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Career Profiles

Following are some sources that will give information about careers. These sources provide information about the nature of the work, training/education, employment and job outlook, earnings, and much more.

Occupational Outlook Handbook is the Web version of the nationally-recognized reference book that describes what workers do on the job, training and education needed, wages, job prospects, and much more. This is an EXCELLENT source of information. There are a couple of ways to search for a career on this site. The main page is located at http://www.bls.gov/oco.
The A to Z Alphabetical Index is easy to use at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ooh_index.htm.

America's Career Infonet is "transitioning to CareerOneStop's Toolkit." Career One Stop provides wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market condition, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and an extensive career resource library. Please take your time to view many web pages at this EXCELLENT source for career information. Here are some web pages for accessing the website. https://www.careeronestop.org. https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/ACINet.aspx.

https://careeronestop.org/toolkit/toolkit.aspx. http://www.acinet.org.

CityTownInfo.com is another EXCELLENT site to spend some time exploring the links. This site features information about career profiles, colleges, featured articles, career stories as employees share their views on their profession, and a variety of much more information. The main menu is located at http://www.citytowninfo.com. Make sure that you visit the Career Descriptions at http://www.citytowninfo.com/employment. Another great page is http://www.citytowninfo.com/studies/best-careers-degree-not-required.html where you can find a list of "Best Careers NOT Requiring a Degree."

ExploreHealthCareers.org is a very good health career site maintained by the American Dental Education Association. Profiles of all kinds of health careers and schools that offer educational programs for those careers are listed on this site at http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/