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ORT 110 Websites for Students  

• Effective Studying
• Learning Styles
• MBTI Tests and Information
• Time Management
• Note-taking & Memory
• Reading Strategies
• Decision-Making Skills
• Career Assessment
• Career Information
• Test Taking
• Informational Interviews
• Resume Writing

Effective Studying

• Study Skills Checklist
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html

• How to Control Study Environment
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html

• Concentration
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/concentr.html

• Preparing to Study
  http://www.how-to-study.com/Preparing%20to%20Study.htm 

• Basics of Effective Learning
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/concepts.htm 

• Basics of Effective Learning  Site Map  
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/sitemap.htm

Learning Styles

• Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire (web version) 
  http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

• Descriptions of learning styles
  http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSdir/styles.htm Source: North Carolina State University by Barbara A. Soloman and Richard M. Felder.

• Modality Questionnaire
  http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/modquest.html

• Scoring and Evaluating the Modality Questionnaire
  http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/modtable.html
   

MBTI Tests and Information

• Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test
  http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

• MBTI Profiles  
  http://www.typelogic.com/

• Learning Styles and MBTI 
  http://www.gsu.edu/~dschjb/wwwmbti.html

• Strengthening Your Learning
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/interpss.htm

Time Management

•  Time Management Techniques
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

• Time Management Scheduling
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesug.html

• Where Does Time Go?
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/TMInteractive.html

• Time Scheduling
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesch.html 

• Time Management Tips and Survey 
  http://www.gmu.edu/departments/csdc/time.htm

• Evaluating Your Schedule 
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/sched.htm

Note-taking & Memory

• Cornell System Notes
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/cornell.html

• Note Taking
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/notetake.html

• Visual Organizing
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/visual-org.htm

• Mind Maps
  http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm

• Strategies for Improving Memory and Concentration 
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

• Remembering 
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/remember.html

• Improving Memory
  http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TIM.htm 

• Mnemonics 
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/mnemonics.htm

Reading Strategies

• Mind Tools
  http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_04.htm 

Decision-Making Skills

• Decision-Making Skills 
  http://www.hooah4health.com/spirit/decisions.htm 

Career Assessments

• Worker Interest Quiz  (Holland’s RAISEC codes)
  http://www.myfuture.com/ Source: Career Toolbox

• Career Link Inventory
  http://www.mpcfaculty.net/CL/climain.htm

• O'Net Interest Profiler  - Click on "Assessment link"
  http://www.masscis.intocareers.org/  

Career Information

• Mass Careers (very good site based on MA jobs and economy)
  http://masscis.intocareers.org/

• Career Interests Game
  http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php Source:  Missouri University

• Occupational Outlook Handbook Online (one of the most comprehensive career info sites)
  http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm . 

• Salary Wizard (calculates salaries)
   http://swz-vault.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_newsearch.asp 
  

• Career InfoNet (salaries, trends, state specific info) 
  http://www.acinet.org/acinet/

•  Fastest growing occupations
  http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview1.asp?soccode=undefined&stfips=undefined&from=National&Level=Post2nd&x=28&y=2

Test Taking

• 7 Strategies for Improving Test Taking
  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html  Virginia Tech,

• Exam Hints
  http://www.isu.edu/~kingkath/exam.html   Dr. Kathleen King

• Questioning and Using Cognitive Structure
  http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/question.htm  Source:  Bucks County CC (general study, notetaking and reading skills)

 Informational Interviews

• Preparation and Questions 
  http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2002/summer/art03.pdf Source: bls.gov OLD: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/jets/jet-9407-p.html  Source: (NO LINK)

• Informational Interviewing Tutorial
  http://www.quintcareers.com/informational_interviewing.html 

• Identifying People to Interview
  http://www.quintcareers.com/information_people.html

• Requesting an Informational Interview in Person or by Phone
  http://www.quintcareers.com/information_phone.html

• Questions to Ask at the Informational Interview
  http://www.quintcareers.com/information_interview.html

• Links About Informational Interviewing
  http://www.quintcareers.com/information_links.html  Source: Quintenssential Careers

Resume Writing and Sample Resumes

• Job Web 
  http://www.jobweb.com

• Monster Track  Career Guide
  http://careerguide.beyond.com/js/careerresources/reswriting/rehelp.asp?src=crmain

• College Grad.com
  http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/index.shtml

• University of New Hampshire
  http://www.unh.edu/uacc/pdfs/resumewriting.pdf

• About.com
  http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumes/

• Mercer County Community College
  http://www.mccc.edu/student_services_counseling_career.shtml

• Quintessential Careers
  http://www.quintcareers.com/resume_samples.html

• Vault Inc.com
  http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa

• Job Web
  http://www.jobweb.com/resumes_interviews.aspx

Miscellaneous

• Personal Motivation Self-Assessment by Skip Downing (On Course) 
  http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/assessment.cgi?TEST=1&ASSESS_FILE=/collegesurvival/downing/on_course/4e/students/assessments/assess/pretest.xml

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