Career Planning

Why get a job when you can have a career? Whatever field you're trying to pursue, we'll help you achieve your dreams, with advice on education, training, important job decisions, career changes, and more.

  • Businesswoman giving deck presentation in a meeting
    How To Improve Your Social Skills for Career Success
  • Cafeteria worker serving food to students
    Who Is the Average Minimum Wage Worker?
  • Worried woman using laptop to look for a job
    What to Do If You're Worried About a Layoff
  • Finding work after incarceration
    How to Reenter the Workforce After Incarceration
  • Worried manufacturing worker in a processing plant
    What to Do When Your Career Disappears
  • Man looking for work at home on laptop
    The Impact of Long-Term Unemployment and How to Get Help
  • Teacher manager with apprentices
    Best Apprenticeship Programs
  • job-search-engine.jpg
    How to Look for a New Job While You Are Furloughed
  • How to manage a layoff
    What Is the Difference Between a Furlough and Layoff?
  • Depositing paycheck remotely via smartphone
    What You Need to Know About Getting Your Final Paycheck
  • Anesthesiologist sedating a patient in an operating room.
    What Does an Anesthesiologist Do?
  • Nurse
    What Does a Nurse Practitioner (NP) Do?
  • 10 Careers With the Most Annual Job Openings: 2016-2026
  • Map with many pins
    10 Best Big Cities for College Grads
  • Business man in office
    How to Brand (or Rebrand) Yourself for the Job You Want
  • Diploma next to a graduation cap with money inside
    Which Education Level Has the Highest ROI for You?
  • Teacher standing in front of a class of students raising hands
    Average Teacher Salary by State
  • Financial advisor talking
    Highest Paying Jobs for Graduates Straight Out of College
  • Bronze charging bull statue on Wall Street
    The Best Wall Street Jobs
  • Woman studying on laptop
    How to Use Udemy to Jump-Start Your Career
  • Heavy Equipment Operator Job Description
    What Does a Heavy Equipment Operator Do?
  • Warehouse worker
    The Best Warehouse Jobs
  • Two drivers looking at electronic tablet
    Medical Card Self-Certification for Commercial Drivers
  • Best tech companies
    10 Best Tech Companies for Your Career
  • Lawyer working late at laptop in urban office
    Best Law Firms for Your Career
  • Image shows a female land surveyor wearing a hard hat and a reflective vest, looking at a sheet of paper with non-descript writing on it. Text reads: "A day in the life of a Surveyor: Calculate areas of land parcels and easements using mathematics and computer software. Interface with civil engineers, landscape architects, cartographers, or urban planners. Conduct physical site surveys using a variety of equipment and tools. Prepare sketches and notes, and perform electronic data collection."
    What Does a Surveyor Do?
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    Top 10 Fastest Growing Industries in the U.S.
  • Illustration of a man pushing a button which leads to different careers, representing choosing a fulfilling career.
    7 Questions That Will Help You Find a Fulfilling Career
  • A day in the life of an electrical engineer: Design and develop, Supervise manufacturing, Evaluate electronical components, Process troubleshooting
    What Does an Electrical Engineer Do?
  • Good Work Habits Can Help You Climb the Ladder To Success
    27 Good Work Habits for a Successful Career
  • Coworkers with different political affiliations
    Talking Politics at Work
  • Plumber Fixing Sink
    What Does a Plumber Do?
  • Veterinarian doing a check-up on a Corgi in clinic
    Careers Working With Animals
  • American Modern Warship In The High Seas
    Navy Advanced Electronics Computer Field (AECF)
  • Wounded Medivaced To Hospitals In Germany
    Air Force Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program
  • A pharmacist talks with a patient.
    Top 9 Pharmacist Duties and Responsibilities
  • Black doctor holding hand of boy in hospital bed
    How to Become a Registered Nurse in the Military
  • Television newswoman reporting on location (focus on woman)
    How to Develop Great Reporting Skills
  • Co-workers having a casual discussion at the office
    How to Greet a New Boss and Make a Good Impression
  • Young woman in law library
    Becoming a Paralegal
  • Time to tackle their new team project together
    How to Become a Lawyer
  • Hospital employee and nurse at job interview
    Thank-You Letter for a Nurse Interview
  • Nurses Discussing Over Documents in Hospital
    Important Nursing Skills for Your Resume
  • Two nurses talking at the hospital as they walk down a corridor.
    Sample Nursing Resumes
  • Nurse holding swaddled baby
    Interview Question: "Why Do You Find Nursing Rewarding?"
  • Nurse on computer with doctor looking over shoulder
    Nurse Job Interview Questions About Handling Stress
  • Nursing filling out patient chart
    Nurse Interview Questions About Patient Complaints
  • Close up female nurse writing on medical record in clinic waiting room
    Interview Question: "Why Did You Choose Nursing as a Career?"
  • Nurse with medical record
    Common Nursing Interview Questions and Best Answers
  • How to multitask successfully
    Important Multitasking Skills Employers Value
  • Terminating an Employee? Payroll Issues
    Top 10 Reasons to Quit Your Job
  • Woman resigning from work
    Sample Resignation Letters: New Employment in a Management Role
  • Three employees looking at an email on a company computer
    Company Internet and Email Policy Sample
  • Office desk with overflowing inbox
    How to Cope When Your Coworkers Lose Their Jobs
  • Know when it is time for you to leave your HR employment.
    When Is Leaving HR the Answer?
  • A day in the life of a truck dispatcher: Make sure truckers' logs are up to date, match truckers with cargo to be hauled, keep truckers up to date on road conditions, have a GED or high school degree
    What Does a Truck Dispatcher Do?
  • A day in the life of a fleet manager: Resolving disputes, Recordkeeping, including registering and licensing vehicles and keeping inspections up to date, Negotiating with suppliers, Implementing and enforcing scheduling and policy changes
    What Does a Fleet Manager Do?
  • A day in the life of a railroad conductor: Communicate effectively with other crew members and passengers, High stamina for long work days on feet, Ability to hear and read warning signs
    What Does a Railroad Conductor Do?
  • Corrections officer searching a jail inmate
    Criminal Justice Careers That Don't Require a Degree
  • Senior man working late
    How to Manage Job Stress
  • lab technician working on a tablet with a stylus
    Are You Feeling Overworked?