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Exploring Occupations
- Occupational Information Network Online
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
- America's CareerInfoNet
- Wetfeet
- Podcasting
The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on knowledge, skills, abilities, work activities, interests, and work values of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this data and O*NET Online provides easy access to that information.
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. The Handbook is revised every two years and offers information on hundreds of types of jobs: The training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.
America's CareerInfoNet 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.
Wetfeet's career research section offers In-depth profiles of occupations, industries, and companies.
CollegeRecruiter.com has 350 career videos to be viewed at their web site. Each is a few minutes long, requires no software or special skills to be viewed, and provides the viewer with a snapshot of what it is like to work in any of the featured professions.