How to research
your career. Part 3.
Movie
version
- From V.V. Library Homepage
<http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/> click on the link "Open Web."
- Click
on "Career and Employment."
- Need
trends on your career? Click on "CareerOneStopt."
- Click
on Occupation Information.
- Click
on Occupation Profile.
- Type
your career.
- Choose
a state
- You
get informations such as: wages, employment trends, knowledge, etc.
- You
also get videos.
- You
get very nice charts on hourly wages, yearly wages, state & national trends.
Another
Search
- V.V.
Library Homepage
- Open Web
- Career
& Employment
- Now
lets use the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Type
on "Search the Handbook" to look for information about your career.
For example, "nursing."
- You
are going to retrieve information about: Nature of the Work, Working Conditions,
Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement, Job Outlook, Earnings,
Related Occupations, Sources of Additional Information.
Another
Search
- V.V.
Library Homepage
- Open Web
- Career
& Employment
- Let's
use O*NET. Start by clicking on "Find Occupation."
- You
get a lot of detailed information about: tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities,
work activities, work context, job zone, interests, work values, related occupations,
wages & employment.
Questions?
Ask a librarian!
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2008
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