Iowa Career Resource Guide

The Iowa Career Resource Guide is the result of a collaborative partnership between Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Education. The purpose of the guide is to provide information to assist individuals with career planning and aid them in making informed career choices. The publication provides an interest assessment, national and Iowa data organized into sixteen career clusters, career exploration and planning information topics such as financial aid, interviewing, Iowa Workforce Development Centers locations and much more.

Introduction and Interest Inventory
What's Inside: Career Resource Guide Introduction (page 3);
Career Cluster Interest Survey (page 6).

Career Clusters

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources through Government and Public Administration
What's Inside: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (page 13); Architecture and Construction (page 16); Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications (page 20); Business, Management, and Administration (page 22); Education and Training (page 27); Finance and Insurance (page 29); Government and Public Administration (page 33).

Health Science through Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics

What's Inside: Health Science (page 35); Hospitality and Tourism (page 38); Human Services (page 42); Information Technology (page 44); Law, Public Safety, and Security (page 46); Manufacturing, Installation, and Repair (page 48); Marketing, Sales and Service (page 54); Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (page 58); Transportation, Distribution and Logistics (page 60).

Career Exploration and Planning
Career Exploration and Planning Part I

What's Inside: Iowa's Twenty-first Century Workplace Skills (page 63); Investigating Careers (page 64); Education Pays (page 66); College Entrance Requirements (page 67); Iowa Apprenticeship Programs (page 71); Iowa Workforce Development Centers (page 72).

Career Exploration and Planning Part II

What's Inside:  The Job Search (page 73); Preparing a Resume (page 74); Cover Letters (page 76); The Job Interview (page 77).

Resources for Students & Parents

Acknowledgments