Resources
Explore Career Options
Are you looking for post-high school options? Check out the links below or talk with one of our trained counselors about what might work best for you. Fill out the contact information form here, and someone will be in touch within 48 hours.
Alternatives to the Military
So if you aren’t sure the military is a good fit for you, what other options are out there? These sites will give you some ideas.
- Peaceful Careers: Career alternatives to the military that offer ways to develop job and teamwork skills, learn personal discipline, and pursue educational goals.
- Project Yano: Documents relating to non-military alternatives for college financial aid, job training and placement (San Diego County only) and careers in peacemaking and social change. Available for free downloading and printing.
- The Center on Conscience & War: Offers links to peaceful career paths, organizations that protect the environment and university programs related to peace, justice and human rights.
Education Scholarships and Grants
Are you looking for financial aid for college or trade school? Check out the links below. Also, don’t forget to check your local high school guidance counselor pages for local foundations that offer scholarships.
- Federal Student Aid: Explains the financial aid process, offering timelines, checklists and exploration of over 900 career choices.
- Best Scholarship Websites for Students: Reviews of popular scholarship sites.
- Vocational Scholarships: View upcoming vocational scholarships with deadlines.
- Minority Scholarships: View upcoming minority scholarships with deadlines.
- Don’t forget to check out your local high school guidance counselor page for local scholarship options.
Service Opportunities
Not sure you want to go to college right after graduation, but would like to serve your community and learn new skills? You might want to consider a service experience for a year or more. Check out these options. Some of them offer a stipend and/or money for college.
- Americorps: AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve directly with nonprofit organizations to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges.
- Corps Network: Through a defined term of service, Corps participants – or “Corpsmembers” – gain work experience and develop in-demand skills.
- Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home.
- Volunteers for Peace: AVermont-based nonprofit offering meaningful, cross-cultura, and affordable volunteer opportunities.
- SALT (Serving and Learning Together): Mennonite Central Committee’s year-long cross cultural experience for young adults in the U.S. and Canada.
- Service Adventure: Explore your faith and get real-world experience through placements with grassroots agencies and church ministries.
Jobs, Job Training, Apprenticeships
Are you ready to enter the workforce, but need some skills training? Check out vocational training centers in your local community or look up options in the sites below.
- Career One Stop: Job banks by state and location
- Job Corps: Whether you’re searching for a new career, finishing your high school diploma or exploring your options, Job Corps can provide you with FREE training to jump-start your future.
- Vocational Scholarships: Vocation scholarships with deadlines