O*NET - Powerful Career Exploration Tool

The O*NET is one of the world's premier career exploration and occupational research tools.


The O*NET On-Line and Content Model had six descriptors or domains –

• Worker Characteristics
• Worker Requirements
• Experience Requirements
• Occupation Requirements
• Occupation Specific
• Occupation Characteristics

Worker Characteristics are the acquired knowledge, skills, effective work performance.

• Abilities — Qualities that influence performance
• Occupational Interests — Preferences for work environments
• Work Values —Specific needs that are important to a person's satisfaction
• Work Styles — Personal characteristics that can affect how well someone performs a job.

Worker Requirements are characteristics descriptors relating to work-related qualities that are acquired and/or developed through experience and education.

• Basic Skills — Developed abilities that facilitate learning or the gaining of knowledge
• Cross-Functional Skills — Developed skills that increase performance of activities that occur across jobs
• Knowledge — System of principles and facts
• Education — Prior educational experience required to perform in a job

Experience Requirements — requirements that are required to perform to work activities and explicitly linked to certain types of work activities.Experience and Training — When someone is hired to perform a job, there are the following requirements –

• Basic Skills - Entry Requirement — Entry requirement for skills that are need to increase learning or the gaining of knowledge
• Cross-Functional Skills - Entry Requirement — Entry requirement for developed abilities and skills that impove performance of activities that occur across jobs
• Licensing — Licenses, certificates, or registrations that are awarded to show that a job holder has gained certain skills.

Occupation-Specific Information

• Tasks — Occupation-Specific Tasks
• Tools and Technology — Machines, equipment, tools, software, and information technology workers used to perform work tasks.

Workforce Characteristics

• Labor Market Information — Current labor force characteristics of occupations
• Occupational Outlook — Future labor force characteristics of occupations

Occupational Requirements are factors that describe what various occupations require.

• Generalized Work Activities — General types of job behaviors
• Detailed Work Activities — Detailed types of job behaviors
• Organizational Context — Characteristics of the organization that influence how people do their work
• Work Context — Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work

Source: O*NET OnLine Career Exploration Tools
DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration) is the exclusive owner of all rights under U.S. copyright laws and international treaty provisions in the O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools. Any other copyright notices refer only to Learning for Life Resource Center's original work in the product.
O*NET and O*NET IN IT and logos are trademarks of the DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration).


Here are O*NET career exploration tools -

• Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook 
• O*NET and Holland Codes Fact Sheets
• Career Interests Inventory

Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook

For Doing In-Depth Research on Job Descriptions, Career Options, and Education Options

 

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook is:

• Must-read resource for counselors and teachers
• An essential reference book that is a requirement for any career advisement, counseling, or counseling program, library, or resource room

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook is the best reference guide available that lists information about:

• Career Clusters/ GOE Interest Groups
• Holland Codes
• ONET Codes
• Job descriptions

The Handbook has more than 6,500 job descriptions — more than in any other career research book:

• All job descriptions from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Plus thousands more from the ONet and Dictionary of Occupational Titles

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook combines information from the most authoritative occupational data sources:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET database
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles
• Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes

How to use the Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook
The major tools to using the Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook are:

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Appendix
• Indexes

The Table of Contents lists the following interest clusters or job groupings:

• Management, Business, and Financial Operations Occupations
• Professional and Related Occupations
• Service Occupations
• Sales and Related Occupations
• Office and Administrative Support Occupations
• Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
• Construction, Trades, and Related Workers
• Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
• Production Occupations
• Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
• Job Opportunities in the Armed Forces

The Introduction section provides information of the following topics:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook and Job Descriptions
• O*NET and Job Descriptions
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Job Descriptions
• 16 GOE Interest Areas
• Holland Personality Types
• OOH Job Descriptions

From the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Job Descriptions, you receive the listing of the following topics:

• Job Title and ONET Job Numbers
• Holland Personality Types
• Significant Points
• Nature of the Work
• Working Conditions
• Employment
• Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
• Job Outlook
• Earning
• Related Occupations
• Sources of Additional Information

The Appendix has information about Tomorrow’s Jobs discussing changes in:

• Population
• Labor Force
• Employment
• Industry
• Occupation
• Education
• Total Openings

The Handbook are two (2) Indexes:

• Alphabetized Index of Major Job Titles from Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Alphabetized Index of ONET and DOT Job Titles

 

O*NET and Holland Codes Fact Sheets

 The benefits of the O*NET and Holland Codes FACT Sheets are -

• Low cost
• Easy to read format
• Comprehensive and detailed lists
• Latest career information
• Links between Holland Codes and O*NET Codes
• Summary of information from reliable source - Occupational Information Network
• FREE ASSESSMENT with each Fact Sheet

Using the ONET, the Occupational Information Network, Hollandcodees.com is preparing FACT SHEETS that will highlight the relationship between careers, O*NET Codes, Holland Codes, and the following factors –

• Tasks
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Abilities
• Work Activities
• Work Context
• Job Zone
• Interests
• Work Values

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists the -

• O*NET-SOC Code
• O*NET-SOC Job Title
• Holland Codes
• Description

Educational Levels Required for Different Occupations O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Educational Levels Required for Different Occupations lists the required levels of education from the selected sample. The largest number of people had one of the following levels of education

• Less than a High School Diploma
• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
• Post-Secondary Certificate
• Some College Courses
• Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
• Bachelor's Degree
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
• Master's Degree
• Post-Master's Certificate
• First Professional Degree
• Doctoral Degree
• Post-Doctoral Training

Ability Areas for Different Occupations O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Ability Areas for Different Occupations lists the following Ability Areas -

• Cognitive Abilities — Abilities that influence the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solvingnformation Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
• Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Physical Abilities — Abilities that influence strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination.
• Psychomotor Abilities — Abilities that influence the capacity to manipulate and control objects
• Sensory Abilities — Abilities that influence visual, auditory and speech perception

Job Zones O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Job Zones lists the following Job Zones -

• Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

For each Job Level, there is information about -

• Experience
• Education
• Job Training
• Examples of job skills
• Examples of occupations

Knowledge Areas, O*NET Codes, and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Knowledge Areas lists the following Knowledge Areas -

• Knowledge
• Administration and Management
• Biology
• Building and Construction
• Chemistry
• Clerical
• Communications and Media
• Computers and Electronics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Design
• Economics and Accounting
• Education and Training
• Engineering and Technology
• English Language
• Fine Arts
• Food Production
• Foreign Language
• Geography
• History and Archeology
• Law and Government
• Mathematics
• Mechanical
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Philosophy and Theology
• Physics
• Production and Processing
• Psychology
• Public Safety and Security
• Sales and Marketing
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Therapy and Counseling
• Transportation

Source: O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools

DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration) is the exclusive owner of all rights under U.S. copyright laws and international treaty provisions in the O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools. Any other copyright notices refer only to Learning for Life Resource Center's original work in the product.

O*NET and O*NET IN IT and logos are trademarks of the DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration).

 

Career Interests Inventory

The Career Interests Inventory, a printed, career self assessment test, measures Holland Codes, personalities, and careers. Here is some information about the inventory. The Career Interests Inventory measures six Holland Occupational Codes -

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising and
• Conventional

The Inventory is a version of Dept. of Labor's O*NET Interest Profile. O*NET Career Interests Inventory is a 6-panel foldout inventory with 180 statements. The inventory takes about 30 minutes to complete. The responses are added; the results are matched to the Holland (RIASEC) Career Model and hundreds of related occupations. The occupations are divided into categories based upon education, preparation, or training requirements.


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