CareerOneStop Home Page Find jobs, identify workers with the right skills, locate services in your area, explore alternative career paths, compare salary data for different occupations, learn which careers are hot, get resume writing tips and job interview strategies, and more CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org) A workforce development portal connecting users to relevant links, resources, and community services offered over the Internet, as well as directing them to the information and services provided through the core products listed. America s Career InfoNet (www.careerinfonet.org) Helps job seekers, employers, human resource specialists and workforce development specialists learn more about typical wages and employment trends across occupations and industries; check education, knowledge, skills and abilities against requirements for most occupations; search for employer contact information nationwide, cost of living data, and view state labor market conditions; and to find more than 4,000 external links to career resources on the Internet. America s Job Bank (www.ajb.org) The biggest and busiest job market in cyberspace. Employers can post job listings in the nation s largest online labor exchange, create customized job orders, and search resumes automatically to find the right people fast. Job seekers can post their resumes where thousands of employers search every day and search for job openings automatically. America s Service Locator (www.servicelocator.org) Helps individuals locate public service offices with information on finding a job, planning a career, locating training, dealing with job loss and recruiting employees. Visitors to the site can get a map and driving directions to the nearest location providing the desired services, just by typing in their address. Career Voyages (www.careervoyages.gov) Provides career information and good choices for varying levels of education or training background. Career Voyages has something for everyone, whether they have a high school diploma, on-thejob training, apprenticeship certification, vocational certificates, or two-year professional degree programs at community colleges. Workforce Tools of the Trade (www.workforcetools.org) Is designed to help workforce development professionals gain the knowledge and skills they need to excel at their jobs. Workforce Tools offers examples of what s happening in the field, an extensive database of training resources and providers, links to other workforce Web sites, interviews with workforce professionals, and access to extensive information and publications. O*NET OnLine (online.onetcenter.org) The Occupational Information Network database is a comprehensive source of descriptions and skill sets for specific occupations. O*NET OnLine allows both the public and private sector to directly access key data for identifying and developing the skills of the American workforce. CareerOneStop Home Page Job Seekers/Workers Allows job seekers to post their resumes and search job listings, learn how to write effective resumes and negotiate a salary, explore wages and occupational trends, locate potential employers and local workforce services, and more Business/Human Resources Allows employers to post job openings and search the resume database, find wages and employment trends, create customized job descriptions, find occupational licensing requirements and federal labor regulations, locate workforce services and other employers by industry, research hiring guidelines, and more. Students/Learners Allows students and learners to explore career possibilities, search for schools and colleges, find funding for their educations, learn about tests and assessments, search for certification and career possibilities, and more. Workforce Professionals Allows workforce professionals to find nearby One-Stop Career Centers and other service providers, locate professional development training, view their state s WIA eligible training providers, stay informed on new workforce issues, and more.
CareerOneStop Home Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Find It By Topic Sidebar The Find It By Topic sidebar can be found on the home page of all products, as well as the Centers themselves. Click on one of the topics to find links to specialized information for that category. 1 Employment Center Find jobs, locate career information, access and upgrade your work skills, learn how to deal with layoffs, find other national resources, and more. 2 Relocation Center Help evaluate moving options, finance a move, prepare for a move, settle into a new community, find other national resources, and more. 3 Financial Aid Center Help discover your education and training goals, find how much education or training will cost, where to find money for education or training, other national and state resources, and more. 4 Skills Center Help assess your skills, review basic skills, identify skills standards and shortages, and locate other national resources. 5 Business Center Information on human resources and workplace issues, safety, laws and regulations, entrepreneurship and business development, home office businesses, financial planning, patents, trademarks and copyrights, taxes, information technology concerns, state and local resources, and more. 6 Training and Education Determine training needs, find education and training resources, understand the benefits of employee training and higher learning, fund education and training goals, find other national resources, and more. 7 8 9 Testing and Assessment Research testing and assessment, look for tests and assessments, find employer guidelines for testing, explore certification, locate other national resources, and more. Labor Market Info Research occupational wages and trends, explore state and national trends and projections, locate additional state and national labor market information and resources, and more. Career Tools Employability Checkup, Licensed Occupations, Certification Finder, Employer Locator, Job Description Writer, Skills Profiler, Financial Aid Advisor, Scholarship Finder, Career Exploration, Career Resource Library, Reading Room, Resume Tutorial, O*NET Code Connector. 10 Newsroom Subscribe to our newsletter and find out the latest news and awards concerning CareerOneStop. 11 Outreach & Teaching Materials Downloadable, printable materials to help you understand, promote and use CareerOneStop in the most efficient manner.
America s Career InfoNet Career InfoNet Components Occupation Information Create a customized occupation profile which can include wages, employment trends, knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs), education and training, and web resources. Find high-growth and high-wage occupations by state or nationwide, and by education level. Find occupations with the most openings, largest employment, or projected as fastestgrowing. Industry Information Create an industry profile with information about future employment trends and industry resources. Find industries with the largest employment, industries projected as fastest growing, and industries projected to decline. State Information Find state demographic, employment and services data, as well as web site links to state and national career and labor market information offices. Career Tools Home Page Special Features What can Career InfoNet do for you? Locate Specific FAQs and Help for your particular group, whether you are a student, job seeker, workforce professional, or employer. Career Spotlight Rotating spotlight of careers in today s market Did you know? Rotating links to special topics of interest. Videos View over 450 Career Videos showing real people in real work situations. Employability Checkup - Understand career prospects before making a job change. Licensed Occupations Find out about occupational licensing requirements in each state. Certification Finder Learn about occupational certifications and how to acquire them. Employer Locator Find a specific employer or create lists of employers for a job search. Job Description Writer Create job descriptions for current employee job reviews or future employees. Skills Profiler Find skills and skill gaps. Find occupations that match. Financial Aid Advisor Find funding options to pay for education and training. Scholarship Search Search more than 5,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans and other financial aid opportunities. Career Resource Library Connect to more that 6,000 links to online career resources. Career Exploration Navigate the CareerOneStop web site as part of the career exploration process. Reading Room Find articles and reports on career and workforce development. Resume Tutorial Create an effective resume.
America s Career InfoNet Career Resource Library The Career Resource Library is a collection of more than 6,500 links to online career and employment information. Job and Resume Banks - International Jobs - Job Banks, Meta-Guides, and Job Clearinghouses - Job Resources by Occupation - Miscellaneous Occupations - Posting Your Resume Online - Recruiting and Staffing Services - State and Local Resources Job Search Aids - Employment Law and Publications - Job Search Tips - Professional Trade Associations and Labor Unions - Research Employers - Resources for Diverse Groups - Self-Employed, Home-Based and Telecommuting Opportunities Occupational Information - Career Assessment - Career Information - Career Videos - Education, Training, and Financial Information -Employers - Explore by Occupation - Guidance and Counseling Associations and Services - Local, State & National Career & Labor Market Information Sites Relocation Information - City and State Guides - Internet Research - Realtors, Relocation, and Moving Guides - Reference Materials and Directories State Resources - Career and Labor Market Information - Education, Culture, Recreation - Support Services Left-Hand Navigation Bar The left-hand navigation bar of America s Career InfoNet expands or contracts to reveal sub-categories as you need them. You can manually expand or contract the details by clicking on the arrow to the left of the subject. Your position within Career InfoNet is indicated by red text.
America s Service Locator About America s Service Locator America s Service Locator currently includes the following brick and mortar locations: Comprehensive One-Stop Career Centers Affiliate One Stops Apprenticeship Offices Community Colleges HUD Neighborhood Network Center Indian and Native American Program Job Corps Centers Literacy Programs Military Recruiting Offices National Farm Worker Jobs Program Older Worker Program - SCSEP Senior Centers Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies Welfare-to-Work Offices Youth Opportunity State-Specific Programs America s Service Locator helps users locate public service offices with information on finding a job, planning a career, locating training, dealing with job loss and recruiting employees. Just type in an address to get a map and driving directions to the nearest location providing the services the user is seeking. Users can also select from the menus at the bottom of the page to search a State Phone Directory, State Web Directory, or National Locators to locate services. Types of Searches From the America s Service Locator home page, businesses, workers and youth can determine the availability of services within their community using their zip code or city/state and selecting the appropriate search: Find a Service Search for services for Business, for Workers, or for Youth by entering a city and state. A list of One-Stop Career Centers offering the desired services in the selected area will appear. Find a One-Stop Career Center Find local One-Stop Career Centers by entering either a zip code or a city and state. A list of One-Stop Career Centers offering the desired services in the selected area will display. Keyword Search Search for services by entering a keyword, a zip code or a city and state. A list of locations offering the desired services will display. Office Search Search state records for specific service provider offices by selecting type of office. User can narrow the search by entering a zip code or by specifying a city and state. Maps Click on a state on the U.S. map to retrieve a map of service providers. Users can also select from menus at the bottomof the page.
O*NET OnLine The O*NET System O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a database of occupational information that contains descriptors, or key skills, abilities, knowledge, and other characteristics associated with over 950 occupations. Its online application, O*NET OnLine, provides easy public access to the database. Using O*NET OnLine, students, job seekers and workforce, business and human resource professionals can: (1) find occupations to explore, (2) search for occupations that use designated skills, (3) look at related occupations, (4) view occupation summaries and details, (5) use crosswalks to find corresponding occupations in other classification systems, (6) create and print customized reports outlining their O*NET search results, (7) connect to other online career information resources, and (8) access comprehensive help programs. Get started by going to online.onetcenter.org for the O*NET Welcome screen. On that page you will see three main paths you can follow to access the O*NET database using O*NET OnLine. Use the columns on the right side of this sheet to guide you through each path. Special Feature Career InfoNet Wages and Employment Link Each occupational report ends with a direct link to national and state information on salaries and employment outlook for the occupation selected. Scroll down to the end of each report, select the state you are interested in and click Go. 1. Click on Find Occupations on the O*NET Welcome screen 2. On the Find Occupations screen, search for an occupation by: Entering a keyword, phrase or title and clicking Go, or Entering an O*NET SOC Code and clicking Go, or scrolling down to select a job family or the all occupations option and clicking Go. 3. On the Search Results screen, find the occupation that interests you and click on the type of report you would like Summary, Details or Custom 1. Click on Skills Search on the O*NET Welcome screen 2. On the Skills Search screen, check the boxes next to the skills you have or plan to acquire. Select the most significant of your skills. When satisfied with skills selection, click Go (screen bottom) 3. On the Search Results screen, find the occupation that interests. The occupations that require a higher number of skills are listed first. Click on the number of skills to view what skills are required beyond those chosen. Click on the type of report you would like Summary, Details or Custom. 1. Click on Crosswalk Search on the O*NET Welcome screen 2. On the Crosswalk screen, enter a code, partial code or title for one of the listed classification systems and click Go. 3. The Search Results either identifies a unique occupation or lists all the occupations in the classification system related to your entry. Once you have identified the related O*NET occupation that interests you, click on the type of report you would like Summary, Details or Custom. O*NET OnLine Reports Summary, Details and Custom Formats Summary, Details and Custom Reports list and define the O*NET descriptors for your selected occupation, including the tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, work activities, work context, job zone, job interests, work values and work needs. (Turn this page over for more information about these descriptors.) Inside each Report, scroll down to Related Occupations to see a list of occupations related to your selected occupation. View a report for a related occupation by clicking on Summary, Details or Custom. Details Reports list the O*NET descriptors in the order of their importance to the occupation, based on the scale associated with each descriptor. (Turn this page over for more about descriptor scales). On the Custom Reports Screen, check the boxes of the descriptors you want included in your report and select your desired display cutoff levels. (Turn this page over for definitions of the O*NET descriptors and information about the scales that determine display cutoff levels.) Scroll down the Report and click on crosswalk to identify corresponding occupations in other classification systems, including the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Military Occupational Classification Registered Apprenticeship Information System, and Standard Occupational Classification. Easy-to-read reports. The Details and Custom Reports include a graphic display of the importance and level ratings for the O*NET variables for every occupation.
O*NET OnLine O*NET Descriptors Listed in Summary, Details and Custom Reports Tasks: Work activities that are specific to each occupation, such as analyzing and testing computer programs or systems to identify errors. Knowledge: Organized sets of principles and facts that apply to a wide range of situations, such as knowledge of mathematics. Skills: Developed capacities that apply to multiple jobs, that facilitate learning and the performance of activities, such as reading comprehension. Abilities: Enduring attributes of an individual that influence performance, such as deductive reasoning. Work Activities: Tasks that may be performed across multiple occupations, like thinking creatively. Work Context: Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work, such as the amount of time spent sitting. Work Styles: Personal characteristics that can affect how well someone does a job, such as stress tolerance. Education, Training and Experience: Includes ratings for Required Level of Education, On-the-Job Training, On-Site Training, and Related Work Experience. Wages and Employment Link: Wage information and employment prospects, by state, for your selected occupatin. This information is provided through a link to America s Career InfoNet. Descriptor Scales: O*NET descriptors have an associated scale, such as Importance, Level, Frequency or Extent, against which the requirements of an occupation are rated. All scales range from 0-100. Job Zone Each occupation is assigned an O*NET Job Zone (1-5) that distinguishes the overall experience, education, and on-the-job training required. The table below outlines the Job Zones used in O*NET (and provides the equivalent Specific Vocational Preparation rating). Job Zone Number 1 2 3 4 5 Education May require high school diploma or GED High school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related coursework. Training in vocational schools, related on-thejob experience, or an associates degree. Four-year bachelor s degree and/or 2-4 years of work experience Bachelor s degree and/or graduate school plus experience Equivalent Vocational Preparation (SVP) Below 4 4 to fewer than 6 6 to fewer than 7 7 to fewer than 8 8 and above
Workforce Tools of the Trade Workforce Tools Navigation What s New Find out what new information has been added to the Web site and what new events will be happening in the workforce development industry Examples from the Field Search to find what other workforce professionals are doing and link to featured Web sites. Professional Development Search for certification and training resources and providers. Information and Publications Search the virtual resource room and acronym glossary. Links to the Nation Links to federal, state, local, association and research organizations Web sites. *********** Workforce Tools of the Trade reaches a nationwide network of frontline staff, managers, administrators and partners seeking the skills, knowledge and abilities they need to excel as workforce development professionals. Information about education, training products and services is targeted to the workforce development profession. Other Resources Site Tool Steps you, in detail, through the various features of this site. Subscribe to Newsbreaks Sign up to receive e-mail alerts about new information and developments on this site and in the workforce development profession. Online Coach An interactive tool that provides step-by-step instructions for users who are new to the website or are not comfortable using the Internet.
Career Voyages The Career Voyages Web site was developed in partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Education. The goal of the site is to provide Americans with information and tools to build careers in highgrowth industries and high-demand occupations. Career Voyages Targets Students in high school or recent graduates looking for a promising and growing career. Career Changers facing a career change and looking to find a better job in a growing field. Parents trying to help their children make good career choices. Career Advisors who assist others with identifying occupational opportunities and preparing for them. Benefits of Career Voyages Career Voyages provides career information for varying levels of education and training backgrounds, including: Lists of occupations that have the greatest projected demand for employees within each state, as well as emerging and evolving industries. Occupation descriptions for each indemand occupation. Skills, education and training required for these positions. Detailed occupational reports, including wages, growth rates and typical education requirements. Career videos showing real people doing real jobs. A high level Career Compass that may help guide those unsure where their interests may lead. *********** Career Voyages Home Page From the Career Voyages Home Page, users may: Start in one of four audiences - View customized career information for Students, Career Changers, Parents or Career Advisors. Learn more about each of the twelve industries: See what kinds of occupations are available in various industries by projected need, at differing education and training levels, wage ranges and projected growths. Learn about different education and training pathways Discover the opportunities available through apprenticeship, community colleges, fouryear colleges and other options.