Career Planning & Exploration

Making a career decision can be difficult. We offer the following resources:

• Job descriptions for thousands of occupations
• Employment outlook information
• Salary information
• Educational requirements
• Qualifications needed
• Get information about local employers
• MCC Career Profiles
• Internet access

Career Planning Resource

NEW! - Maricopa Career Planning System

This system is designed to help you explore education and career opportunities. Career planning has many steps and options. Based on the user type you choose when you register your Profile, the system choices are tailor-made for you. Choose from items on your Personal To-Do List to begin making decisions about your future.  Use this Registration Guide to get started.

Additional Resources

Choosing A Major

 A checklist of things you can do to help you decide on a college major.

What Can I Do With A Major In...?

Explore Maricopa Community Colleges' majors.

HumanMetrics

Identify your personal type in the Jung Typology Test; obtain your type description and discover career choices and schools most suitable for your type.  Visit Type Logic for more information about your personality type, and the Personality Page to view common careers for your personality type.

Occupational Outlook Handbook 

Information for hundreds of types of jobs: training and education needed, expected job prospects, what workers do, and working conditions.

Arizona Career Information System

 A computerized career guidance system. Self-assess your interests, abilities and work values, then look at career information to find careers that could be a good fit for you. Information on hundreds of career titles. You will need to type in the Username: mesacc and Password: 4azcis02, then can create your own career portfolio with MCC's system. Print this handout for instructions.   See a Career Services Advisor to match MCC educational programs to careers of your choice.

O'NET

Serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic news and labor market information, career publications include the Occupational Outlook Quarterly and Career Guide to Industries.

Veterans' Career Resources

The official Department of Defense website for your military-to-civilian transition.

InsideCareerInfo

A searchable collection of hundreds of candid career reports written by "insiders", successful professionals who are actually doing the job.

NACE Salary Calculator Center 

The National Association of Colleges and Employers offers the most accurate compensation data available. It provides compensation guidance to assist you with your salary search and career planning.

Peterson's

Comprehensive guide to college information.

MyFuture.com - Figure Out What's Next

This career planning system created by the U.S. Department of Defense presents career, college and the Military as options, allowing users to explore all possibilities and gain insight into each option.

American Foundation for the Blind Career Connect

Explore careers for the blind.