Before you take that major step in making your career decisions, you should always gather as much information as you possibly can. Only then can you make an informed decision, and since you will spend a lot of time and effort in your job - it should be the right decision.
Below are links that will allow you to explore various career options. Look them over carefully and try to get as much information as you can.

CityTownInfo.com contains career interviews with 1500 professionals in over 200
fields. These interviews, which are called Career Stories provide a practical perspective for students planning their careers.

Career Stories are part of a larger Career Descriptions section that also includes:

* At-a-glance comparative salary info and job growth on hundreds of
careers.
* Career and education news with daily news reports on career,
employment and college education topics. We're an approved Google news
source.
* Top cities for each job indicating which metro areas have the most
jobs per capita and best pay, relative to others.
* Best paying jobs for each city where students can read an article
about local industry and find the jobs with best relative pay and most
workers relative to other metro areas.
* Top industries for each career in terms of employment and salary.
* Introductory videos on hundreds of careers.
* College search tools for students interested in continuing their
education after graduation.
* City and town information for students who may relocate with
comparative crime, demographic, and other stats on 20,000+ places.

What Can I Do With This Major?
Finally, a convenient website that helps you connect majors with careers
http://career.utk.edu/students/majors.asp

Texas Mentor - An online guide to the private colleges of Texas.  TexasMentor makes finding and applying to any private school in Texas a snap.  The Career Center Link helps you explore careers from A-Z     http://www.texasmentor.org/

The Black Collegian - A career site for students of color.  The Career Center link provides articles, advice, news, tools, and examples to help you be successful in your career. 
http://www.black-collegian.com/

Career Consulting -arts and languages, computer science, government careers, inustry trades, non profit careers and engineering careers.

The Saludos Career Guide - provides career information in accounting, banking, financial planners, and security sales/stockbrokers.

The College Board offers information on a wide range of jobs and professions not found elsewhere.

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