Saturday, February 18, 2012

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

 

Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook



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 interest inventory

 

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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Friday, February 10, 2012

Most Reliable, Valid Career Tests for 2012

Here are some tests that will help you identify your interests, abilities, and skills.  Unlock your potential, purpose, and destiny.

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)


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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment is the most widely used personality assessment in the world – more than 2 million assessments worldwide each year.
  • Reliable, valid, versatile, and dependable - Used for more than 50 years
  • Guide to understand individual differences
  • Source of understanding on how people think, communicate, and interact
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a career assessment test and a personality test. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types are in four groups –
  • Extraversion / Introversion
  • Sensing / Intuition
  • Thinking / Feeling
  • Judging / Perceiving
The type indicates a preference.
  • The Extrovert prefers to focus on other people and things.
  • The Introvert prefers to focus on internal thoughts and ideas.
  • The Sensing person prefers to use the five senses to receive information.
  • The Intuitive person receives input from internal thinking processes.
  • The Thinking persons judges using logic.
  • The Feeling person uses affective measures to judge.
  • The Judging aspect of the type results in sequential step-by-step mental processing.
  • The Perceiving responds in a spontaneous and flexible way.
The results from the MBTI produces the 16 types –
  1. ISTJ
  2. ISFJ
  3. INFJ
  4. INTJ
  5. ISTP
  6. ISFP
  7. INFP
  8. INTP
  9. ESTP
  10. ESFP
  11. ENFP
  12. ENTP
  13. ESTJ
  14. ESFJ
  15. ENFJ
  16. ENTJ

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Career Report

The MBTI Career Report is a career exploration tool that helps you –
  • Identify strengths and weakness that may influence the career exploration process
  • Identify job families
  • Choose a potential career
  • Select a college or other form of training
  • Provide information necessary to evaluate a possible career transition or job shift
  • Develop a career plan
The MBTI Career Report has information on –
  • MBTI Results – Reported Type and Clarity of Reported Preferences
  • MBTI Types and Career Choice – preferred work environments, and action steps
  • MBTI Types and Career Exploration – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
  • MBTI Types and Career Development – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
  • MBTI Types and Job Families – Job family ranking, Most attractive job families, Moderately attractive job families, Least attractive job families, Most popular occupations, Least popular occupations, and Tips for succeeding in atypical occupation. 
 

Self Directed Search


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The Self-Directed Search is -
  • Low cost – Save money.
  • Easy to use - Complete the career self assessment test in 30 minutes.
  • Tested, proven, and dependable - Used by over 22 million people worldwide.
Use the Self-Directed Search to -
  • Get information on your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills. Know your strengths, interests, abilities, and skills.
  • Find careers that maximize your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills.
  • Narrow your career options. Save time and money. Eliminate careers that do not match your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills.
Find careers that will be most satisfying, appealing, and interesting to you.
Use the Self-Directed Search to explore careers.

Self Directed Search Form R is for adults, college students, and high school students. Form R is available in PRINTED or INTERNET Versions. The New! The Occupations Finder-Revised Edition now includes occupations that have emerged as a result of technological advances (e.g., Internet). The occupations have been updated and revised, and the jobs are referenced with the Occupational Information (O*NET) database. The Occupations Finder also provides the educational development level that each occupation requires and includes an alphabetical list of the occupations. Self-Directed Search Form R Occupations Finder has a list of 1,309 occupations matched to Holland Codes.

Self Directed Search Form E is for adults and teens who need easier-to-read format.

Self Directed Search Form Career Explorer is for middle school students.

Strong Interest Inventory

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For nearly 80 years, the Strong Interest Inventory assessment has guided thousands of individuals in exploring careers and college majors. The Strong Interest Inventory assessment is the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world.
The Strong Inventory is a professional career interest inventory that is –
  • Well researched and extensively validated
  • Used by career coaches and college counselors worldwide
The Strong Interest Inventory is an on-line Holland Code assessment that helps you identify -
  • Interests
  • Holland Codes
  • Careers
The results include –
  • Scores on the level of interest on each of the six Holland Codes or General Occupational Themes. Holland Code Themes include – Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.
  • Scores on 25 Basic Interest Scales (e.g. art, science, and public speaking)
  • Scores on 211 Occupational Scales which indicate the similarity between the respondent's interests and those of people working in each of the 211 occupations.
  • Scores on 4 Personal Style Scales (learning, working, leadership, and risk-taking).
  • Scores on 3 Administrative Scales used to identify test errors or unusual profiles.
The Strong Interest Inventory has six (6) sections –
  • General Themes – Description of the interrelationship between Holland Codes and interests, work activities, potential skills, personal values
  • Basic Interest Scales – Identification of your Highest Holland Code Themes, Holland Theme Code, Standard Score, and Interest Level
    Basic Interest Scales point to work activities, projects, course work, and leisure activities that are personally motivating and rewarding. The Interest Scale Levels are Very Little, Little, Moderate, high, Very High.
    Your Basic Interest Scales Report will give you your TOP FIVE Interest Areas and the Areas of Least Interest.
  • Occupational Scales – Comparison of your likes and dislikes with those people who are satisfied working in various occupations.
    The Occupational Scales matches your interests to 122 occupations. Your score matched the likes and dislikes of people who are working in and are satisfied that career. The occupations are an example of a larger job cluster. The TOP TEN Occupations are the careers that most closely match your interests. Within each Holland Code Theme, you will find careers that you are Dissimilar, Midrange, or Similar to your score, likes, and dislikes.
  • Personal Style Scales – Description of relationship between Holland Code Themes, work styles, learning, risk taking, and team work. Examples of Personal Style Scales include – Working with People, Enjoying helping others, Preferring practical learning environments, Preferring short-term training, Taking charge of others, Taking risks, Making quick decisions, and Working on teams.
  • Profile Summary – Overview of Your Highest Themes, Your Theme code, Your Top Five Interest Areas, Your Areas of Least Interest, Your Top Ten Strong Occupations, Occupations of Dissimilar Interest, and Your Personal Style Scales Preferences
  • Response Summary – Summary of the Occupations, Subject Areas, Activities, Leisure Activities, People, and Characteristics Sections. You receive information about the number of responses in each section that were Strongly Like, Like, Indifferent, Dislike, or Strong Dislike.
There are three (3) editions: Standard (Adults), High School, and College.

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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Focus! Check Out Career Downloads for 2012!

Access your purposeLock in on your destinyTake charge of your life by focusing on your interests, abilities, and skills.

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Career Clusters and Holland Codes






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The Career Clusters Resources, the Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Connection is a career cluster resource guide that provides information about Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, Holland Codes, career exploration, career jobs, career salary, career research, and career information.
The Career Clusters, the Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Connection provides information on -
  • Background of Career Clusters and Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes
  • Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Cross-Reference Tables 1, 2, and 3
    • Table 1: The Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by Holland Codes)
    • Table 2: The Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by GEO Interest Area)
    • Table 3: The Career Clusters, the Original Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by GEO Interest Area)
  • Internet Guide for Occupational Exploration and Career Cluster Resources
    • State Career Clusters Initiative
    • Career Activity Files
    • Career Click
    • Career Cluster Frameworks
    • Career Clusters
    • Career Clusters & Pathways
    • Career Clusters Series
    • Career Prospects System
    • Career Voyages
    • Career Website for Students
    • Cluster and Career Videos
Holland Codes and Career Clusters Resource Posters Set shows the relationships between the Holland Codes and the Department of Education Career Clusters Structure.
The benefits of the Holland Codes and Career Clusters Resource Posters are -
  • Eye appealing - Is a colorful presentation
  • Easy to use - Facilitates learning through the use of graphics
  • Comprehensive - Shows the relationships between careers, interests, Holland Codes, and Career Clusters
  • Easy to understand - Simplifies the understanding of career exploration, Holland Codes, and the Career Clusters
  • Easy scoring - Sorts quickly according to likes and dislikes
  • Reproducible - Print as many posters as you need
The Holland Code and Career Cluster Resource Posters are used to -
  • Provide career exploration classroom activities for middle school students, children, kids, and adults who learn best using visual resources
  • Identify Holland Codes and Career Clusters
  • Identify characteristics of Holland Personality Types
  • Sort occupations according to Holland Codes and Career Clusters
The Holland Code and Career Cluster Resource Posters comes with -
  • Over 200 colorful, illustrated posters
  • Updated instruction sheets
  • Alphabetized poster list
  • State Career Clusters/ Pathways Fact Sheet
  • Super State Career Clusters/ Pathways Fact Sheet
This Holland Code and Career Clusters resource is an excellent supplement to any career education, counseling, coaching, and exploration program. Use the posters in conjunction with any career cluster or Holland Code resource.


Green Careers and Holland Codes Fact Sheets

Green Careers and Holland Codes Download

Find Holland Codes for more than 200 green careers in these twelve sectors below.
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Trading
  • Environment Protection
  • Governmental and Regulatory Administration
  • Green Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction
  • Renewable Energy Generation
  • Research, Design, and Consulting Services
  • Transportation

Green Careers and Holland Codes Posters

Green Careers and Holland Codes Poster Collection

Use Green Careers – Unlock Your Future posters as a guide to help you:
  • Identify interests and Holland Codes
  • Match Holland Codes to careers
  • Gain awareness of Green Careers
Find Holland Codes for more than 100 green careers in these twelve sectors below.
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Trading
  • Environment Protection
  • Governmental and Regulatory Administration
  • Green Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction
  • Renewable Energy Generation
  • Research, Design, and Consulting Services
  • Transportation

Career Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents

Children Unlock Treasure Chest, Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children has information on career exploration web sites and books.
There are the different types of Children Unlock Treasure Chest, Exploring Careers Web Sites
  • Curriculum
  • Career Information
  • Career Groups – Science
  • Specific Careers — Science


Career Kid Curriculum Websites

Resource One: Career Cruiser

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The Career Cruiser is a career kid site/ guidebook for middle school students. The Career Cruiser has self — assessment activities to match personal interests to careers. The Career Cruiser has information on Holland Codes. Careers are grouped into 16 career clusters. The Career Cruiser has information on occupational descriptions, average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job.
A Teacher’s Guide is also available.

Resource Two: Elementary Core Career Connection



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The Core Career Connections is a career kid collection of instructional activities, K — 6 and 7 — 8, designed by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align directly with state department of education requirements. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers, counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level grade students.

Career Kid Information

Resource Four: Career Ship

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Career Shipis a free online career teen exploration tool for middle and high school students.
Career Ship uses Holland Codes and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools.
For each career, Career Ship provides the following information:
  • Tasks
  • Wages
  • Career outlook
  • Interests
  • Education
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Similar careers
Career Ship is a product a public—service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.

Resource Six: Destination 2020

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Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will need to face the many challenges of the workforce.
Skills are linked to –
  • School Subjects
  • Other School Activities
  • Play Activities At Home
  • Work at Home
Through career teen quizzes, activities and articles, students find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future. There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are describing what a day at work is like for them.

Career Kid Career Groups Websites — Science

Resource Eight: EEK! Get a Job – Environmental Education for Kids

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Eek! Get a Job – Environmental Education for Kids is a career kid site/ electronic magazine for children in grades 4 — 8. Eek! Get a Job provides information about –
  • Forestry
  • Hydrogeologist
  • Engineering
  • Herpetologist
  • Park Ranger
  • Wildlife Biologist
  • Park Naturalist
There is a job description for each career, a list of job activities, suggested activities to begin exploring careers, and needed job skills.

Resource Eleven: San Diego Zoo Job Profiles for Kids


San Diego Zoo is a career kid website that has job profiles. Job Profiles discussed jobs for people who –
  • Work with animals
  • Work with plants
  • Work with science and conservation
  • Work with people
  • Work that helps run the Zoo and Park
There are activities listed under each area, for example –
  • What we do
  • What’s cool about this job
  • Job challenges
  • How this job helps animals
  • How to get a job like this
  • Practice Being a …
  • How to Become a …

Specific Career Kid Websites — Science

Resource Fourteen: About Veterinarians

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About Veterinarians is a website that has career kid facts about –
  • What is a Veterinarian?
  • Veterinary Education
  • Roles of Veterinarians
  • Employment Outlook
  • Becoming a Veterinary Technician

Resource Sixteen: Engineering – The Stealth Profession

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Engineering – The Stealth Profession has a lot of career kid information about engineers –
  • Types of Engineers
  • True Stories
  • Salaries
  • Education Required
  • Work Schedules
  • Equipment Used

Resource Eighteen: Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist?

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Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? provides career kid descriptions of the –
  • Word ″Volcanologist″
  • Daily work
  • Traits for success
  • Education
  • Salaries

ONET and Holland Codes

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Benefits
The benefits of the O*NET Codes 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
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
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).

Use the O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists to compare the O*NET Codes to the careers listed in the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes. Save time and effort.

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
Alphabetized 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
Educational Levels 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 - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades)
  • Some College Courses
  • Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
  • Master's Degree
  • Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
  • First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession
  • Doctoral Degree
  • Post-Doctoral Training
Ability 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 — Organized sets of principles and facts applying in general domains.
  • Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  • Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
  • Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
  • Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
  • Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
  • Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
  • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  • Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
  • English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
  • Food Production — Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
  • Foreign Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
  • Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
  • History and Archeology — Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
  • Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  • Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  • Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
  • Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
  • Philosophy and Theology — Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
  • Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
  • Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  • Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  • Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  • Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
  • Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
  • Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
  • Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  • Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Skills Areas, O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Skills Areas
Skills may be further divided into basic skills & cross-functional skills -
  • Basic skills, such as reading, facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge.
  • Cross-functional skills, such as problem solving, extend across several domains of activities.
Basic Skills — Developed capacities that facilitate learning or the more rapid acquisition of knowledge
  • Content — Background structures needed to work with and acquire more specific skills in a variety of different domains
  • Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  • Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
  • Process — Procedures that contribute to the more rapid acquisition of knowledge and skill across a variety of domains.
  • Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
  • Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Cross-Functional Skills — Developed capacities that facilitate performance of activities that occur across jobs
  • Social Skills — Developed capacities used to work with people to achieve goals
  • Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  • Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
  • Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
  • Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
  • Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
  • Complex Problem Solving Skills — Developed capacities used to solve novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.
  • Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Technical Skills — Developed capacities used to design, set-up, operate, and correct malfunctions involving application of machines or technological systems.
  • Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
  • Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
  • Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  • Installation — Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
  • Programming — Writing computer programs for various purposes.
  • Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
  • Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
  • Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
  • Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
  • Systems Skills — Developed capacities used to understand, monitor, and improve socio-technical systems.
  • Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
  • Resource Management Skills — Developed capacities used to allocate resources efficiently.
  • Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Management of Financial Resources — Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
  • Management of Material Resources — Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
  • Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

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The Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys! Guide to Career Planning is a step-by-step guide to explore careers and college majors. Use the guidebook to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values.
  • Discover who you really are and KNOW your likes, dislikes, and interests.
  • Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
  • Find training programs that are a match to the careers that they are interested.
  • Succeed in planning a career.
Parents, you have a motivational tool to guide your teen or young adults as they explore careers and college majors.
Teachers, you have a classroom activities that is the resource for preparing career and college major exploration classes.

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The Unlock the Treasure Chest has 4 sections –
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent and Teacher Guide
  • Guide to Career Exploration and Planning
  • Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens
  • Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook
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Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent, Teacher, and Adult Guide outlines the process of selecting a career assessment. The selection process includes –
  • Introduction to Career Planning
  • Steps to Self Awareness
  • Tools To Assess Self Awareness
  • Selection of a Career Assessment or Test
  • Career Test Checklist
  • Features Of Career Self Assessments Tests
The Guide to Career Exploration and Planning is for teens or adults who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of career planning process.

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The topics included in the Guide are -


  • Career Planning Map
  • Self-Analysis, Self Awareness, or Self Assessment
  • Self Awareness
  • Tools to Awareness
    • Interests Inventory
    • Values Inventory
    • Skills Inventory
    • Personality Styles Inventory
    • Career Match Making Using Interests, Values, Skills, and Personality Styles
  • Career Exploration
    • Database of 1200+ careers
    • Research A Career Tool
    • Career Profile
    • Research career information
Each career profile has the following information –
  • Overview
  • Skills
  • Values
  • Outlook
  • Earning
  • Interest Profile
  • Working Conditions
  • Contact Info
  • Areas of Study
  • Search for Schools

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The College Major Exploration section has -
  • Database of 6000+ Schools
  • Career Exploration Tool
  • College Majors Exploration Tool
Each school profile lists the following information –
  • Location of School
  • Majors Areas of Study
  • Name of School
  • Size and Cost
  • Region in the USA
  • Type of School
Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens include additional information from the following areas –
  • Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
  • Career Exploration Sites
  • College Majors Exploration Resources

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The Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook are an additional bonus for teachers and counselors. These screenshots are excellent for group presentations. The screenshots present the concepts covered in the Guidebook. With each purchase, you will receive PDF and Powerpoint versions of the Visual Aids. The Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys. Guide to Career Planning is a toolkit for teachers or counselors preparing students for graduation and transition into post-secondary training programs.

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