Teaching the Career Exploration Project

Learn more about the featured resources

Below is information about the featured career-related resources. The list includes links to tools and guides to help you navigate through the resources and effectively teach your students how to use them.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
  Publication created by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is published every two year, most recently updated in December 2015.
  OOH has a Teachers Guide and a detailed page about the Occupational Information Included in the OOH.
• MyNextMove and O*Net
  Created and maintained by the National Center for O*Net Development and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
  MyNextMove has a navigation handout and a detailed page about the content.
  O*Net is considered to be the primary source for occupation information.
  O*Net provides detailed help for navigating their database. Click on the topic of interest on their Table of Contents.
  There are Veteran-specific resources available.
• CareerOneStop
  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. 
  For basic content information, click on Occupational Profiles. For more details, click on Help and FAQs.
  There are Veteran-specific resources available.

What you may notice is that these resources are using to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections. For more data and details, visit their website.