Finding a more comprehensive source of career information than those from sponsored programs and agencies of the U.S. Department of Labor will become a tall task indeed.
Be that as it may, several private organizations offer information worth considering as part of a research effort. And although myriads of these resources exist, several represent particularly trustworthy sources including U.S. News & World Report, CollegeGrad.com and Careers.org. Moreover, cross-referencing that research’s findings among several sources will help substantiate and improve the information collected even further. Collaborative use of these resources to gain general knowledge and spawn career ideas allows one to explore their inclusion into the bigger picture. Just as the government sites from the U.S. Department of Labor discussed above, these follow with their specific website addresses also listed in Figure 10.1, Comprehensive Career Research Tools, at the end of this section.
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News & World Report represents a long-established magazine coupled with a considerable, nonetheless modern Internet presence. Altogether, their well-orchestrated website displays an extensive array of jobs listed by industry from their Money section under the Careers subsection. For hundreds of jobs across a multitude of industries, they reveal associated descriptions, salary information, as well as necessary training and experience required to enter a selected field accordingly. Additionally, they present a myriad of “best” categories such as jobs in Healthcare, Business and Social Services among numerous others. Such comprehensive and contemporary information always warrants perusal. U.S. News & World Report Money currently locates on their main website listed below by choosing Money and then selecting Careers to gain access to their career and job research. At any rate, their website furnishes a convenient means to slice through what conceivably seems an intimidating amount of
Porterfield, Deborah. Top Careers in Two Years: Health Care, Medicine, and Science. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing, Inc., 2008. 1-8. Print.
Truck driving is a much needed career to help transport goods across the United States and other local areas. Commercial Truck Driving is the career I choose to uphold. Trucking is a way of transportation needed to keep business going. Trucking has been a part of my family for years so I fell in love with trucks now I won’t to drive my own. This career has a good background, career requirements, job positions, and a good reflection.
CareerBuilder.com is an on-line recruitment service based out of Reston, Virginia. Their resume database contains of over 1.5 million resumes, utilizes over 250 search agents, and has over 48,000 jobs posted on the main site, as well as 243,000 on their network, which consists of over fifty participating sites and network job boards. CareerBuilder.com was rated by the February 2000 Forester Report as the most efficient on-line service, and claims to provide employers with the best access and exposure to top websites such as MSN and USA Today, along with various industry sites and localized new sites. CareerBuilder.com also provides interactive banner advertising on its home site, as well as all participating job sites and career centers on the internet, providing additional advertising exposure to their cclients (Career Builder, Inc.,1996-2000). Although the Job Search Agent only hunts through jobs posted on the Career Builder network, which limits the amount of information available to their clients, CareerBuilder.com was rated by The Standard.com as ?by far the best job megasite for employers... practically perfect in every way? (Slayton,2000,popup chart).
There are many opportunities for positions in this field, but major employers continue on striving to be in state, federal, city and county government agencies. For dedicated employers they may even take it farther, progressing into more private corporations that are successfully increasingly employing trained resource
This article is a summary of the 16PF Personal Career Development Profile (PCDP), another version of the 16PF. The authors provide the nature of the tool, its application, and technical aspects (standards and reliability) thereof. The PCDP provides a report summarizing people’s career strengths based on elements of his/her personality; additionally it can determine which careers are most suitable for individuals. The PCPD can be used for career and personal counseling, employee and managerial development, and career transition training. The PCDP has
In order to excel in today’s neck-to-neck competitive working environment, it is very important that one adapts to a more active approach instead of a passive approach when it comes to career development. Additionally, with the growing social networking sites such as LinkedIn or the increasing popularity of job search websites such as Indeed.com, Monster.com, and Simplyhired.com, has led to a greater need to be more proactive in terms of career enhancement. Unlike old days when jobs were more secured and provided less fluidity of moving literally in their designated departments, these days workers face a more dynamic working environment. Furthermore, in our current information based era, almost every job opportunity
My chosen career to research is law enforcement officer. I used a variety of sources on the internet to gather information about this career path/position including an face-to-face interview with a military law enforcement officer. A list of sources I utilized are: O*Net, OHH/DOT, USAjobs.gov, dice.com, internship.com, glassdoor.com, and careeronestop.org. I discovered throughout the vocational planning course, I realized that I am very interested in the protective services field and that my skills would be best suited in the particular industry of law enforcement as a police officer or military police officer.
Grover, G. (2002). Career information center eighth edition, computers, business and office. (8th ed.). Michigan: visual education corporation.
The occupation that I explored was the market research analyst. Market research analysts collect, analyze and interpret different types of data to improve a company’s current product and increase profits. They look at three areas of the company; the product or service, advertising efforts and sales methods. Under each area, market analysts analyze which marketing efforts are effective and suggest ways to further improve profits. This occupation works in a fast pace and high pressured environment because they are continuously trying to meet deadlines. According to the U.S. Labour statistics, market research analysts “will grow at a rate of 32% which is must faster than the average for other careers” (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014).
My future career plans is to be an art therapist. This suits me as I have an interest in working with adolescents or adults with developmental disorders and I have a love for the arts. I also think I am good at listening to people, so the art therapist career plan combines the counselor side of me with the artistic side. My other choice would be a fashion writer or editor because I always had an interest for the fashion industry, since my mom is a seamstress who graduated from FIDM. Also, it would suit me as I like writing as a creative outlet, through poetry or my journaling.
Being aware about the job market trends, the situation you’re in, your emotions and options available to you is important.
Willett,M (2007,July 29). Some careers remain prime options for college students.[Electronic version] The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.
During times of slow economic growth and high technological change, many industrial firms find themselves needing fewer employees or are forced to replace their workforce with individuals who have updated technological skills. With this in mind, the education system should find ways to adapt to the current employment needs of the society. Of the several kinds of process-oriented approaches to educational change (e.g. year round education or acquiring a higher counselor-student ratio), career education represents the most logical and certainly the most available approach for consideration by career guidance professionals.
There are several professional spectrums that can be categorized under the human services career field. For example, legal professionals can be very vital to the human services profession whether it is for inter-professional collaborations or for professional legal counseling. This can be found true, when taking a look at an organizational chart for any state agency’s Department of Human Resources (DHR) and/or Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) organization chart. The ultimate goal of these professions is to serve their clients while promoting and enhancing diversity within our communities as well as eliminating all forms of discriminations. On the other hand, for each professional spectrum that falls under the human services umbrella, there are professional associations.
All college students should partake in career exploration project because it gives structure and direction. The result from an assessment identifies and prioritizes which careers will best suit an individual person or student. It does not necessarily mean they have to pick that particular job or career; it gives them more chooses to choose from. Career exploration is a life long journey that is emotionally, physically and mentally stress full. I say lifelong because as time goes on so does an individual’s views, abilities and skills. Career exploration is very helpful to a career, because it improves a person's ability to become informed of their interests, skills, values, abilities, aptitudes, weaknesses and strengths It helps in the guidance of career matters across the nation, job influence, growth, work hours opportunities to name a few. An individual needs to remember that when doing this career exploration project to keep in mind that money is only a temporary fix. In the beginning it may bring you joy and happiness but as time goes on it will not keep up personal enjoyment i...