Self-Assessment can help you know yourself better.
And knowing yourself better can help you choose a satisfying
job or occupational field to explore. John Holland's Theory
of vocational Personality is one of the most widely accepted
approaches to vocational choice , and is used in schools,
colleges, and One-Stop centers. According to the theory,
there are six vocational personality types. One or more
of these personality types describes nearly all individuals.
Occupations fall into one of six corresponding work environments.
People seek work environments that match their personality
types.
Quick
Assessment
Explore jobs that best match your personality. Are you
realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising,
or conventional? find out with this quick assessment.
Work
Importance Profiler
what's important to you in a job? Discover how much you
value achievement, independence, recognition, relationships,
support, and working conditions in a job. Get a list of
jobs that reflect your values.
Get
a Reality Check
After High School you will need to work to pay for housing,
transportation, clothes, etc. You will need money. You
will need an occupation. Get a Reality Check by finding
out how much you can expect to spend and how much you
can expect to earn in your chosen profession.
Interest
Profiler
Discover what your interests are, and how they relate
to the world of work. The Interest Profiler helps you
decide what kinds of occupations and jobs you might want
to explore based on your interests.
Work
Smart!
An internet application designed to offer entry-level
job seekers and workforce re-entrants "soft"
skills and occupational information to assist them in
obtaining employment.
The Labor Market Information Division has put together
a new on-line product, Construction
Careers, a set of guides focusing on a number
of occupations in the construction industry.
The Labor Market Information Division profiles 48
health care occupations requiring education
of a bachelor's degree or less. The easy-to-read format
offers brief descriptions, wages, outlook, requirements,
sources of further information, and career growth possibilities.
Find
Occupations by Skills
Create a list of skills you have or plan to acquire,
then find occupations that match your skills.
Try experimenting by choosing different skill
sets and exploring your results.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook (OOH) 2006-07
For hundreds of different types of jobs, the Occupational
Outlook Handbook tells you the training and
education needed, earnings, expected job prospects,
what workers do on the job and working conditions.
Career
Guide to Industries (CGI) 2006-07
For dozens of different kinds of industries, the
Career Guide to Industries tells you about occupations
in the industry, training and advancement, earnings,
expected job prospects, and working conditions.
Occupations from the publication "California
Career Notes, 50
Entry-Level Careers With a Future"
published by the Employment Development Department,
Labor Market Information Division.
A
Labor Day Briefing for California was
prepared to report on California's labor markets
as the nation commemorates Labor Day, September
4, 2006. It presents significant labor market trends
and topical statistics relating to the California
economy.
Local
Area Profile
Get an overview of labor market information in our
county including employment and unemployment, industry
data, wages, consumer price index and more!
Major
Employers in El Dorado County
This list of major employers was extracted from
the America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS)
Employer Database, 2006 2nd Edition.
Most
Openings Index, California Occupational
Guides
The Most Openings Index includes occupations where
estimated combining growth and separations exceed
30,000 for the period 2002 to 2012.
