Career Exploration Resources

Professional Organizations and Career Advice

Accounting -- AICPA
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
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
Education -- NEA
Engineering -- ASEE | The Future of Engineering Education | Engineering Fields | Engineering Societies | Aeronautical | Aerospace | Audio | Biomedical | Circuits | Chemical | CS | Electrical | Mechanical | Robotics
Environment -- ESA | EPA | NASA | CCBN | LEAD | NWF | NPCA
FBI -- FBI Internships | FBI Academy
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
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
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
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
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
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 | Links

These links and resources are listed for informational purposes and convenience. No direct or implied endorsement by the Center for Talented Youth should be construed.

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

These links and resources are listed for informational purposes and convenience. No direct or implied endorsement by the Center for Talented Youth should be construed.

Additional Career Exploration Resources

• 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

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