College and Career Information Sites

Click on any of the links below to learn about resources that are available to you.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. The BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are objective, timely, accurate, and relevant.

CareerOneStop

CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor, is your pathway to career success. The organization provides several tools for job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. CareerOneStop is a source of employment information, career inspiration, and a place to manage your job skills.

• Find Local Help connects individuals to employment and training opportunities. The website provides contact information for a range of local work-related services, including unemployment benefits, career development, and educational opportunities.   
• ToolKit helps individuals explore career opportunities to make informed employment and education choices. The website features user-friendly occupation and industry information, salary data, career videos, education resources, self-assessment tools, and career exploration assistance.

CareerBliss

CareerBliss.com is a free career community that empowers job seekers with job reviews and salaries along with hundreds of great career advice articles. CareerBliss originated in 2008.  It allows users to look at the reviews and salaries of over 100,000 employers. About.com, Huffington Post, Forbes.com, AOL Jobs, Business Week, The Houston Chronicle, Seattle P-I, and thousands of other sites have included CareerBliss.

Resume Builder 

The Riley Guide Resume Builder helps you create a personalized resume that highlights your unique skills, experience, and accomplishments. It uses your information to deliver specific phrases and suggestions to make your resume shine. The resource systematically guides you through each section to get the help you deserve from start to finish.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education, training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.

O*NET OnLine

The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information, career exploration, and job analysis! O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development, human resource professionals, students, researchers, and more! The program continually updates its database is by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation.

College Foundation of North Carolina

College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) is a free service of North Carolina that helps students plan, apply, and pay for college. Check out career planning tools for elementary students through adults, including interest inventories, learning style, personality assessments, resume builder, job descriptions, and videos. You can use the online admissions applications and comprehensive college profiles of more than 110 North Carolina colleges and universities. A transfer student planner includes articulation agreement information pertinent to students looking to transfer to a four-year institution after completing their associate's degree.

College Navigator

The National Center for Education Statistic's website allows you to research general information about a college or university, such as tuition, fees, and student expenses; financial aid, net price, enrollment, admissions information, retention and graduation rates, programs/majors, varsity athletic teams, accreditation, campus security, and cohort default rates.

University and College Accountability Network

University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN), developed and managed by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), is a web-based resource. NAICU designed the tool to offer students and families concise, consumer-friendly information on hundreds of private, nonprofit colleges and universities. Students have easy access to class-sizes, net tuition costs, average loan debts at graduation, and much more!

College Board

The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Today over 6,000 of the world's leading educational institutions make up the association’s membership. Each year the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college achievement - including the SAT and the Advanced Placement Program.