Occupational Outlook Handbook Activity

You will be using the Occupational Outlook Handbook online to help you establish your career goals. The actual book is also available at your public library. http://www.bls.gov/oco

Using the results from Livewire.com or Career One Stop website - select two career fields that interest you the most and then provide reasons for why you selected each career.

Career Field #1

Reasons:

Career Field #2

Reasons:

Choose one of the two career fields that you would be interested in pursuing.

Career

Click on: OOH Search/A-Z Index

In the box, type in your career field. You will get a list of jobs. At the bottom of this list, you may “Result Page 1 2 3 4.” This means that there are four pages of jobs for you to look through. Select one or two jobs in this career field that interest you.

Example: Career Field - healthcare Jobs - Registered Nurse, Dietician, Physician’s Assistant, Medical Transcriptionist

Click on the job and answer the questions that follow:

Job #1

What is the nature of the work? What are some of the duties of the job? What are some skills you’ll need to do this job?

What are the working conditions?

What was employment like for this job in the past year or two?

What education or training do you need to do this job?

What is the employment outlook for this job? Will is still be available in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?

Job #2

What is the nature of the work? What are some of the duties of the job? What are some skills you’ll need to do this job?

What are the working conditions?

What was employment like for this job in the past year or two?

What education or training do you need to do this job?

What is the employment outlook for this job? (Will this job still be available in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?)