Professional Organizations & Career Advice
Self-Tests & Self-Assessments
Internships & Volunteer Opportunities
Overview of the Career Exploration Process

• About.com Career Planning
• NextStep Career Profiles
• The Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
• The Princeton Review: Career Advice
• 2010-2011 Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Index of Scholarly Societies

Professional Organizations and Career Advice

Accounting -- AICPA | Links
Acting -- SAG
Actuary -- BeAnActuary.org
Advertising -- AAF
Animation -- Animation | ASIFA-SF | Links
Anthropology -- AAA | Links
Archaeology -- AIA | NASA | SHA | Links
Architecture -- Links | ACSA | Profile
Artificial Intelligence -- AAAI
Art -- ADAM | AIGA | Art Jobs | CAA | GAG | IAAA | NEA | More Art Orgs
Art History -- Careers for Art Historians
Art Therapy -- AATA | NCATA
Astronomy -- AAS | Links
Aviation -- Civil Air Patrol
Bioethics -- Bioethics.net
Biology -- AIBS | FASEB | USGS | Links
Biotech -- BIA | Educational Resources | USGS | Links
Broadcasting -- BEA | AECT | NAB | Links
Business -- Business Roundtable | ABA | ASAE | SIA | eBiz for Teens| Degree Programs
Cartoonistry -- NCS
Chemistry -- ACS
CIA -- CIA Internships
Cognitive Science -- CSS
Communications/Media -- CenCom.org | Links
Computer Science -- IEEE Computer Society | ACM | CRA | NSA | USGS
Conservation -- NPCA
Cryptography -- NSA
Dentistry -- ADA
Design -- ADAM | ASID | IDSA | Links
Diplomacy -- U.S. State Department | AFSA | GUSFS | Links
Drama Therapy -- NADT | NCCATA
Economics -- AEA | ES | SGE | Links
Editing -- ACES | ASME | E&P | Links
Education -- NEA
Engineering -- ASEE | The Future of Engineering Education | Engineering Fields | Engineering Societies | Aeronautical | Aerospace | Audio | Biomedical | Circuits | Chemical | CS | Electrical | Mechanical | Nanotech | Robotics | Robotics Links
Environment -- ESA | EPA | NASA | CCBN | LEAD | NWF | NPCA
FBI -- FBI Internships | FBI Academy | Profile
Filmmaking -- SMPTE
Finance -- FMA
Foreign Service -- U.S. State Department | AFSA | GUSFS | Links
Forensic Science -- AAFS | FBI Academy
Genetic Counseling -- NSGC | ABGC | Bioethics.net | Careers | Links
Genetics -- Genetics Societies | Careers in Genetics | Links
Geography -- AAG
Geology -- AGI | AGU | GSA | NASA Earth Science | USGS
Graphic Arts & Design -- AIGA | GAG | ADAM | Links
History -- OAH
Industrial Design -- IDSA | AWID | ADAM | Links
Information Science -- ASIS | AMIA | ASLIB | Medical Informatics
Information Security -- Information Security | Links
Interior Design -- ASID | Links
International Relations -- Links | GUSFS | UN Internships
Journalism -- SPJ | NAA | NASW | NCEW | NFPW | NPC | NSNC | JournalismNet.com | WritingWorld.com
Landscape Architecture -- ASLA
Law -- ABA | ATLA | NACDL | ABF
Library Science -- ALISE | ALA | ASLIB | Links
Linguistics -- LSA
Literature -- MLA | Links
Marine Sciences -- Marine Careers | Ocean Careers | Scripps Guide | USGS | Links
Marketing -- AMA
Math -- MAA | AMS | ASA | AWM | MSRI | SIAM | SMB | SOA
Medical Illustration -- AMI | Anatomy Resources | BCA | Links
Medical Informatics -- AMIA | Links
Medicine -- AMA | JAMA | Specialties | Considering a Career in Medicine
Military -- Civil Air Patrol | Links
Molecular Biology -- ASBMB
Multimedia -- AMPAS | AMC | ADAM
Museum Careers -- AAM | Kinds of Museum Careers
Music -- AFM | MEIEA | MTNA | Personal Story
Music Therapy -- AMTA | NCCATA
Musicology -- AMS
Neuroscience -- SFN
Nursing -- AANP | ANA | BestNursingDegree.com
Nutritional Sciences -- ASNS | FDA | Links
Oceanography -- NOAA | NMNH | Scripps Career Guide | Links
Pharmacology -- ASPET | FDA
Photography -- NPPA | NPPA Career Advice | ASMP | Essay | Links
Physical Therapy -- APTA | PT profile | PT Schools
Physics -- AIP | APS
Planetary Science -- The Planetary Society | LPI | Links
Political Science -- APSA | Links
Psychiatry -- APA | AACAP
Psychology -- APA | ACA | NASW | All Psychology |Links | More Links
Public Health -- APHA | NIEHS | Links
Public Relations -- PRSA
Publishing -- AAP
Robotics -- Robotics | Links
Science Illustration -- AMI | BCA | Science Illustration | Profile | Links
Science Writing -- NASW | CSE | Science Writing | Medical Writing
Social Work -- NASW
Sociology -- ASA | Careers in Sociology
Sustainable Development -- LEAD | RFF | IISD | GEM | SEEN
Translation -- ATA
Urban Planning -- APA -- Cyburbia.org
Veterinary Medicine -- AMVA | Profile
Writing -- NEA | NCEW | NWU | P&W | T&W | WritingWorld | Links

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Self-Tests and Self-Assessments

• ACT Career Guide
• CareerMaze.com
• Focus: Online Career Assessments
• Holland Self-Directed Search
• Keirsey Temperament Assessment (a Myers-Briggs variant)
• KnowYourType.com (another Myers-Briggs variant)
• Personality Type Test (another Myers-Briggs variant)
• Princeton Review Career Quiz

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