Counseling, Career, & Transfer Services
Counseling, Career, & Transfer Services

Helpful Websites

The following are links to web sites that we think are also helpful in the career exploration process.

NYS Department of Labor

Regional Salary Information by Occupation

Employment Prospects Through 2014

General sites:

Career Key has a good self-assessment process as well as additional information.

CareerZone is put out by Workforce New York so it has especially good information for New York State.

Career Voyages is supported by the Department of Labor. It has a great deal of information about specific careers and may answer many of your questions.

The Princeton Review has a quick career quiz if you scroll down to Majors and Careers.

Career Specific sites:


The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers

www.Idealist.org is a FREE comprehensive nonprofit career guide written for people considering a nonprofit career, as well as the career service professionals who support them. The content, structure, and format of The Idealist Guide was created using feedback from focus groups with career service professionals and nonprofit HR professional. The Idealist Guide is:

  • Free
  • Online
  • Easy to email
  • Downloadable by chapter
  • Available to link to and print out

In The Idealist Guide, you'll find opinions and nonprofit career advice from knowledgeable insiders like Putnam Barber, editor of the Nonprofit FAQ, Cathy Wasserman, the voice behind Idealist's "Ask Cathy" column, and David Schachter, Director of Career Services at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service. You'll also find insights from nonprofit HR professionals, career coaches, and career service professionals, as well as statistics from highly regarded journals and civic engagement think tanks, and new research from Idealist.org. All of this is focused on helping individuals find meaningful work in the nonprofit sector and on supporting the career professionals who assist in their search.