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CareerOneStop

CareerOneStop provides resources for career exploration, training, and jobs. The website is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Job Corps

Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the US Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16–24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training.

CareerColleges.com

With plenty of resources on vocational training and in-depth information on trade schools, career colleges, and vocational programs, CareerColleges.com is the perfect place to go to find anything students need to make an informed decision about where to learn their desired trade.

Center for Employment Training

With over four decades of experience in job training, Center for Employment Training remains uniquely successful. CET provides hands on vocational skill training in a challenging, real world setting that puts students on the path to success.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provides plenty of consumer information about vocational or trade schools and anything students need to know before they are applying.

JobTrain Vocational Training

As an educational and training institution that also offers career counseling and job placement services to our graduates, JobTrain helps their clients launch new careers and break out of the community’s existing cycle of poverty, low education levels, homelessness, drugs, crime, and prison.  Through each student’s personal and professional growth, JobTrain is creating a new and positive model for other members of the community.

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) coordinates programs that are related to education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges. ED.gov provides resources to expand the knowledge on information regarding vocational training beyond the classroom.

Online Vocational Training Courses

Hospitality, travel & tourism, interior decorating, fashion design, paralegal, firefighting, construction, medical transcription. Online and distance learning vocational training courses and certificate programs let you train for a new career or job on your own time.

Vocational School Database

Real Work Matters (RWM) provides a database of private post-secondary Vocational Schools in 50 states. It is organized by state and the training occupation providing easy navigating for both students and educators.

NOVA Youth Employment Program

NOVA’s Young Adult Program is for young people, ages 17-24, to learn how to search for jobs effectively, explore careers, find volunteer opportunities, and much more.

LabXchange

LabXchange is a global science classroom open to every curious mind. Created at Harvard University with support from the Amgen Foundation, this powerful digital platform makes high-quality science education accessible, connects learning to careers, and gives everyone, everywhere, the opportunity to chart a path in science—for free. Through collaboration, personalization, and contextualization, LabXchange offers an integrated teaching and learning ecosystem in which tomorrow’s thought leaders can build knowledge, contribute unique perspectives, and engage with a diverse, global community to develop a sense of belonging.