Career Planning

Career Readiness Competencies – (skills to develop while in school)
Suggested Decision-Making Questions
Occupational Information and Career Research
View occupational and career research resources
- (career information, employer database, and Oregon labor market information)
- Oregon Career Information System – CIS (career and education information, career/self-assessment exercises)
Important: You must create a portfolio in order to save your assessment results. - PCC students – Access via the MyPCC “My Courses” tab. In the Plan My Career channel, click on Oregon CIS
- Accessing CIS outside of MyPCC Portal: Go to . On the right side, click “Don’t have an account? Sign up here”. Enter school username: portcomcol and school password: dunk.purse. Enter your personal info and create a unique username and password.
- To access your personal account in the future from off campus: Go to and enter your username and password.
- DOL Dept. of Labor
- O*NET has multiple “doors” to accessǰ
- New mobile-friendly O*NET OnLine: Use your phone or tablet to visit the new mobile-friendly! Quickly find, search, or browse across 900+ occupations based on your career exploration or job analysis needs. Then learn about the requirements, characteristics, and available opportunities for your selected occupation. Updated features include:
The new site also provides easy access to other O*NET sites, including theand the My Next Move websites (,,).
- DOL sites for Career Planning and Occupational Research:
- (see info below) – user guide
- – Tool for linking to Internet Career Planning Sites or
- – a variety of career exploration tools: mostly free self-assessment (not free), connecting careers to majors
- Career informational interviews stories.
- – UK-based but good career info
Labor Market Information
Self Exploration – Assessments
See career assessments
Values/Strengths
Miscellaneous
Personality Assessments – similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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- Additional Information about
- is also a common personality inventory
Additional Resources
- List of PCC-supported Career Exploration tools
- Step-by-step Career Development “to-do” list!
- PCC Panther Path – Choosing a Career
- PSU –
- PCC Psychology Faculty Present- What Can I do with a degree in Psych
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and the. Please note that you need the passcode to access the recording:Passcode: @#1J=h!y
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- Career Change Guide for Work it Daily
- Teacher Qualities – OSU
- Ex-offenders
College Choice Information
- US Dept of Ed.
- US Dept. of Ed.