Transcript Unit 4 Researching Careers

Unit 4
Researching Careers
Career Orientation
Research
• To find out more by reading and
talking to people
• Career Research
– Visit job sites
– Talk with workers
– See what real workday is like
Researching Careers At
The Library
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Books
Magazines
Pamphlets
Other resources
• Good way to begin
research
• Quickly identifies
jobs you
would/wouldn’t
enjoy
• Narrows field
Occupational Outlook
Handbook (OOH)
• Describes about 250
occupations in detail
• Occupations account
for about 85% of all
jobs
• New addition every
two years
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Nature of the work
Working conditions
Employment
Training, other
qualifications, and
advancement
Job outlook
Earnings
Related occupations
Sources of additional
information
Dictionary Of Occupational
Titles (DOT)
• Contains occupational descriptions
• Each job title assigned a number
(DOT number)
• Lists over 20,000 different jobs
• Occupations that have first same
three numbers are similar
• http://www.theodora.com/dot_index.
html#T
Guide For Occupational
Exploration (GOE)
• Divides careers into
groups according to
interests
• 12 groups called
interest areas
• Gives definition of
each interest area
• The kind of work
done
• The skills and abilities
needed
• How to decide if you
could learn to do this
kind of work
• How to prepare for
entry into the job area
• Other factors to take
into account when
you are thinking
about a particular job
O*NET-The Occupational
Information Network
• Newest source
• Result of partnership between govt.
and private businesses
• Linked to online job-matching
system called America’s Job Bank
• http://online.onetcenter.org/
ArkOscar
• Arkansas Occupational and Skill
Computer-Assisted Researcher
• www.ArkOscar.org
• It is an Internet accessible career
inventory delivery system that
provides information 24 hours a day
concerning careers
Audiovisual Materials
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Videos
Films
Audiotapes
Show people in actual work settings
Show close-ups of work conditions