3.1: Online Resources to Research Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. (link: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/)

O*Net OnLine

This site contains both summary and detailed information on occupations in the US economy as well as the ability to search for information by various criteria such as job family, industry, skills, knowledge, interests, green jobs, bright outlook occupations, and several others. It is produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, updated regularly, and includes information on skills, knowledge, abilities, work activities, wages, and job outlook. (link: http://www.onetonline.org/)

CareerOneStop

The Career OneStop connects job seekers to an American Job Center. It is sponsored by the U.S Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. This site provides tools to help job seekers, students, and business and career professionals. (link: https://www.careeronestop.org/)

Work2Future

Work2Future is a free job resource center that connects job seekers and employers. Businesses can find qualified candidates, customized training resources, and assistance with finding a qualified candidate. Job seekers can look for new or better careers and will find skilled employment specialists, hundreds of local job listings, training resources, and a full-service technical center with phones, fax machines, copiers, and computers with Internet access and resume-building tools. (link: https://www.work2future.org/)

California Career Zone

California CareerZone is a career exploration and planning system designed especially for students. Job seekers, educators, and counselors will also benefit from the wealth of information on 900 occupations from the Occupational Information Network (O*Net) database. (link: https://www.cacareerzone.org/)

Pathway2Careers

Pathway to Emerging Careers contains career tools used to help with important life decisions—choosing a meaningful and successful career. Connecting students to resources and job market information, which is relevant to their career interests. In addition, there is access to Career Fact Sheets, 15 Pathways to Careers, Jobs of the Future, YouTube Career Videos and other resources (link: https://p2c.org/)

Candid Career

This site provides career information and career planning help through video. The video interviews are filmed without narration or actors – just real people speaking from the heart about their career experiences. Candid Career currently features a video library of 6,000 + clips. You may search the video library by industry, career title, or major. (link: https://www.candidcareer.com/)

Career Coach

Career Coach allows students to discover majors and in-demand careers and education based on their interests. The site contains career assessments, career information, and programs offered in the California Community College System. (link: https://ccc.emsicc.com/)

My Next Move

My Next Move is an interactive career exploration tool that helps users find careers based on interests and skills.(link: https://www.mynextmove.org/)

Salary Surfer

Salary Surfer is designed to help students and their families make important decisions about investing time and money in a college education. Salary Surfer provides comparative information about the earnings of recent California community college graduates who received an award in a specific program of study. Salary Surfer uses the aggregated earnings of graduates from a five-year period to provide an estimate on the potential wages to be earned two and five years after receiving a certificate or degree in certain disciplines. This tool also provides information on which colleges offer programs in those specific disciplines. (link: https://salarysurfer.cccco.edu/SalarySurfer.aspx)

The more you learn about the world of work, the better equipped you are to make more informed decisions about the career path that best fits you and your needs!