CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

Applying Your Skills

USING THE O*NET TO GATHER CAREER INFORMATION

This chapter introduced you to the O*NET, a comprehensive source of occupational information. For this activity, choose one occupation you’d like to learn more about. You may want to select something based on your interests, work values, and skills. Then follow these steps:

  1. Type “O*NET OnLine” into your Web browser or go to http://online.onetcenter.org.

  2. Under “Occupation Quick Search,” type the name of the occupation you want to investigate.

  3. Click on the occupational title.

  4. Of the tasks listed for this occupation, which do you find most appealing? Least appealing?

  5. Scroll to “Skills.” Which skills in the list do you already possess? How did you acquire them? Which skills would you still need to develop to succeed in this occupation?

  6. Scroll to “Interests.” How does your Holland interest type (from your interest inventory) match the interest type or code for this occupation?

  7. Scroll to “Work Values.” How do your work values match those shown for this occupation?

  8. Scroll to “Wages.” What is the median annual wage (the middle number in a list of annual wages sorted from lowest to highest) for this occupation?

  9. Select your state, and compare the national median annual wage for this occupation with the median annual wage for your state. Note which is higher.

  10. Determine what, if any, additional information you’d like to gather about this occupation and how you will find it.

  11. Question 13.14

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