 new and replacement healthcare jobs in Wisconsin every year, until at least 2012.
  • America's CareerInfoNet
    Informed Career Decisions. Smart career decisions start here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.

    • EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
  • Online College Guide
    Find a college by state and degree program:
  • Lawrence University – Appleton
  • Fox Valley Technical College
  • UW – Oshkosh
  • Wisconsin Technical Colleges
  • UW - Madison
  • UW – Green Bay
  • UW - Fox Valley
  • FVTC-High School & College Transitions
  • Mid-State Technical College
  • UW - Stevens Point
  • List of all Wisconsin 2 and 4 year colleges as well as the various university campus
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    FINANCIAL AIDE
  • Sallie Mae
    It's never too early to plan for school. We've gathered these resources to help you kick your search into gear.
  • Kiplinger.com
    Paying for College|Advise on Student Loans, 529S and Scholarships.
  • MSN Money - College Saving 101
    Advises students to consider every option when planning for college. Read about whether an elite college will pay off in the long run.
  • Student Guide to Financial Aid
    US Department of Education guide for students wanting financial help. With toll-free student information hotline.
  • U.S. Dept. of Education - FAFSA
    Guide to applying for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid provides eligibility requirements and guidelines for those applying for federal student loans and aid

    • JOB SEARCH WEBSITES
  • Career Builder. Com
    Search hundreds of thousands of jobs – across the nation or in your own neighborhood. Find jobs, post resumes, advice and resources.
  • WetFeet, Inc.
    WetFeet Inc. is a recruitment solutions provider that helps leading corporations to more effectively attract, screen, hire and retain the right people. WetFeet’s products include the powerful recruitment technology of WetFeet Recruiter™, which powers corporations’ recruitment websites and recruitment management systems; industry-leading benchmarking research and recruitment strategy consulting; career management content licensing and development services; and targeted employer branding and recruitment marketing services .
  • Wisconsin State Government Jobs
    Updated every week, a comprehensive listing of state civil service positions. Fill out state application and veteran's preference forms, and output them to your printer for a real professional touch.
  • Riley Guide
    This site is packed with web site evaluations, links and lists of career and job seeking resources. This site is widely recognized for high quality and one of the best on the internet.
  • Monster.com
    Whatever you're looking for in a job, Monster can help you find it. With the best job search tools and career advice on the planet...we'll show you how to land the job that's right for you.
  • JS OnLine
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Newspaper Jobs on line
  • Job Center of Wisconsin
    Use Job Center of Wisconsin to find employment opportunities throughout Wisconsin.
  • Job Hunters Bible
    Put Reality into your job search. Great advice on use of the Internet, resumes, job hunting and careers. It was created by Richard Bolles, author of the best selling job-hunting book, What Color is Your Parachute?
  • Career One Stop
    Welcome to the nation's publicly-funded resource for jobseekers and businesses. Find jobs--from entry level to technical to professional to CEO. Identify job-ready workers with the right skills. Locate public workforce services in your area. Explore alternative career paths, compare salary data for different occupations, learn which careers are hot, get resume writing tips and job interview strategies, and much more!
  • Federal Jobs Digest
    Americas Federal Employment Newspaper since 1977

    • LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    U.S. Dept. Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook.
  • Wisconsin Occupational Projections
  • Wisconsin Labor Market Information-WORKnet
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    YOUTH SITES OF INTEREST
  • Wisconsin’s Work Permit Rules
  • Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship Program
  • Test Prep Review
    Online ACT/SAT practice tests for no charge.
  • NCWD for Youth
    National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability.
  • teens4hire
    A home for teens looking for a job and employers who hire them.
  • YouthRules!
    YouthRules! was launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2002 to increase public awareness of Federal and State rules concerning young workers. Through the YouthRules! initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor and its partners seek to promote positive and safe work experiences that help prepare young workers to enter the 21st Century workforce.
  • Job Corp
    The Official Job Corps Web site!
  • Youthhood
    Childhood meets adulthood at Youthhood.org
  • Youth Zone
    Dept. of Labor website
  • Wisconsin Teens Girls Forward
    Dream big and find the path to making your career and life whatever you want it to be!
  • School to Work-Skills for the Future
  • GravityTeen
    A website that provides information about various situations teens face and how to handle them.
  • GED online
    An online resource for people studying for the GED test.
  • Choosing Child Care
  • Child Care Information Center – DPI Reference and Loan Library
  • Career Connections Homepage
    A Youth Career Center in Appleton
  • Career Connections
    The Career Connection is a career exploration center located in the City Center Plaza (formerly the Avenue Mall), downtown Appleton, serving middle school & high school students.

    • SELF ASSESSMENT
  • Birkman Method Career Style Summary
  • Job Fit
    Is a web-based resource designed to match you to specific job openings by taking an assessment that measures your soft skills, including: thinking style, occupational interests and behavioral traits
  • Job Fit Guide
    This Guide will walk you through the Job Fit system, including registering as a new user, creating your resume, taking the JobFit assessment, running your personalized report, finding out which Fox Valley area employers are using JobFit, and keeping your JobFit information current.
  • Career Key
  • Keirsey Temperament Sorte
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    NEWSPAPERS
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Fond du Lac Reporter
  • Oshkosh Northwestern
  • 5 County Buyer’s Guide
    (covers Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago Counties)
  • Appleton Post Crescent
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    AREA JOB CENTERS
  • Oshkosh Area Workforce Development Center
  • Berlin Job Center
  • Portage County Job Center
  • Fond du Lac Job & Career Center
  • Fox Cities Workforce Development Center
  • Wisconsin Job Center Directory
  • Waupaca Area Job Center
  • Waushara Co. Job Center
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    AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITES
  • Wild Rose School District
  • Weyauwega/Fremont
  • Waupaca School District
  • Marion School District
  • Manawa School District
  • Iola/Scandinavia School District
  • Clintonville School District
  • New London School District
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