Guide For Occupational Exploration

The New Guide for Occupational Exploration is the most useful resource for matching interests to both job and learning options. As a major revision of the career resource previously titled the Guide for Occupational Exploration, this easy-to-use book is now based on the 16 U.S. Department of Education clusters that connect learning to careers. Readers can drill down to their most appealing job groups through questions that provide a feel for the work and whether it will interest them. The unique format of the New Guide for Occupational Exploration takes readers from broad interest areas to specific careers. More than 900 job descriptions from the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET (Occupational Information Network) database emphasize skills needed, related courses, education required, earnings, growth, and much more, all for helpful career-path planning. The New Guide for Occupational Exploration builds on solid research that supports exploring careers based on interests. For more than 25 years, the GOE has served as a key reference for helping people discover career and learning options.

Provides information on 2,500 jobs organized within major career clusters and descriptions of each job.

Describes more than 12,000 jobs and career alternatives, clusterd in twelve areas such as artistic, scientific, and mechanical, and based on general interests, previous experience, training, and other factors.

An essential career reference for job seekers, students, career changers, and counselors. Describes the 2,800 largest jobs (over 95% of the workforce), using up-to-date descriptions provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.

This revised edition, based on the newest version of the U.S. Department of Labor's O'NET data, contains nearly 1,000 information-packed job descriptions in 14 major interest areas, 158 work groups, and 8 crosswalks to career options.

Describes more than 12,000 jobs and career alternatives, clusterd in twelve areas such as artistic, scientific, and mechanical, and based on general interests, previous experience, training, and other factors.