About GCIS

The Georgia Career Information Center operates the Georgia Career Information System (GCIS). Working with educational and labor market professional, GCIS contains assessments, explorations, and search strategies as well as the most comprehensive and accurate state and national occupational and educational information. In addition to career management tools for individuals, tools are available to assist administrators.

GCIS provides Georgia’s students and adult learners with vital career information.

GCIS is used in Georgia's elementary, middle, and high schools; colleges and universities; technical colleges; Employment Service offices; Rehabilitation Services offices; Department of Labor offices; Department of Family and Children Services offices; Department of Juvenile Justice; and public libraries.

This year Georgians will access GCIS at more than 1,400 sites throughout the state.

Occupation Sort - Generates a list of occupations that use your abilities and interests

Occupation Sort Classic - Generates a list of occupations that use your skills, abilities, and interests

SKILLS Assessment - Links occupations with self-assessed skills (English & Spanish)

Interest Profiler - Identifies work activity interests and matches them with GCIS occupations

Work Importance Locator - Identifies work values and matches them with GCIS occupations

Undergraduate School Sort - Creates a list of undergraduate schools that match your preferences

Graduate School Sort - Creates a list of graduate schools that match your interests

Financial Aid Sort - Generates a list of financial awards that match your preferences

IDEAS™ - Provides a self-assessment tool that identifies career-related interests and matches them with GCIS occupations (English & Spanish)

Reality Check - Compares costs of living with career and educational goals (English & Spanish)

Career Cluster Inventory - Creates a list of occupations based on your preferences (English & Spanish)

Occupations - Contains descriptions of hundreds of occupations (Career Videos in English and Spanish)

Job Search - Offers advice about creating résumés and looking for a job (English & Spanish)

Keep That Job - Provides information about real-life skills and good job habits (English & Spanish)

Career Profiles - Provides a first person perspective about careers (in English & Spanish)

Programs of Study - Describes admission requirements, course work, and instructional programs

Georgia Schools - Provides detailed information on schools in Georgia (2-year, 4-year, technical, and vocational)

U.S. Schools - Offers detailed information about national 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities

Financial Aid - Examines forms of financial assistance, such as scholarships, grants, and loans as well as tips, descriptions, links, and deadlines

Learning Activities - Infuses career information into classroom projects and activities (over 400 subject-based activities)

Program Profiles - Provides a first-person perspective about programs of study and training (English & Spanish)

The GCIS My Portfolio is an online, personal career folder to store your career research, educational plans, assessment and interest inventory results, financial awards, schools, occupations, programs of study, favorite items, personal plans, accomplishments, extracurricular activities, skills and abilities, awards and certificates, and job search information.

The GCIS My Portfolio offers a career plan of action using career information and assessments in GCIS along with career development worksheets and activities. My Portfolio in GCIS includes the following components for career enrichment:

My Career Plan

Organizes exploration using the stages of career development

My Course Plan

Provides an electronic multi-year education outline

My Education and Work History

Stores employment and educational information for résumé building and creation