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Career Education Goals
Once you have determined what you would like to do for a career, you need to determine the education and training requirements for your desired career. If you need to develop certain skills, you need to develop a plan to acquire these skills.
Use the tools and information below to meet your education and training goals.
What do specific occupations require?
- Use the career explorer to determine occupation requirements.
- Check to see if your desired profession (nurse, lawyer, doctor, etc.) requires you to be licensed.
- Determine whether your desired occupation (real estate appraiser, public accountant, nursing assistant, financial advisor, etc.) requires a certification.
What skills do employers want?
Do you possess the skills employers are looking for in employees?
Don't have a high school diploma?
If you never graduated from high school, the GED (General Educational Development Test) may fulfill college entrance requirements.
Don't have a career goal in mind?
After investing heavily in your education, you will want the largest return. If you have not decided on a career yet, here are some questions and options to consider.
- What are some industries with high job growth?
- What are the fastest-growing occupations?
- What are the occupations that employ the most people?
- What occupations offer the most pay?
- Follow the steps to view wages and employment trends by occupation, job, and state.
- Follow the steps to discover wages by educational level.
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Career Education Finder
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Get information on career education programs that could help you increase your earning power.
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