Ohio Means Jobs

The Ohio Means Jobs website features a student section to engage students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade to start thinking about their careers.

If you go to the Ohio Means Jobs website you can take a guided tour on the site.  Every student at Lexington Junior High creates an account. This account remains active even
after graduation, so they can save information and refer back to it in one place in the future. (There is even an adult version!) For example, if your student completes career interest inventories or other assessments, the information is all saved in the “backpack” on the site.  All of the information on the site is saved. So if you started using the site when you were in elementary or middle school it will still be there for you to access and reference when you are in high school.

There are cool features on the site including the opportunity to create a budget including rent or house payment, grocery costs and utilities.  The site also helps you know if the job areas you have indicated that you are considering will be adequate enough to meet your budget.

The site allows you to find out which colleges in Ohio offer majors in your areas of interest.  So, for example, if you are interested in studying architecture, you can get a list of all of the colleges which offer architecture.

There are also real, live job postings related to each career interest. A student can see exactly what jobs are currently available, qualifications, salary, etc. in their specific areas of interest.

There are practice tests for ACT, SAT, Compass, ASVAB and AP tests along with areas to help with your current classes.

This is a great site to explore and start meaningful conversations with your student!

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