Occupational Information

• Nature of the work (duties/responsibilities)

• Entrance qualifications

• Training options

• Salary

• Working conditions (positive & negative)

• Advancement opportunities

• Location of the work

• Future employment outlook (projection)

• Required licenses and certifications

• Related occupations

• Sources of additional information

Quick links to America's hottest careers...

• Fastest growing occupations

• Occupations with the most openings

• Occupations with the largest employment

• Occupations with declining employment

• Highest paying occupations

Occupational information is available in two formats: online literature and online videos.  See directions below to learn how to use our online occupational information.

Directions: to find the information you need, follow the directions below:

1. Decide if you want to read occupational literature or view an occupational video.  Then refer to the appropriate column below.

2. Click on the occupational resource that you would like to use.

3. Follow the directions within the resource you've selected to find your occupation.

4. Review the information provide to see if it can answer your question.

Remember... if you can't find what you're looking for?  Try another resource!
 

Occupational literature

Occupational videos

Occupational Outlook Handbook  One of the most commonly used sources of occupational information. Detailed information (duties, salary, entrance qualifications, etc.) on hundreds of occupations. (Published by the U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics)  

New Jersey Career Video Library - A comprehensive collection of 487 occupational videos - each approximately 90 seconds long.

Chronicle Occupational Briefs - An extensive collection of reports (briefs) on 650+ occupations in the World of Work.
(Requires Adobe Reader)

California Golden State Career Videos - A comprehensive series of videos designed to provide a brief, visual introduction to many of the occupations found in our World of Work.

O*NET Online -The largest database on the Internet listing thousands of occupational titles with detailed descriptions. (Published by the U.S. Department of Labor)

More career videos
 

Videos on how different abilities are necessary for success in a variety of occupations.

450 occupational videos.
 

Videos on major industries.

Vocational Biographies - A comprehensive series of interviews with people working in hundreds of different careers.  Excellent "first person" profile of occupations!  To use this collection, please enter the following:

User or School Name: spc
Password: careers

(Requires Adobe Reader)

Additional sources of occupational information:

E-Career Fair
Educational requirements for various professions in the State of Florida.

CollegeBoard.com Major & Career Profiles - A comprehensive listing of career fields, specific occupations within each field, and career profiles.

CareerInfoNet Occupational Profile Generator - Create your own occupational profiles by first selecting a job title and state and then obtain information on duties, salary level, employment trends, knowledge, skills, abilities, education and training, etc.

O*NET Code Connector - Extensive database of occupations.  Use this source to:

• Discover commonly used job titles for occupations when all you know about the occupation is a few basic duties.

• Identify job titles belonging to various career fields of interest.

• Obtain detailed lists of duties and tasks associated with hundreds of occupations.

• Occupations that are related to each other.

(Published by U.S. Department of Labor)