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Jobs Related to Your Skills
Other options: jobs related to my [interests]
[values]
To identify occupations related to your skills, you will use the
O*NET Online service (see directions below).
Caution! Selecting a career goal should not be made simply by identifying occupations related to your skills. Other factors, such as your interests, values and behavioral traits should also be considered. To select a career goal that matches your overall personality style, please use our Career Selection and Planning Guide.
To simply identify occupations related to your skills, please follow the directions below.
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Visit the Find Occupations area of the O*NET Online website.
O*NET Online is a service of the U.S. Department of Labor, and contains an online database of information on more than 800 occupations found in the American work force.
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Note the paragraph entitled Browse by O*NET Descriptor and the following 5 Descriptors:
Knowledge
Skills
Abilities
Interests
Work Values
These Descriptors will allow you to search the database and produce a list of occupations that match the Descriptor that you have chosen.
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Click on the Skills Descriptor.
A new page will appear listing 6 broad skill areas (folders), from Basic Skills to Technical Skills.
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Click on the Basic Skills folder.
The Basic Skills folder will open and a more detailed list of Basic Skills will appear, from Active Learning to Writing.
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Review the list of Basic Skills and click on the first skill that you believe you have WELL DEVELOPED. Note that a list of occupational titles will appear. These are occupations that require a HIGH level of the skill you selected, in order to carry out the work.
Want information on any occupation on the list? If so, just click on the occupational title.
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Repeat the above procedure for other Basic Skills that you believe you have WELL DEVELOPED.
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Once you have completed a review of all the skills in the Basic Skills folder, move on to the next skill folder (Complex Problem Solving Skills). Review these skills, clicking on any that you feel you have WELL DEVELOPED to view related occupations.
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Continue this procedure for all skill folders, from Basic Skills to Technical Skills.
Important! After reviewing the various skill folders, check out the Abilities folder to find occupations related to your abilities.
What's the difference between skills and abilities?
While there is no universally accepted consensus as to the definition of, or the difference between, Skills and Abilities, many career guidance professionals interpret Skills to be talents that a person can develop through schooling, training and/or experience. On the other hand, Abilities (sometimes referred to as "aptitudes") tend to be natural talents that a person inherits from his or her parents.
Regardless of the definition of these two terms, when using the O*NET Online website to explore for occupations that match your talents and capabilities, you should investigate both the Skills and Abilities folders.
Revised: July 25, 2007
Additional Resources:
CareerInfoNet:
Skills Profiler
