Resources and Tools

The Muse www.themuse.com
The Muse is the go-to destination for the next gen workforce to research companies and careers. More than 75 million people each year trust The Muse to help them win at work, from professional advancement and skills-building to finding a job. Organizations use our platform to attract and hire talent by providing an authentic look at company culture, workplace, and values through the stories of their employees.

Resources for Workplace Diversity Inclusion.pdf

Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/ooh

Learn all about the occupations you find interesting. You can read about the nature of the work, education and training requirements, advancement opportunities, employment, salary, and ten-year job outlook for hundreds of occupations. The Handbook also lists related occupations and sources of additional information.

O*Net www.onetonline.org

The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation. The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).

O*NET Interest Profiler https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ipThe O*NET Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find out what you like to do. The O*NET Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore.

Career One Stop www.careeronestop.org

CareerOneStop is…

Your source for employment information and inspiration
The place to manage your career
Your pathway to career success
Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses and career professionals
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor

Self Assessments www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/Assessments/self-assessments.aspx

Need some ideas for careers you might like?
Whether you are just starting out, or wondering if another career would suit you better, self-assessments can help you consider different options and confirm types of careers that might be right for you. Learn more about the different types of assessments:

Interest assessment
Skills assessment
Work values

The 16 personalities is a free personality assessment that will help you understand your personality preferences and how they may influence different areas of your life, including your career. The assessment will give insights into four personality areas: Your mental focuses and what energizes you, how you process information, how you make decisions, and how you respond to the outside world.

The Life Values Inventory Online, a free values clarification & personal development program, was developed to help individuals and organizations clarify their values and serve as a blueprint for effective decision-making and optimal functioning.

Career Explorer asks you a series of questions that correspond to 150+ personality traits and learn about your career interests, skills, and goals.

The VIA Survey is the only free, scientific survey of character strengths in the world. Take this simple, 10 minute character test and discover your greatest strengths.

Red Bull Wingfinder is a personality assessment that focuses on your strengths, the things that you’re naturally inclined to be good at, and gives you the tools and coaching to be even better.

PDFs to print and complete with a pen/pencil:

Interest Inventory.pdf

Skills Inventory.pdf

Values Inventory.pdf

What are the 12 Core Competencies?

These are the 12 core competencies that have been identified as critical for successful job performance. Different jobs demand different competencies, however these twelve competencies are the most commonly recognized behaviors required for success in nearly all career fields.

My Next Move www.mynextmove.org

My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.

Career Ship mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/about_careership.cfm

Students can review careers by cluster, review the featured career, match careers to their interests, or search for a particular career. For each career, students will have access to a variety of information.

Job Descriptions and Salary Information jobdescriptions.net
Hundreds of detailed job descriptions with information on responsibilities, salaries, accreditation, and professional associations.

TED: The Economics Daily from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Betterteam Job Description Directory betterteam.com/job-descriptions
A job description is an internal document that clearly states the essential job requirements, job duties, job responsibilities, and skills required to perform a specific role. A more detailed job description will cover how success is measured in the role so it can be used during performance evaluations.

Career Planning Tool
This tool is where you tie everything together from their career guide, and help you make your plan.

Zippia Career Research
Explore jobs by industry, discipline, companies, and state.

Articles

How to make your career plan
Article from 80,000 Hours: "People often come to us trying to figure out what they should do over the next ten or twenty years. Others come to us saying they want to figure out 'the right career for them'."
How to Use Labor Market Information to Explore Careers
Free Career Aptitude and Career Assessment Tests