17 Career Development Applications Evolve!

Hollandcodes.com is maximizing our use of social media tools.

Social media tools are mobile and web technologies, e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.

Media technology promotes social networking, using already existing contacts to meet new people as potential social or business links.

According to Michael Wu, Ph.D., two major types of media tools:

• Social Networks
• Online Communities

Media Technology helps us –

• Generate highly powerful traffic
• Promote your products
• Access to customer’s feedback
• Announcing new products or services
• Discover your customers’ preferences 

 Review the examples, highlights, descriptions, illustrations, and contact information for these applications -

• Resource One: Blogs
• Resource Two: Constant Contact
• Resource Three: Delicious
• Resource Four: Evernote – note taking and archiving software
• Resource Five: Facebook
• Resource Six: Igroops – social network
• Resource Seven: Infographics – highly visual presentation tool
• Resource Eight: Issuu – digital publishing platform
• Resource Nine: Linkedin
• Resource Ten: Mobile Web Site
• Resource Eleven: Oovoo – video chat and instant messaging app
• Resource Twelve: Powerpoint
• Resource Thirteen: Prezi – cloud-based presentation software
• Resource Fourteen: Scribd – web and mobile device online library
• Resource Fifteen: Slideshare – document, PDF, video and webinar sharing software
• Resource Sixteen: Twitter
• Resource Seventeen: Wordle – word cloud generator software

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IKids and M2 Media Generation

Digital learners are waiting for the convergence and synchronization of career development principles with today’s electronic media.

Career development professionals are developing computing devices applications for the Media Generation.

We will be sharing information about the following topics -

• Uniqueness of today’s generation
• Career development best-practice models
• New media technology

With these resources, the iKids will develop 21st Century Skills.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2012

Time: 10:30 – 11:40 am

See you there!

Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development Webinars

If you unable to attend the conference, Hollandcodes.com will be reviewing the Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development information.

In July, we will be hosting a Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development webinar.

To sign up for the webinar and receive FREE resources, e.g. PowerPoint presentation.

Register at the Hollandcodes.com NCDA Workshop web page -

http://www.hollandcodes.com/ncda.html

When you register, you are eligible for the following items -

Free Holland Codes Resource Center Membership (Offer expires 6/30/12.)
Entry into drawing for FREE app (Drawing ends 6/30/12.)

Register today.  Space is limited!

Hollandcodes.com is expanding our use of new media technology.

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Powerful Career Resources for 2012

The O*NET is one of the world’s premier career exploration and occupational research tools.

The O*NET On-Line and Content Model had six descriptors or domains –

• Worker Characteristics
• Worker Requirements
• Experience Requirements
• Occupation Requirements
• Occupation Specific
• Occupation Characteristics

Worker Characteristics are the acquired knowledge, skills, effective work performance.

• Abilities — Qualities that influence performance
• Occupational Interests — Preferences for work environments
• Work Values —Specific needs that are important to a person’s satisfaction
• Work Styles — Personal characteristics that can affect how well someone performs a job.

Worker Requirements are characteristics descriptors relating to work-related qualities that are acquired and/or developed through experience and education.

• Basic Skills — Developed abilities that facilitate learning or the gaining of knowledge
• Cross-Functional Skills — Developed skills that increase performance of activities that occur across jobs
• Knowledge — System of principles and facts
• Education — Prior educational experience required to perform in a job

Experience Requirements — requirements that are required to perform to work activities and explicitly linked to certain types of work activities.

Experience and Training — When someone is hired to perform a job, there are the following requirements –

• Basic Skills – Entry Requirement — Entry requirement for skills that are need to increase learning or the gaining of knowledge
• Cross-Functional Skills – Entry Requirement — Entry requirement for developed abilities and skills that impove performance of activities that occur across jobs
• Licensing — Licenses, certificates, or registrations that are awarded to show that a job holder has gained certain skills.

Occupation-Specific Information

• Tasks — Occupation-Specific Tasks
• Tools and Technology — Machines, equipment, tools, software, and information technology workers used to perform work tasks.

Workforce Characteristics

• Labor Market Information — Current labor force characteristics of occupations
• Occupational Outlook — Future labor force characteristics of occupations

Occupational Requirements are factors that describe what various occupations require.

• Generalized Work Activities — General types of job behaviors
• Detailed Work Activities — Detailed types of job behaviors
• Organizational Context — Characteristics of the organization that influence how people do their work
• Work Context — Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work

Source: O*NET OnLine Career Exploration Tools

DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration) is  the exclusive owner of all rights under U.S. copyright laws and international treaty provisions in the O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools.
Any other copyright notices refer only to Learning for Life Resource
Center’s original work in the product.

O*NET and O*NET IN IT and logos are trademarks of the DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration).

Here are O*NET career exploration tools –

• Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET and Holland Codes Fact Sheets
• Career Interests Inventory

Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook

For Doing In-Depth Research on Job Descriptions, Career Options, and Education Options

 

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook is:

• Must-read resource for counselors and teachers
• An essential reference book that is a requirement for any career advisement, counseling, or counseling program, library, or resource room

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook is the best reference guide available that lists information about:

• Career Clusters/ GOE Interest Groups
• Holland Codes
• ONET Codes
• Job descriptions

The Handbook has more than 6,500 job descriptions — more than in any other career research book:

• All job descriptions from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Plus thousands more from the ONet and Dictionary of Occupational Titles

The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook combines information from the most authoritative occupational data sources:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET database
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles
• Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes

How to use the Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook

The major tools to using the Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook are:

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Appendix
• Indexes

The Table of Contents lists the following interest clusters or job groupings:

• Management, Business, and Financial Operations Occupations
• Professional and Related Occupations
• Service Occupations
• Sales and Related Occupations
• Office and Administrative Support Occupations
• Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
• Construction, Trades, and Related Workers
• Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
• Production Occupations
• Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
• Job Opportunities in the Armed Forces

The Introduction section provides information of the following topics:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook and Job Descriptions
• O*NET and Job Descriptions
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Job Descriptions
• 16 GOE Interest Areas
• Holland Personality Types
• OOH Job Descriptions

From the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Job Descriptions, you receive the listing of the following topics:

• Job Title and O*NET Job Numbers
• Holland Personality Types
• Significant Points
• Nature of the Work
• Working Conditions
• Employment
• Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
• Job Outlook
• Earning
• Related Occupations
• Sources of Additional Information

The Appendix has information about Tomorrow’s Jobs discussing changes in:

• Population
• Labor Force
• Employment
• Industry
• Occupation
• Education
• Total Openings

The Handbook are two (2) Indexes:

• Alphabetized Index of Major Job Titles from Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Alphabetized Index of ONET and DOT Job Titles

O*NET and Holland Codes Fact Sheets

The benefits of the O*NET and Holland Codes FACT Sheetsare -

• Low cost
• Easy to read format
• Comprehensive and detailed lists
• Latest career information
• Links between Holland Codes and O*NET Codes
• Summary of information from reliable source – Occupational Information Network

Using the ONET, the Occupational Information Network, Hollandcodes.com is preparing FACT SHEETS that will highlight the relationship between careers, O*NET Codes, Holland Codes, and the following factors –

• Tasks
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Abilities
• Work Activities
• Work Context
• Job Zone
• Interests
• Work Values

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists the -

• O*NET-SOC Code
• O*NET-SOC Job Title
• Holland Codes
• Description

Educational Levels Required for Different Occupations O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets – Educational Levels Required for Different Occupations lists the required levels of education from the selected sample. The largest number of people had one of the following levels of education

• Less than a High School Diploma
• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
• Post-Secondary Certificate
• Some College Courses
• Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
• Master’s Degree
• Post-Master’s Certificate
• First Professional Degree
• Doctoral Degree
• Post-Doctoral Training

Ability Areas for Different Occupations O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets – Ability Areas for Different Occupations lists the following Ability Areas -

• Cognitive Abilities — Abilities that influence the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solvingnformation Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
  • Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
  • Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
  • Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
  • Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Physical Abilities — Abilities that influence strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination.
• Psychomotor Abilities — Abilities that influence the capacity to manipulate and control objects
• Sensory Abilities — Abilities that influence visual, auditory and speech perception

Job Zones O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets – Job Zones lists the following Job Zones -

• Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
• Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

For each Job Level, there is information about -

• Experience
• Education
• Job Training
• Examples of job skills
• Examples of occupations

Knowledge Areas, O*NET Codes, and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets – Knowledge Areas lists the following Knowledge Areas -

• Knowledge
• Administration and Management
• Biology
• Building and Construction
• Chemistry
• Clerical
• Communications and Media
• Computers and Electronics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Design
• Economics and Accounting
• Education and Training
• Engineering and Technology
• English Language
• Fine Arts
• Food Production
• Foreign Language
• Geography
• History and Archeology
• Law and Government
• Mathematics
• Mechanical
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Philosophy and Theology
• Physics
• Production and Processing
• Psychology
• Public Safety and Security
• Sales and Marketing
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Therapy and Counseling
• Transportation

Source: O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools

DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration) is the exclusive owner of all rights under U.S. copyright laws and international treaty provisions in the O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools. Any other copyright notices refer only to Learning for Life Resource Center’s original work in the product.

O*NET and O*NET IN IT and logos are trademarks of the DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration).

Career Interests Inventory

The Career Interests Inventory,  a printed, career self assessment test, measures Holland Codes, personalities, and careers. Here is some information about the inventory. The Career Interests Inventory measures six Holland Occupational Codes -

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising and
• Conventional

The Inventory is a version of Dept. of Labor’s O*NET Interest Profile.
O*NET Career Interests Inventory is a 6-panel foldout inventory with
180 statements. The inventory takes about 30 minutes to complete. The
responses are added; the results are matched to the Holland (RIASEC)
Career Model and hundreds of related occupations. The occupations are
divided into categories based upon education, preparation, or training
requirements.

Read about O*NET Codes and Holland Codes products ….

10 Top Tips for Selecting the Right Career Test

Discover who you really are and understand your likes, dislikes, and interests.  Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.

Use the steps to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values.

The three career planning steps are -

• Awareness, Knowledge, and Assessment
• Educational and Occupational Exploration
• Career and College Major Planning

Here are the highlights from the thirty-page 10 Top Tips for Selecting the Right Career Test guidebook –

1. Follow the road map to career planning.
2. Recognize your interests, abilities, talents and values.
3. Learn your Holland personality types and codes.
4. Acquire career clusters information.
5. Explore careers.
6. Explore college majors.
7. Get the quick career test facts!
8. Use career test rating chart.
9. Get detailed information from the catalog.
10. Put all of the facts together.

Get more information from our download library.

Match Your Career to Your Personality!

There is a connection between your personality, interests, abilities, skills, and potential careers.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment is the most widely used personality assessment in the world – more than 2 million assessments worldwide each year.

• Reliable, valid, versatile, and dependable – Used for more than 50 years
• Guide to understand individual differences
• Source of understanding on how people think, communicate, and interact

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a career assessment test and a personality test. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types are in four groups –

• Extraversion / Introversion
• Sensing / Intuition
• Thinking / Feeling
• Judging / Perceiving

The type indicates a preference.

• The Extrovert prefers to focus on other people and things.
• The Introvert prefers to focus on internal thoughts and ideas.
• The Sensing person prefers to use the five senses to receive information.
• The Intuitive person receives input from internal thinking processes.
• The Thinking persons judges using logic.
• The Feeling person uses affective measures to judge.
• The Judging aspect of the type results in sequential step-by-step mental processing.
• The Perceiving responds in a spontaneous and flexible way.

The results from the MBTI produces the 16 types –

1. ISTJ
2. ISFJ
3. INFJ
4. INTJ
5. ISTP
6. ISFP
7. INFP
8. INTP
9. ESTP
10. ESFP
11. ENFP
12. ENTP
13. ESTJ
14. ESFJ
15. ENFJ
16. ENTJ

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Career Report

The MBTI Career Report is a career exploration tool that helps you –

• Identify strengths and weakness that may influence the career exploration process
• Identify job families
• Choose a potential career
• Select a college or other form of training
• Provide information necessary to evaluate a possible career transition or job shift
• Develop a career plan

The MBTI Career Report has information on –

• MBTI Results – Reported Type and Clarity of Reported Preferences
• MBTI Types and Career Choice – preferred work environments, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Career Exploration – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Career Development – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Job Families – Job family ranking, Most attractive job families, Moderately attractive job families, Least attractive job families, Most popular occupations, Least popular occupations, and Tips for succeeding in atypical occupation.

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Career Direct

Administration and Consultation From
Trained Consultant

What Makes
Career Direct Guidance System Unique?

 Career Direct examines four essentials of career selection:

•  6 Personality Types

• 21 Vocational Interests

• 14 Skills and Abilities

• 29 Work Priorities/ Values

As a result, this is one of the most comprehensive guidance systems on the market today.

The guidance system was developed over a 10-year period and has been rigorously tested and validated, using standard psychometric principles of testing and measurement. Over 120,000 adults and students have benefited from taking the Complete Guidance System.

How long does it take to complete Career Direct?

The assessment component can be completed in about an hour.

What is included in the report?

You will receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read, personalized  report formats that can be read or viewed in PDF or html formats.

The report discusses:

• 6 Personality Yypes

• 21 Vocational Interests

• 14 Skills & Abilities

• 29 Work Priorities/ Values

 Personality Factors

There are six personality factors:

• Dominance

• Extroversion

• Compassion

• Conscientiousness

• Adventurous

• Innovation

The report provides strengths, weaknesses, and career implications for each personality factors.

Vocational Interests Groups

Next, there are five broad vocational categories and 21 General Interest Groups.

Skills and Abilities Areas

 In the third section, there are 14 Skills and Abilities Areas.

Work Priorites/ Values

The last section contains the Work Priorities/ Values section. The three parts in the section on 29 values are:

• Work Environment

• Work Outcomes

• Life Values

FREE 2-Hour Consultation

You do not have to interpret the Guidance System on your own.

After completing the Guidance System, you will receive a FREE two (2) hour consultation from trained Consultant. The consultation is conducted:

• In person (Phoenix, AZ area)

• Via Skype (Outside Phoenix area)

The Consultant is carefully selected and trained:

• Performance is also monitored on a daily basis.

• The standards are high, including training.

• Awareness of dealing with resources that have been entrusted to you, goals that you have, and the desire that you have to be a good steward with all that has been entrusted to you.

After Consultation

You will receive a variety of resources:

• Action Plan

• Job Sampler

• Access to MP3 files

• Career Development PDFs

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iStartStrong -

Middle School Online Strong Interest Inventory

The iStartStrongwill empower your students or clients by helping them achieve greater satisfaction with work and life.

The middle school Strong Interest Inventory will empower your clients or students to identify and pursue a career path that aligns with their interests and personality.

The report is based on results from the Strong Interest Inventory® assessment. It presents results as General Themes (based on GOTs) and Specific Interests (based on BISs) using engaging four-color graphics and provides hyperlinks to related O*NET occupations.

Designed to be used by individuals without an interpretation session, the Strong Interest Inventory report puts self-discovery into the hands of anyone seeking career direction.

This personalized report paints a clear picture of how one’s interests and themes link to various jobs, work settings, and career fields. Use it to help your clients or students expand their career options and chart a plan of action toward finding a fulfilling career.

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Career Resources for Homeschool Students

We have two all-in-one career exploration guidance programs for homeschool students -

• Kuder Career Guidance System
• My Career Profile

Kuder Test Survey

As homeschool students, the Kuder Journey helps you:

• Identify skills, interests, abilities, and values
• Find a cluster of careers that match your skills, interests, abilities, and values
• Prepare for post-secondary education
• Highlight specific programs based on interests and skills
• Focus on -
  • Specific career job descriptions
  • Job titles
  • General and detailed work activities
  • Specific tasks typical of the occupation
  • Working condition
  • Nature of the work
  • Important interests, abilities, skills, work values, and knowledge areas
  • Trends
  • Training
• Get information on -
  • Major areas of instruction
  • Specific instructional programs
  • College and school results
  • General homeschool students campus and student body information
  • Types of instructions or programs offered
  • Degree or certificate types offered or awarded
  • Graduation rate
  • Homeschool student application and admission factors and costs
  • Homeschool student costs and financial aid
• Search for jobs
• Create resume
• Build a portfolio or e-portfolio

For homeschool students, Kuder Journey has the following items -

• 3 job career tests
• College by major information
• Career job finder
• Career job descriptions
• Career portfolio
• Resume tutorial

Kuder Test Survey Career Tests

The Kuder Test Survey has three career tests for homeschool students -

• Career Search with Person Match
• Skills Test
• Super’s Work Values Inventory-Revised

Kuder Career Search with Person Match

The Kuder Career Search with Person Match is the Kuder General Interest Survey consisting of 60 questions.

The Kuder General Interest Survey report displays information on career cluster descriptions, and career profile database designed for homeschool students.

Kuder Skills Test

The Kuder Skills Test is a self-estimate of one’s abilities to perform work-related tasks. Kuder Skills Test consists of 90 multiple choice questions.

The results of the Kuder Skills Test match the interests, skills, and career clusters.

Super’s Work Values Inventory-Revised

The Super’s Work Values Inventory-Revised identifies which work characteristics are most important to the homeschool student test taker. The inventory consists of 72 multiple choice questions.

Super’s Work Values Inventory-Revised Report displays 12 work-related characteristics.

Career Test Reports

All reports provide homeschool students with suggestions for continued career exploration. Links from the tests are used to explore occupational listings by education level within each of the clusters.

Combining Results from Kuder Career Tests

• Kuder Test Survey Interests and Skills Composite Report – Once an individual completes both the interest and skills tests, a composite report compares the scores of the interests and skills tests. There are suggestions for further education and career exploration and planning. To view the composite report, click on the words Kuder Test Survey Interests and Skills Composite Report below the Kuder Test Results table.
• One-Page Summary Report – This report contains an outline of the most recent results for tests that have been completed. Access this report by clicking on the title below the Kuder Test Results table.

Kuder Online Portfolios

The Kuder Online Career Portfolio provides a gateway to lifelong career planning that allows individuals to store personal and academic information; search and save educational and occupational data; build resumés; and access results 24 hours a day.

The System features include:

• Education Planner – for planning coursework and tracking educational progress
• Planning Timeline – for guiding education and career planning
• Note Taker – for documenting the career development process
• Occupation Search and Career Comparison – for career exploration by cluster, title, or Holland Code
• College Major and Instructional Program Search – for learning more about a major as well as the postsecondary options within your state.
• College Search and Comparison – for researching approximately 7,000 post-secondary colleges, universities, education training centers, and other institutions.
• Financial Aid Information and Scholarship Search – for understanding your college financing options.
• Resumé Builder – for creating and managing multiple resumés.

My Career Profile – A Holland Career Self Assessment Test

Product Overview

The My Career Profile (MCP) has 4 career tests, a career database, and an educational program database specially designed to homeschool students.

The 4 career tests assess interests, values, skills, and personality styles. Benefits of the MCP tests are that the MCP tests are reusable. You can redo the tests as many times as you like. With most other tests, it is usually one-time use only.

The MCP helps you develop a list of potential careers. The MCP test results are matched to a list of careers. The My Career Profile lists careers that match the interests, values, skills, and personality. Some other tests provide limited lists, but the My Career Profile provides an extensive career list from a database of 1200+ occupations. From this database, you will find your dream job.

After selecting your career, it is important that you find the right educational program. You can get a career by attending a certificate, 2 year, and 4 year educational programs. In the MCP educational program database, you can find careers that require the completion of a certificate, 2 year, and four year educational programs.

If you are looking for
careers in a specific geographic area, the MCP allow you the option to search by region or state.

Finally, since the cost of education is a factor, the MCP educational program database search education programs according to college or other training program costs.

The My Career Profile Guidance System comes with a -

• My Interests Inventory
• My Values
  Inventory
• My Skills Inventory
• My Personality Inventory

Self-Analysis System

1. My Interests Inventory

The My Interests Inventory generates a 3-letter Holland Codes and provides Interest Level Scores for the six (6) Holland Personality Types.

The Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Holland Personality Types.

The Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate Occupational Lists.

You can access, review, and redo the Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories.

Research a Career Tool

Use the Research a Career database to find information on 1200+ occupations. Each Occupational List provides information on -

• Overview
• Job
  duties
• Skills
• Values
• Outlook
• Earnings
• Advancement
• Working Conditions
• Interest (Holland Codes) Scores
• Areas of Study
• Training or Educational Levels
• School Search Tools

The Research a Career Tool allows you to research careers by name or Industry Group. The Industry Groups are -

• Architecture &
  Engineering
• Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
• Building and Ground Cleaning and Maintenance
• Business and Financial Operations
• Community and Social Services
• Computer, Information Technology and Mathematics
• Construction and Extraction
• Education, Training and Library
• Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
• Food Preparation and Serving
• Healthcare Practitioners and Technology
• Healthcare Support
• Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
• Legal
• Life, Physical, and Social Science
• Management
• Veterans/ Military
• Office and Administrative Support
• Personal Care and
  Service
• Production
• Protective Service
• Sales and Related
• Transportation and Materials
  Moving

School Tool

The Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate School Lists. The School Tool obtains school from a database of 6000+ post-secondary institutions. The School Tool searches for schools according to the following criteria -

• Name of School
• Location of School
• Region in the USA
• Type of School
• Size and Cost
• Major Areas of Study

All career and school lists can be printed and saved for future reference.

2. My Values Inventory

Find out the things that are important to you, for example -

• Helping Society
• Artistic Creativity
• Helping Others
• Independence
• Prestige
• Risk Taking
• Stability
• Working Outdoors

The My Values Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Values.

The My Values Inventory matches occupations to your Values and generates Occupational Lists.

3. My Skills Inventory

Know the things that you are good at, for example -

• Communication Skills
• People Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Management Skills
• Creative and Artistic Skills
• Scientific Skills

The My Skills Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Skills.

The My Skills Inventory matches occupations to your Skills and generates Occupational Lists.

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