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Use the results of your self-assessment process to start exploring specific occupations, jobs, or job-clusters.

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Here are resources and things to consider:

Mississippi Choices - Mississippi Choices is the statewide career information system for high school students - perhaps you've heard of it. Its counterpart, Career Futures, is designed for middle school students - you probably used this in those career discovery classes.

Mississippi's Career Resource Network - Mississippi's Career Resource 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.

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 you think your are interested in a particular degree, check out this website to learn about possible jobs/careers you could get with that degree.