College Advisors

As a College Advisor, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources to help advisees plan their online college education. Search for MnSCU and U of M online courses and programs. Use the graduation planning, transfer, and online learning readiness tools and information. Access college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that advisees can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Obtain Adult Basic Education (ABE) information and identify mentor resources and study guides to provide additional help for adult learners. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

Newest Professions, Growing Salaries
Article on 12 jobs that didn't exist until recently.

Minnesota Energy Careers
Energy Careers, Education & Jobs. Discover what you like to do, explore careers, and learn about hot opportunities in energy. Prepare in high school, see energy pathways, and find post-secondary energy programs. Find occupations in demand in your region, energy employers, and job openings.

ISEEK Explore Careers
ISEEK Explore Careers provides details about different careers and how to pursue them in Minnesota.

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) - Minnesota
PLTW has developed a four-year sequence of courses which, when combined with rigorous mathematics and science courses in high school, introduces students to the scope, rigor, and discipline of engineering and engineering technology. Comprehensive teacher training and ongoing support is provided.

U of M portfolio
ePortfolio is a secure Web site at the University of Minnesota (U of M) for entering, saving, organizing, viewing, and selectively sharing your personal, professional, and educational records.

Minnesota Programs of Study
A program of study resource for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Perkins IV consortia as they design, develop, and implement programs of study.

Minnesota Career Fields, Clusters and Pathways
Programs of Study Electronic Web Tool: Select consortium and choose school to find career field, cluster and pathway

Health Careers Center - High School and College Student Resources
Welcome to the Health Careers Center which provides career information and specialized services on health careers for prospective and current undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota.

eFolioMinnesota
eFolio Minnesota is a multimedia electronic portfolio for to all Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota schools, educators and others to create a living showcase of education, career and personal achievements.

STEM Education Coalition
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs.

Project C3: Connecting Youth to Communities and Careers
The goal of Project C3 is to improve transition outcomes for youth after high school in preparation for employment or post-secondary education through training, advocacy, facilitated system collaborations and resource mapping.

Manufacturing and Applied Engineering Center for Excellence, Bemidji State University
360° delivers the skills you need for a rewarding, dynamic career in manufacturing and engineering.

MentorNet
Minnesota MentorNet links undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty in engineering, science, math, and technology, in the state of Minnesota with professionals in their fields for mentoring relationships.

GPS LifePlan
The GPS LifePlan helps students set goals and design plans that will lead them to the success they desire.

ISEEK Assessments
ISEEK Assessments provides resources to find career assessments.

Reality Check
Find out what it costs to live in a city of your choice; what salary you would like to have, and what lifestyle you want.

WIA
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is a federal program that gives workers the chance to equip themselves with the skills and information needed to compete in the new economy. Eligible Minnesotans can use WIA funds to pay for these training programs (certified as meeting certain performance standards).

ISEEK Career Planning Process
ISEEK Career Planning Process provides a three-step process for planning your career.

Career development for Health Careers
Career development is a lifelong practice that involves three interacting processes: Self-Assessment, Exploring Occupations and Creating a Career Action Plan.

ISEEK Skills
ISEEK Skills offers information to learn more about identifying and enhancing work skills.

ISEEK Military Opportunities
ISEEK Military Opportunities offers information about military careers, career classifications, branches of the military, and military career websites.

ISEEK Research Careers
ISEEK Research Careers provides information about growing careers, growing industries, high demand/high pay careers and green careers

National Academies on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies brings together experts in areas of scientific and technological endeavor to address critical national issues and give advice to policymakers. The Center for Education (CFE) promotes evidence-based policy analysis that can help to improve education for all Americans.

Prepare for a Career
Steps in preparing for a career: understand yourself, explore options, develop plan, expand skills, and obtain/advance employment.

Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence-Project Lead the Way
Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a national program aimed at middle and high school students. PLTW's classroom instruction, generally one-third theory and two-thirds application, gives students meaningful, hands-on experience in problem-solving, teamwork, and project-based learning.

CareerOneStop
CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy.

Health Careers - thinking about a career in a health?
Detailed information on programs offered through the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center