Planning for Career Success

Volunteer Match
http://www.volunteermatch.org/virtual/
You can gain confidence and work experience by volunteering.  This web site provides easy searching for virtual, as well as in person volunteering, by zip code or area of interest.

Fortune.com Career Center
http://www.fortune.com/careers/
Learn which are the best companies to work for; use their job center to find your dream job; learn about job opportunities.

CareerCity.com
http://www.careercity.com
This site is rich in links: search specific jobs, including jobs at companies that value diversity; do a self-assessment to learn more about what jobs might suit you; learn about salaries in your field, and learn how to prepare for an interview.

International Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html
This site helps you decide where to look for work based on calculating the cost of living in different U.S. cities.

Quizzes and Exercises for the Adult Student

1. Chapter 2, Exercise 2.1, Analyzing Ads, Thinker’s Guide to College Success
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/chaffee/thinkers_guide/2e/students/ch02.html#ch02
This web page helps you practice analytic thinking, a common writing task, by looking at everyday advertising and thinking about symbolic music, language, and music. It also provides tricks of the trade for how to ace true/false tests.

2. Chapter 8, ACE exercise, Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ace1app.cgi?FNC=AcePresent__Apresent_html___collegesurvival_ellis_master_student_9e_08
Creative and critical thinking are two types of thinking encouraged in colleges and universities. Learn more about how creative and critical thinkers work from this exercise.

3. Chapter 3, Memory Jungle exercise, Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/memory2.html
This web site provides visualization for how to make your short-term memories, including lessons learned in your courses, easy to retrieve.

4. Chapter 5, Practicing Critical Thinking (#8) exercise, Becoming a Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/downloads/think8.pdf

5. Chapter 7, Practicing Critical Thinking exercise (#11), Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/thinking11.html
This web site shows how different types of thinkers—visual or verbal—would create different types of summaries. Knowing something about your learning style helps you know how to retain information successfully.