Finding and Organizing Career and Labor Market Information

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Finding and Organizing Career and Labor Market
Information
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National Occupational Information Coordinating
Committee NOICC

• One Stop Career Centers
• Military bases
• Correctional institutions
• Libraries
• Counseling Centers

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Two Types of Information

• Career Information
• Educational
• Occupational
• Psychosocial
• Labor Market Information

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Formats

• Publications
• Reports Brochures
• Books Monographs
• Documents
• Programmed materials
• Audiovisual
• Computer-based
• Online storage

• Simulated situations
• Games
• Occupational labs
• Interviews with workers
• Direct observation
• Direct experiences
• On-the-job tryouts
• Internet websites

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Pros and Cons of Different Types of Information

• Cost
• Client involvement
• accessability

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Occupational Information Print and Online

• Vocational
• Occupations
• Trends and outlooks
• Job training
• Employment opportunities

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• Educational
• Status and trends
• Schools, colleges
• Scholarships, fellowships, grants and loans

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• Career/Personal
• Planning (resumes, how to look for a job, etc.)
• Adjustment
• Theory
• Assessment (interest, aptitude, testing, etc.)

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Government Agencies

• U.S. Government Printing Office
• http//www.access.gpo.gov/
• Department of Commerce
• U.S. Industrial Outlook
• County Business Patterns
• Standard Occupational Classification Manual

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• Department of Defense
• Military Career Guide
• Military Occupational and Training Data
• Department of Labor
• Guide for Occupational Exploration (GOE)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
• Occupational Projections and Training Data
• BLS Wage Surveys
• Online Databases

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Online Databases

• Americas Career Kit
• Americas Job Bank
• http//www.acinet.org
• Americas Career InfoNet
• http//www.alx.org
• Americas Service Locator
• http//www.servicelocator.org
• ONet
• http//online.onetcenter.ort

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• Commercial Publishers
• Professional and Industrial Organizations
• Private Companies
• Educational Institutions
• Periodicals

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• Indexes and Clearinghouses
• Career Index
• Educators Guide to Free Teaching Aids
• Counselors Information Service
• Clearinghouses
• Definitive Guide to Internet Career Resources
• http//phoenix.oakland.edu/career/internet/html
• Riley Guide Employment Opportunities and Job
  Resources on the Internet
• http//www.jobtrak.com/jobguide/
• What Color is Your Parachute? Job Hunting Online
• http//washingtonpost.com/parachute

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Educational Information Print and Online
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Audiovisual and Programmed Material

• Videotapes, CD-ROMs and Films
• Games
• Childrens Materials
• Career Information Delivery Systems (CIDS)

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Interviews with Workers

• Career Day
• Career Conferences
• Post-High School Opportunity Programs

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Simulation of Work Environments
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Direct Experiences Job Shadowing, Exploration
and Tryout
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Career Resource Centers

• Basic Criteria
• Accessibility
• Attractiveness
• Ease of operation
• Adaptability
• Operational Decisions
• Responsibility
• Staff
• Facilities
• Location
• Security
• Budget
• Publicity
• Operating Policies

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Collecting and Evaluating Materials

• Who will make major use of the materials?
• What is the nature of the community?
• How will staff apply the materials?
• What materials are already available?
• What auxiliary local resources are available?
• What funds are available?

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Criteria

• Accuracy
• Currency
• Usability
• Appeal
• Comprehensiveness

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