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Kolderie Academic Assistance Center - Exploring Careers
Exploring Careers
As you begin your career journey you will need to learn more about specific types of careers, job responsibilities, information on salaries, job outlook, typical work duties, training and education requirements, and skills needed in a particular occupation. There are many resources available that can assist you in finding information about occupations.
Informational Interviewing
Informational Interviewing is an excellent way to gather information and get a personal impression of work in a specific field.
Informational Interviewing Checklist
Other Resources
The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is complied by the US Department of Labor. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, training and educational needs, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide variety of occupations.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a comprehensive database of employee attributes and job characteristics. It provides information about knowledge, skills, abilities, interests, general work activities, and work context. O*NET also links to related occupational, educational, and labor market information.
America's Career InfoNet provides national, state and local career information and labor market data using unique career tools, career reports, videos, a career resource library and other innovative web-based tools.
To access these resources or to get assistance deciding which resources would work best for you, speak to the transfer and career planning coordinator in the Academic Assistance Center, RBAC 164.
Links to many resources listed on this page are for documents in pdf format. This will allow you to easily save and print these informative pieces for your use. However, you will need Adobe Reader to view such items. Most computers will already have this program but if yours does not it is a free download, just click here.
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