Explore Occupations
Help your child use the results of his self-assessment process to start exploring specific occupations, jobs, or job-clusters.
Check out our Career Videos. We have videos to help your child learn about more than 400 different jobs.
Here are resources and things to consider:
Mississippi Choices - Mississippi Choices is the statewide career information system that engages high school students. Its counterpart, Career Futures, is designed for middle school students. An additional program, Choices CT is designed for adults who are facing career transitions.
Mississippi's Career Resource Network - Mississippi's Career Resource Network is the agency that administers the U.S. Department of Education's America's Career Resource Network Grant Program. The network:
- Is responsible for developing and delivering comprehensive career and labor market information.
- Provides career development activities, products, and services.
- Conducts training and gives assistance to school/agency counselors, teachers, and career center directors in order to increase their knowledge and use of career and labor market information.
- Responds to inquiries related to labor market and career information needs/requests.
- Coordinates and supports the activities related to the statewide-adopted career information system, Mississippi ChoicesTM. This computerized system provides relevant information about occupations and training opportunities for career decision-making.
Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) - MDES provides information and services to help job seekers and labor market information.
Career Onestop - Career OneStop offers extensive information about jobs in Mississippi, including:
- Fastest-growing occupations (overall in MS and for various levels of education)
- Occupations with the most openings (overall in MS and for various levels of education)
- Occupations with the largest employment (overall in MS and for various levels of education)
- Occupations with declining employment (overall in MS and for various levels of education)
- Highest-paying occupations (overall in MS and for various levels of education)
What Can I Do With this Major? - If your child already has a degree, or thinks he is interested in a particular degree, he should check out this website to learn about possible jobs/careers he could have with that educational training.