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Increase Your Income
by Changing or Building Your Career

What You Need to Know

  • Building your career is one of the surest ways to increase income. Finding the right-paying career that fits your life-style may require a change of jobs, further education, and most importantly, networking with individuals in the field.

  • Important Note: don't assume that high-paying careers will bring you a better life style. Some career opportunities that pay well may not fit your overall career satisfaction.

    It is important that you complete a personal assessment to assess your career appitude. Getting yourself in the right career is more important than pursuing a career solely based on income and advancement.

  • As you know, the demand for certain careers change over time. Finding a career that matches your skills set will require an economic assessment, company search, resume preparation, interview, and career networking.

    Our Career Planning Center can help you complete these tasks. We begin below with some research on career trends and opportunities.

Understanding Career Trends

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics:

    Employment projections on what's hot and what's not:
    http://www.bls.gov/emp/

    Quarterly review of the lastest trends from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
    http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

    Career guide to industries:
    http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/

    Occupational outlook handbook:
    http://www.bls.gov/oco/


  • Occupation trends by State:

    Link to individual State economic, job and occupation trends:



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What about college?

Personal Self-Assessment

Run some self-assessment tests to determine your aptitude and character for the job you want:


Understanding what all of this means:

Building Self-Discipline

Time to set some personal achievement goals. Try these helpful plans:

Seeking Career Counseling

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