<p> Occupational Outlook Handbook Activity</p><p>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</p><p>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.</p><p>Career Field #1 </p><p>Reasons: </p><p>Career Field #2 </p><p>Reasons: </p><p>Choose one of the two career fields that you would be interested in pursuing. </p><p>Career </p><p>Click on: OOH Search/A-Z Index </p><p>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. </p><p>Example: Career Field - healthcare Jobs - Registered Nurse, Dietician, Physician’s Assistant, Medical Transcriptionist</p><p>Click on the job and answer the questions that follow: </p><p>Job #1 </p><p>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?</p><p>What are the working conditions? </p><p>What was employment like for this job in the past year or two?</p><p>What education or training do you need to do this job?</p><p>What is the employment outlook for this job? Will is still be available in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?</p><p>Job #2 </p><p>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?</p><p>What are the working conditions? </p><p>What was employment like for this job in the past year or two?</p><p>What education or training do you need to do this job?</p><p>What is the employment outlook for this job? (Will this job still be available in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?)</p>