Explore Careers
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Explore Careers

You can use a career-focused approach to make decisions about your program. Search careers using any combination of the criteria provided below, including career clusters, "green" jobs, employment outlook (e.g., Bright Outlook), and interest codes.

In addition to details about these careers, you can also get a list of online programs at Virginia's Community Colleges that will prepare you to start in that career. If you are currently employed, you can use this tool to get the next credential to advance in your career.

Military occupations from My Story are listed below. If an occupation is not selectable, then results are not available either because it has not been cross walked by the Dept. of Education to its Codes for Instructional Programs or by Dept. of Labor to Occupation Classifications.

Career Clusters are groups of related types of work. They give you an easy way to explore different kinds of jobs within one broad category.

Green Jobs are Jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or Jobs in which workers' are involved in making their organization's processes more environmentally friendly.

Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.

Interest Codes provide a system for matching personality types to occupations. Choose three that match you.

Related Programs indicate whether programs related to a career are available at one or more participating institutions.