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Vermont Career Resource Network
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Education & Training
Education and knowledge open a wide variety of doors, enhancing your chances of finding a career you truly enjoy.
Earnings go up with every year of school completed.
More education or training equals fewer spells of unemployment.
Earnings jump up when a degree or certificate program is completed.
Education pays off because more educated workers learn tasks more easily and are better organized.
Remember that the occupation you choose will make a definite difference in your earning capacity. Degree or no degree.
What type of education and/or training do you need?
You may already know from the previous section, if you looked at the
Occupational Information Center
or the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Another way is to check out the education requirements of an actual job opening
listed at VermontJobLink,
in a newspaper such as the
Burlington Free Press,
or at America's Job Bank.
If you expect to be on the road to college, an excellent place to start is
VSAC - Vermont Student Assistance Corporation.
Created in 1965, VSAC helps Vermonters plan and pay for education beyond high school. Topics on
VSAC's web site include,
Career Exploration
Planning for, Applying to and Paying for College
Resource Library
Vermont Education Links to colleges, universities, and professional schools located in Vermont
Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan
More educational information can be found at Peterson's,
with information about all types of learning from colleges to career schools and
distance learning to summer opportunities. Web-based products include,
Best College Picks
online practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, and TOEFL
QuickStart Career Wizard Career Assessment.
Other college information web sites.
- Fastweb (Scholarship and College search)
FastWeb lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against an expansive
database of colleges and scholarships to help students make the decisions about choosing a college,
paying for college and finding jobs during and after college.
- CollegeBoard
A comprehensive information source for all things related to researching, selecting
and paying for college.
- Wired Scholar
If you're a student wondering where to go to college and how you're going to get there, or if
you're a parent trying to unravel the mystery of the college and the financial aid application
process, wiredscholar is the site for you!
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