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Career Clusters
Education and Training and Salary
VA Colleges
Postsecondary Options
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This website helps you investigate careers and design your courses of study to advance your career goals.
What is Career Clusters in Virginia www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction.career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml
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This cluster prepares you to help keep people healthy and treat those who are not. You work directly with people by conducting research on diseases and other health information.
What is Health Science?
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This occupation is in the Health Science cluster. Professionals in this career field need to have an associate's degree, and can make up to 46K-96K.
What is a Registered Nurse?
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15 Colleges and Univesities
What is all public colleges in Virginia
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This option is for those who want to serve the public, get an education, and earn a paycheck. This profession offers on-the-job training that can apply to many civilian careers. You must be at least 17 years old and have a high school diploma.
What is the military?
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This website gives you information on all of the branches of the military.
What is Military Information (www.military.com)
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This cluster prepares you for jobs in which you help families and individuals with life services. You can assist people through early childhood care, mental health services, or personal care services. This diverse cluster requires individuals to have superior communication and problem solving skills.
What is Human Services?
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This occupation is in the hospitality & Tourism cluster. Professionals in this field need a high school diploma and can earn 24K-74K.
What are Chefs and Head Cooks?
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Virginia Union University, University of Richmond, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Randolph Macon College
What is Private Colleges in Richmond Area (Central Virginia)
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This option is for those would like to earn at a least a bachelor's degree. This type of education is required for some career fields, but not all.
What are four year colleges or universities?
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This web site allows you to explore careers and identify course offerings that will prepare you for your career. It includes a self-assessment.
What is KnowHow Virginia (www.knowhowvirginia.org)
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This cluster gives you the opportunity to design, develop and manage different types of software programs and hardware. This field requires a solid foundation in mathematics and science as well as high technical skills.
What is Information Technology
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This occupation is in the Human services field. Professionals in this career field need a doctoral or professional degree and could earn 39K-112K.
What are Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists?
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The website for George Mason University
What is www.gmu.edu
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This option offers a quality education at a financial bargain. This choice for education offers degrees that can lead straight to jobs we well as degrees that can be used to transfer to four-year colleges. Through system-wide agreements, students who graduate from one of Virginia's 23 schools with an associated degree and minimum grade point averages may obtain guaranteed admissions to more than 20 of the commonwealth's colleges and universities.
What are Community Colleges?
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This website offers extensive career information, including assessment tools based on interests.
What is Virginia Education Wizard?
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This cluster is an essential function for companies, nonprofits, and organizations. These careers are best for people who are creative and outgoing. Protecting a group’s public image is especially important in today’s tech-savvy society when information can be spread to many people quickly.
What is Marketing?
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This occupation is in the information technology career cluster. It requires a Doctoral or profession degree. Professionals in this field can ear 61K-159K.
What is a Computer and Information Research Scientist?
400
Two Community Colleges in the Richmond Area
What is John Tyler Community College and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
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This option is one work based learning method and offers students opportunities to study and work at the same times. Participants in these programs earn a wage at a job and take related courses, typically working toward a degree.
What is Student Apprenticeships?
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AmeriCorps, City Year, Habitat for Humanity, Peace Corps, Help exchange.
What are Volunteering Organizations?
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This cluster prepares you for the careers using science, technology, engineering and mathematic skills. Workers in their cluster conduct in-depth research to provide solutions to a variety of technical problems within many different fields. A post-secondary degree and relevant work experience are necessary to succeed in this field.
What is Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics?
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This occupation is in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics cluster. Professionals in this field need an associate’s degree (2 yr. degree) and can earn 35K-91K.
What are Electrical and Electronics Drafters?
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This is the length of time to get from Richmond to a college in Harrisonburg (3 hours and 18 minutes). Hint* Look on the map (blue lines)
What is the Driving time to James Madison University
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This option is for those who would like to get a job directly after high school. Student who pursue this path must have the skills and training needed to pursue the career of their choice.
What is the Workforce?