Resources

Huntington University

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian university of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations, including our most popular programs in film and animation, nursing, psychology and social work.

Secondary Education/CTE

AMP Lab

Amp Lab at Electric Works gives four hundred 11th and 12th graders from the five Fort Wayne Community Schools the opportunity to enhance their educational experience. Students will spend half of their day at their comprehensive high school taking core classes and half of their day at the Amp Lab bringing their learning to life! We exist to create opportunities for students to explore their passions, apply their talents, and make our community a better place. The Amp Lab is a unique learning environment built for students of diverse backgrounds to gain real-world experience in an innovative and agile setting.

Indiana Career Ready

INDIANA CAREER READY is your single source providing the tools needed to prepare and find high-demand and high-wage jobs needed now and in the future. Step inside and discover the next level of your career!

WorkLearn Indiana

Work and Learn Indiana is a FREE work-based learning matching marketplace connecting Indiana employers, anyone seeking a work-based learning experience, high schools, colleges and universities. We help Indiana employers and community partners develop and retain Hoosier talent through relevant work-and-learn experiences that drive a highly skilled and equitable workforce.

Job Corps

Job Corps is the largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16–24. We connect you with the skills and education you need to get the career you want! You can even enroll and complete orientation and the career preparation courses you need for your training, all online. Then join us on campus to get the hands-on experience you need for a successful career.

Career One Stop

Career One Stop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides a variety of resources, tools, support, and information to help students finish their education, further their education, and find the right career.

Indiana Career Ready

INDIANA CAREER READY is your single source providing the tools needed to prepare and find high-demand and high-wage jobs needed now and in the future. Step inside and discover the next level of your career!

Apprenticeship.gov

Apprenticeship.gov is the one-stop source to connect career seekers, employers, and education partners with apprenticeship resources. Discover apprenticeships across industries, how programs are started by employers, and how to become an apprentice.

Trades Hub

The Trades Hub website features easy access to resources, scholarships, and job opportunities (including our unique day-in-the-life videos) that promote career pathways and opportunities in Construction & Systems, Machines & Manufacturing, and Vehicles & Engines. The Hub is an indispensable resource for high schools, community organizations, technical colleges, and employers!

Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience

Very few of us hold jobs that line up directly with our past experiences or what we studied in college. Take TED Resident Jason Shen; he studied biology but later became a product manager at a tech company. In this quick, insightful talk about human potential, Shen shares some new thinking on how job seekers can make themselves more attractive -- and why employers should look for ability over credentials.

How I became an entrepreneur at 66

It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner -- after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business with his experience and passion. And he's not alone.

The power of time off

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.

Why you will fail to have a great career

In this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue their passions.

The way we think about work is broken

What makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz suggests, our current way of thinking about work simply ignores. It's time to stop thinking of workers as cogs on a wheel.

The career advice you probably didn’t get

You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before quite so plainly.

Career One Stop

Career One Stop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides a variety of resources, tools, support, and information to help students finish their education, further their education, and find the right career.

Apprenticeship.gov

Apprenticeship.gov is the one-stop source to connect career seekers, employers, and education partners with apprenticeship resources. Discover apprenticeships across industries, how programs are started by employers, and how to become an apprentice.

Blue Collar Brain

Blue Collar Brain wants to help you find a skilled trade career that does not require a college degree! Our website offers career profiles and resources for finding a trade career that is right for you.

Explore the Trades

At Explore The Trades our mission is to recruit individuals to the plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical trades. These industries keep our country running. Jobs in these industries are in high demand and come with great pay, career opportunities and job security. We want to help you discover that these careers aren’t just a choice – they’re the best choice.

15 Best Jobs for Trade School Graduates

Not every career requires a bachelor's degree. If you're considering entering a vocation, check out these popular‚ and lucrative trade school jobs.

Resources for Women in the Skilled Trades

Studies show that when the women’s labor force participation rises, so does the economy and the GDP. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics notes in the databook Women in the Labor Force that women may represent more than half of all workers within several industries.

The Stigma of Choosing Trade School Over College

This shift in the job and education markets can leave parents feeling unsure about the career path their children choose to pursue. Lack of knowledge and misconceptions about the trades can lead parents to steer their kids away from these programs, when vocational training might be a surer path to a stable job.

Next Level Jobs

Next Level Jobs is here to help you find the resources you need to secure a job, explore new careers, access free training or get career advice.

Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship

You may be able to secure a registered apprenticeship as young as 16 years old. Learn more at www.in.gov/dwd/owbla, where you can use an apprenticeship finder to search for opportunities, apply directly with the employer or sponsor, or simply learn about apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship and Certified State Earn and Learn (SEAL) programs. You can also contact your local WorkOne Northeast career center. WorkOne Northeast locations can be found at www.neinworks.org/workone-locations

Work and Learn Indiana

Work and Learn Indiana is a program of the Institute for Workforce Excellence, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The goal of Work and Learn Indiana is to create or expand high-quality experiential opportunities, such as internships and apprenticeships, and retain Hoosier talent. Even if you aren’t ready yet for an internship or apprenticeship, you might want to take a peek at www.workandlearnindiana.com The site includes a searchable database of employers and candidates.

Learn More Indiana

Led by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Learn More Indiana is a partnership of state and local organizations working to help Hoosiers of all ages complete education and training beyond high school. Our team offers a variety of helpful resources to help all Hoosiers — from kindergarteners to adults — turn their college and career dreams into reality. Contact us and find out how you can get involved here. Learn More Indiana is more than happy to assist any student or parent who wants to learn more about the process of preparing for college, succeeding once in college, and how to pay for it all.

J Kruse Education

During and after-school programming created to help students discover the career they are passionate about. Has internships/job shadow, and coaching capabilities.

WorkLearn Indiana

Work and Learn Indiana is a FREE work-based learning matching marketplace connecting Indiana employers, anyone seeking a work-based learning experience, high schools, colleges and universities. We help Indiana employers and community partners develop and retain Hoosier talent through relevant work-and-learn experiences that drive a highly skilled and equitable workforce.

Book Club for Kids

This excellent biweekly podcast features middle schoolers talking about a popular YA book, as well as sharing their favorite book recommendations.

Wow in the World

Wow in the World takes kids (and their grown-ups) on a journey fueled by curiosity and wonder.

Circle Round

Circle Round is an engaging, gentle storytime podcast aimed at kids. In every episode, narrator Rebecca Sheir tells a lesser-known folktale or story from around the world, helped by a rotating voice cast of talented stage and screen actors.

RadioLab for Kids

Kid-friendly stories curated by Radiolab. All in one bingeable spot!

Brains On!

We’re an award-winning science podcast for kids and curious adults from American Public Media.

Tumble - A Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble is a science podcast for kids, to be enjoyed by the entire family. We tell stories about science discoveries, with the help of scientists! Join Lindsay and Marshall as they ask questions, uncover mysteries, and share what science is all about.

The Big Fib

In the era of fake news, kids need to learn to be able to tell what’s true from what’s false. And what better way to do that than a game show that puts kids in the driver’s seat, adults on the hot seat, and a sound-effects robot strapped to the roof?

But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids

But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world

StoryCorps

One of the largest oral history projects of its kind, StoryCorps has recorded the stories of over 250,000 people in the U.S.

Science Friday

Science Friday with Ira Flatow covers a variety of complex science topics, from the first Apollo moon landing to climate change to how exercise affects the heart.

Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS)

The MIDAS provides a comprehensive description of a person’s intellectual potential and is used by individuals, families, schools and businesses around the world.

Clifton StrengthsExplorer

Clifton StrengthsExplorer helps kids discover and develop their talents. Each child is gifted in their own extraordinary way, but sometimes we take that for granted. In fact, having unique differences is our best multiplier for success. You can better prepare your elementary- and middle-school-aged children by giving them the ability to better know their own potential. By taking Clifton StrengthsExplorer, your child will receive a report with their top three talents and ideas for how to highlight, illuminate and provide important data and action steps for a better future. When kids discover their talents, it can lead to: resilience and confidence productivity and engagement in school hope and direction for the future And doesn't every child deserve to have all of these advantages? Primarily for ages 10-14, ages 15+ should use Clifton Strengths. (fee based)

Clifton Strengths (formerly Strengths Finder)

Completing the online talent assessment (formerly the Clifton StrengthsFinder) is your way to: - discover what you naturally do best - learn how to develop your greatest talents into strengths - use your personalized results and reports to maximize your potential This is primarily for ages 15+. Ages 10-14 should use Clifton StrengthsExplorer. (fee-based)

The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success

Whether you're a seasoned professional in search of a career change or a beginner just entering the working world, you want to make the right choices from the beginning. No matter where you are in your journey, if you want work to be more of a dance than a drag, The Pathfinder will expertly coach you through the process of designing a career you will love.

Now What?: The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career

The impolite truth nobody mentions in college commencement speeches: "Many of you have just spent four years and a small fortune studying something you will never use, and, if you do, you won't like all that much. Have a nice life." Up until now, you've had to rely on hit-and-miss methods of picking your career that lead to only 30 percent of college graduates reporting satisfaction with their careers.

Focus Forward

Serving 16-24 year olds that have significant barriers to employment and are currently not enrolled in traditional schooling throughout northeast Indiana Education and paid employment opportunities that will lead to vocational success! Provides paid Work Experiences with guided pathways leading to long term jobs. The Be SomeOne Now program is a joint program of SCAN, Inc. and Northeast Indiana Works, which is part of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG)

Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting young people of great promise.

Indiana Career Explorer

Indiana Career Explorer is a powerful tool that empowers people to explore careers and plan their next steps.

Questa Education Foundation

Since 1937, Questa Education Foundation has been helping individuals access post-secondary education, graduate with less debt, and become contributing members of Northeast Indiana’s workforce.

Area 18 CTE Cooperative

Area 18 CTE delivers 294 career related class sessions at nine high schools located in Huntington, Blackford, Wells, Adams and Jay counties.

Next Level Jobs

Next Level Jobs is here to help you find the resources you need to secure a job, explore new careers, access free training or get career advice.

Job Corps

Job Corps is the largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16–24. We connect you with the skills and education you need to get the career you want! You can even enroll and complete orientation and the career preparation courses you need for your training, all online. Then join us on campus to get the hands-on experience you need for a successful career.

Career One Stop

Career One Stop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides a variety of resources, tools, support, and information to help students finish their education, further their education, and find the right career.

Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship

You may be able to secure a registered apprenticeship as young as 16 years old. Learn more at www.in.gov/dwd/owbla, where you can use an apprenticeship finder to search for opportunities, apply directly with the employer or sponsor, or simply learn about apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship and Certified State Earn and Learn (SEAL) programs. You can also contact your local WorkOne Northeast career center. WorkOne Northeast locations can be found at www.neinworks.org/workone-locations

Work and Learn Indiana

Work and Learn Indiana is a program of the Institute for Workforce Excellence, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The goal of Work and Learn Indiana is to create or expand high-quality experiential opportunities, such as internships and apprenticeships, and retain Hoosier talent. Even if you aren’t ready yet for an internship or apprenticeship, you might want to take a peek at www.workandlearnindiana.com The site includes a searchable database of employers and candidates.

IMPACT Institute

The Impact Institute (formerly known as Four County Vocational Cooperative until 2013) was formed by a joint service agreement between ten school corporations in June 1969. The Cooperative provides vocational programs, administers adult education and coordinates communications with the Indiana Department of Education and other state agencies. The thirteen currently school corporations currently served are located in the five northeast Indiana counties of Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben, and Whitley.

Heartland Career Center

Heartland Career Center is specifically designed to assist students with honing their job search skills, identifying and working toward career goals, finding suitable careers or graduate school programs, getting referrals to employers, and boosting networking skills. We help guide students into majors or careers they may not be familiar with, then help formulate a plan to achieve those goals. We are here to help you reach your goals.

Indiana Career Explorer

Indiana Career Explorer is a powerful tool that empowers people to explore careers and plan their next steps.

Next Level Jobs

Next Level Jobs is here to help you find the resources you need to secure a job, explore new careers, access free training or get career advice.

Job Corps

Job Corps is the largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16–24. We connect you with the skills and education you need to get the career you want! You can even enroll and complete orientation and the career preparation courses you need for your training, all online. Then join us on campus to get the hands-on experience you need for a successful career.

Career One Stop

Career One Stop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides a variety of resources, tools, support, and information to help students finish their education, further their education, and find the right career.

Myers-Briggs Assessment (Personality Assessment and Identifier)

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment is one of the world’s most popular personality tools. Used by more than 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies in 115 countries, and available in 29 languages, it has become the go-to framework for people development globally. With more than 70 years of science-based, research-based insight, the MBTI assessment is a robust tool for self-awareness and improvement. It provides positive language for understanding and valuing individual differences. With practical insight that’s easy to understand and implement, the MBTI assessment has helped thousands of organizations and millions of people around the world improve how they communicate, learn, and work. Although there is no set cut off point for using the MBTI tool with younger people, as long as they have the reading capacity to understand the questionnaire, it is generally recommended that the MBTI tool is not be suitable for those younger than 13 years of age.

Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS)

The MIDAS provides a comprehensive description of a person’s intellectual potential and is used by individuals, families, schools and businesses around the world.

Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale, Second Edition (BERS-2)

The BERS-2 measures the personal strengths and competencies of children from three perspectives: self, parent, and teacher.

Dunn and Dunn Online Learning Style Assessments

The Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Inventory Model measures environmental, emotional, sociological, physiological, and psychological preferences as they affect learning. Dunn and Dunn is one of the best Learning Styles Inventories you can use to focus on your child's learning preferences.

Clifton StrengthsExplorer

Clifton StrengthsExplorer helps kids discover and develop their talents. Each child is gifted in their own extraordinary way, but sometimes we take that for granted. In fact, having unique differences is our best multiplier for success. You can better prepare your elementary- and middle-school-aged children by giving them the ability to better know their own potential. By taking Clifton StrengthsExplorer, your child will receive a report with their top three talents and ideas for how to highlight, illuminate and provide important data and action steps for a better future. When kids discover their talents, it can lead to: resilience and confidence productivity and engagement in school hope and direction for the future And doesn't every child deserve to have all of these advantages? Primarily for ages 10-14, ages 15+ should use Clifton Strengths. (fee based)

Clifton Strengths (formerly Strengths Finder)

Completing the online talent assessment (formerly the Clifton StrengthsFinder) is your way to: - discover what you naturally do best - learn how to develop your greatest talents into strengths - use your personalized results and reports to maximize your potential This is primarily for ages 15+. Ages 10-14 should use Clifton StrengthsExplorer. (fee-based)

Learn More Indiana

Led by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Learn More Indiana is a partnership of state and local organizations working to help Hoosiers of all ages complete education and training beyond high school. Our team offers a variety of helpful resources to help all Hoosiers — from kindergarteners to adults — turn their college and career dreams into reality. Contact us and find out how you can get involved here. Learn More Indiana is more than happy to assist any student or parent who wants to learn more about the process of preparing for college, succeeding once in college, and how to pay for it all.