BEND, OR, November 06, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Five Tools for Expanding Your Job Search

Are you at the beginning of your job search and don't know where to start? Do you need some variety in the occupations and search terminology you're using? Or are you feeling like your career needs a new direction? Check out these five resources to expand your job search and inspire new ideas for career opportunities.

Take a Career Quiz
The Princeton Review offers a short quiz to help determine your best fit for a career. This engaging 'either/or' style quiz will present you with around 25 questions, and then based on your answers it outlines your strengths, skill sets, and possible career matches. (It is free to use and requires the very quick process of making an account using your email address.)

Envision a Day In the Life of a…Zoologist? Geneticist? Curator?
Another fantastic resource by The Princeton Review is a career search that provides detailed information on all types of occupations, including 'day in the life of'-type depiction of jobs, what type of training/education needed, and a career outlook for early and later in each occupation.

Browse Job Ideas Based on Your Interests
O*Net OnLine offers an extensive list of occupations based on interest, personality, and work style. The job descriptions on this site are comprehensive; you can search based on these types of strengths: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. The search allows you to input your first, second, and third interest options. Results from this search not only include job titles, yet also other things which may inspire you to think outside of the box, including information on necessary skills, occupation-specific tasks, job environment, strengths, and more.

Reconsider Jobs Through a Lens of Functions and Accommodations
JAN (Job Accommodation Network) has many in-depth and helpful resources for job seekers on their website. One of these is a comprehensive search tool - you can search by disabilities/conditions, work-related functions, limitations, accommodations, and more. For example, you might search 'ADHD', and find new ideas for accommodations in the workplace you hadn't previously considered, such as the use of a job coach, adjusting method of supervision, or reinforcing creativity. Take a look! Considering job tasks and responsibilities from these new angles might spark an idea about a job you hadn't previously thought possible.

Look to LinkedIn
Exploring LinkedIn can be a great way to come up with new job possibilities. Take a look at organizations you admire, colleagues in adjacent fields, and professionals that are connections of your connections. In this way, LinkedIn can be an innovative tool to learn about positions you hadn't yet considered.

Happy job seeking!

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