Career connections
Career Awareness
Learning ABOUT work
Career Awareness experiences help youth build awareness of the variety of careers available.
DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES
STATEWIDE/NATIONWIDE RESOURCES
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Occupational Handbook
Gain an overview about a wide variety of careers
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Occupation Profile
Learn details about any occupation. You can tailor the information to be specific to where you live.
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My Next Move: What do you want to do for a living?
Use keywords to search careers, browse by industry, or answer questions about type of work you may enjoy for career matching
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Oregon Connections
Utilize the career explorer on the site to research and compare different careers. It will also provide you with videos related to the career you are researching.
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Military Career Options
Explore the different types of career opportunities available to service members
Explore Careers
Learn more about Oregon's six career clusters by gliding your curser to each one.
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
People in this field work focus on improving the quality and safety of food, cultivating and preserving our natural resources and caring for animals
Careers: Forest/Fish/Farm management, viticulturist, Forestry Technician
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This field includes a wide range of careers that involve the creation and transmission of information through the manipulation of symbolic language
Careers: Journalism, Public Relations, Theatre Arts, Web Developer
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Arts, Information & Communications
People in this field plan, direct, and evaluate operations to run successful business. It includes careers in the hospitality and tourism field.
Careers: Entrepreneur, Marketing, Accountant, Loan Officer, Management Analyst
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Business & Management
People in this field promote health, wellness, and diagnosis, and treats injuries and disease. Some careers involve working directly with people, others involve conducting research.
Careers: Dental Hygienist, Registered Nurse, Pharmacy Technician, Physical Therapist
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Health Sciences
This field includes a wide range of careers that focus on people: their needs, their growth and development and their safety and well-being.
Careers: Teacher, Paralegal, Fire Fighter, Paramedic, Social Worker, Police Officer
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Human Resources
People in this field design, build, inspect, deliver , maintain and repair aircraft, automobiles, buildings, roads, bridges, machinery, etc.
Careers: Electrician, Welding,
Automotive Service Technician, Civil Engineer, Carpenter
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Industrial & Engineering Systems
Career Exploration
Learning FOR work
Career Exploration experiences provide youth with short-term direct interaction with professionals and offer opportunities to explore career options.
DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES
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Expanding Horizons CTE and STEAM Summer Camps
Summer camps for middle school and high school students that explore the trades, manufacturing, business leadership, space exploration and more.
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Recruit Hippo - Douglas (Paid and Unpaid Positions)
Recruit Hippo is committed to providing youth with opportunities to receive work experience in order to be competitive for positions within the workforce upon high school graduation. To find out more about available paid and unpaid positions, please contact your local Youth Talent Advisor.
STATEWIDE/NATIONWIDE RESOURCES
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Oregon Connections
Connecting industry professionals to classrooms
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Umpqua Community College
Career coaching workshops
Career Preparation
Learning THROUGH work
Career Preparation experiences include extended direct interaction with professionals from industry and the community. Learn tips about effectively search, apply and secure a job position.
DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES
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Umpqua Community College
Career coaching workshops
Resources for applying to internship/jobs
Career Training, Skills & Education
learning IN work
Career Training experiences prepare youth for employment in a specific range of occupations. Career Training experiences often occur after high school.
DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES
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Umpqua Community College
Apprenticeship programs
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Made in Douglas
Ready for a career that will change your life? Made in Douglas has the resources to get your manufacturing career started .
STATEWIDE/NATIONWIDE RESOURCES
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AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs, made up of three primary programs that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement. Members commit their time to address critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, preparing for disasters, and more.
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