Captech Career Development Center is devoted to providing assistance to faculty and staff members, current students, prospective students and other interested individuals. This includes résumé preparation, job-seeking skills, and interviewing techniques.
The links on this page are evolving and we welcome your input. If you would like to suggest any web-based resources to add to the list, please email us at careerdevelopment@captech.edu.jm. Include the web site address and a brief description.
Click on headings below to find some of the best career development links on the internet.
Psychometric Testing
Psychometric Success provides free Psychometric and Aptitude Tests
http://www.psychometric-success.com/
Map Free Career Planning Tools for you. Find a career that motivates you.
www.assessment.com
Career Test - Find your ideal career in 30 minutes
www.careertest.us
Don’t know what career you want? Take the Career Key test
http://www.careerpath.com/
Personality test (Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typology)
www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm - 4k -
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
www.keirsey.com/siteexplain.html
Internship Programmes
United Nations Internship programme
http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/index.htm
USAID -International internships to help with international development.
www.usaid.gov/careers
Scholarships
Canadian Scholarships
A listing of scholarships available for students accepted to Canadian institutions of higher education. Includes descriptions of scholarships' application requirements. Also provides a list of Canadian universities and colleges that provide their students with funding.
http://www.univforum.com/canadian-scholarships
Higher Education Scholarships (Office of the Cabinet, Jamaica)
http://www.cabinet.gov.jm/scholarships.asp
Job Postings
Bank of Jamaica Careers
http://www.boj.org.jm/careers.php
Office of the Services Commission
Go Jamaica
www.go-jamaica.com/jobsmart
The Jamaica Defense Force Careers
http://www.jdfmil.org/careers/officer.html
Cable and Wireless Jamaica Career Guide
http://home.cwjamaica.com/content/Careers/
Caribbean Cement Company
http://www.caribcement.com/careers/
Air Jamaica
http://www.airjamaica.com/Jobs.aspx
Splash Jamaica Jobs and Careers
http://www.splashjamaica.com/
Caribbean jobs listed by island
http://www.bizzz.com/photoads5/viewads.html
Search engine and career social networking/community web site serving the wider Caribbean region
http://www.csmejobs.net/
Search for jobs in Jamaica and throughout the world
http://www.4icj.com/jm/
Lex Caribbean Careers ( Legal Services)
http://www.lexcaribbean.com
Monster
contains thousands of job postings, especially in technology and the medical field. It also has a career networking section for job candidates.
www.monster.com
Accreditation
Accreditation Guide to US Schools
http://educationusa.state.gov/accred.htm
Accreditation of schools in the US
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
AACSB International accreditation
http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/
The University Council Of Jamaica
universitycouncilja.com
Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions
www.caam-hp.org
The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)
http://www.inqaahe.org/
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
www.qca.org.uk
Quality Assurance Agencyfor Higher Education
www.qaa.ac.uk
Department for Children, Schools and Families
www.dfes.gov.uk
Examination Bodies
Caribbean Examinations Council
http://www.cxc.org/
Cambridge International Examinations
www.cie.org.uk
City and Guilds
www.city-and-guilds.co.uk
Edexcel
www.edexcel.org.uk
Institute of Legal Executives
www.ilex.org.uk
Publications
Choices Magazine
http://www.choicesmagazine.com/
Other Related Links
International education directory selecting and reviewing world-wide accredited Universities and Colleges. 4icu.org includes 7000 Colleges and Universities ranked by popularity in 200 countries and is a free starting point to study abroad.
http://www.4icu.org
UNESCO Higher Education Portal
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44351&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Academia
Women in Higher Education
www.wihe.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Created by the Career Development Department at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ |
