Occupational Outlook Handbook

Hi All,

One of the better known job and career resource guides available in the library is the Occupational Outlook Handbook.  Published yearly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the resource is a staple in many libraries career sections.

And now it is available online - or has been for a couple of years.  Click on this link to visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook online.

There are many, many ways to access the information from the Occupational Outlook handbook.  For example, users can use the search box at the top right side of the page to search various job related terms or for job titles.  Scrolling down further on the page brings users to an A-Z Index of job titles, career names and more.

Along the way, on the middle of the page, uses can zero in on a particular occupation by limiting their search by  median pay, level of education that the position needs, level of job training required, projected number of new jobs expected to open in the future and , projected growth rate of occupation.

Further down on the screen is a section that highlights a  'Featured Occupation'.  In narrative form this entry leads to a full fledged occupation profile - which is in the traditional OOH format.

Occcupation entries include a lot of information!  For example, there are extensive sections on 'What XYZ Do?', 'Work Environment',  'How to Become an XYZ?', 'Pay', 'Job Outlook', and 'Similar Occupations'.  Finally, there is a section for 'Contact For More Information'.  At the top of the screen, users can click on any of the 7 tabs that have the previously mentioned headings so they can go directly to that section.

The OOH site is user-friendly, easy to navigate and provides valuable job and career information at just the right price: free.  Finally, the information is authoritative - information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics - and is updated fairly frequently. 

It is a great resources for high school students and for college students who want to find out more about various occupations!

Enjoy the site - hopefully you'll find just the information you need.

Regards,
Stu

Job Resources and More at the Library

Hi All,

Just a quickie post about some job resources. The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a resource that we've used at the library for years and years.

The book has chapters on various fields that employees can work in. For example, there are chapters on job in fields as varied as management, professional, service, sales, administrative and more. Under each job summary are headings for 'Nature of the Work', 'Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement', 'Employment', 'Job Outlook', 'Projections', 'Earnings', 'Wages', 'Related Occupations' and 'Sources of Additional Information'.

This is a fantastic, wonderful, amazing, concise, accurate, helpful, free resource that every prospective job seeker should consult upon starting a job search.

Click here to go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to access the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Finally, the library has a wonderful resource on Wednesday nights'. We have a program called the Career and Education Resource Center. Basically this is one-on-one help with our professional career counselor. Interested parties can call the library at 249-9090 and ask for the reference desk to make an appointment. Appointments last for one hour and start on Wednesday nights at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm or 8pm. Click on this link for more information and more job resources from the library website.

Now, get to work and use this resource or call the library!

Regards,
Stu