Presented by Dr. Janet Wall Sr. Trainer, O*NET Academy

1. An O*NET Academy Briefing:O*NET Tools for School Counselors, Counselor Educators, and Other Career Development Professionals Presented by Dr. Janet Wall Sr. Trainer, O*NET Academy

2. Webinar Objectives • Show how O*NET materials and services support professional career development guidelines • Review various free materials and services that school counselors can use for their career development programs

3. Three Important Documents for School Counselors • Vision into Action: National Standards for School Counseling Programs (ASCA) • National Career Development Guidelines (US Department of Education) • Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act

4. Vision into ActionNational Standards for School Counseling Programs Academic Development Personal/Social Development Career Development

5. Career Development Standard I: • Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions. Standard II: • Students will employ strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction. Standard III: • Students will understand the relationship among personal qualities, education and training, and the world of work.

6. National Career Development Guidelines Domain 1: • Personal Social Development Domain 2: • Educational Achievement and Lifelong Learning Domain 3: • Career Management

7. Career Management • CM1 - Create and manage a career plan that meets your career goals. • CM2 - Use a process of decision-making as one component of career development. • CM3 - Use accurate, current, and unbiased career information during career planning and management. • CM4 - Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment. • CM5 - Integrate changing employment trends, societal needs, and economic conditions into your career plans.

8. Perkins • Employment statistics • Information on industries • Information for career awareness and planning • Education and training information • High wage, high demand jobs • Alignment of programs with objectives, industry requirements

9. O*NET Information Supports Career and Technical Education Efforts • Provides unbiased and accurate information • Specifies wages by state and nationally • Documents occupational trends and outlook • Offers assessment tools for learning about oneself • Shows students how personal characteristics are related to the world-of work • Shows how education and training relates to occupations • Supports decision-making by supplying credible occupational, educational, and job information • Includes in demand occupations, emerging occupations

10. What is O*NET • Dynamic system of occupational information • Frequently updated • Based on Information from job incumbents and employers (comprehensive) • Supporting tools • Assessments • Job information • Financial aid • O*NET Online

11. Find Occupational Information

13. Note search fields.

15. Tasks, Tools and Technology, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Work Activities, Work Context, Job Zone (education and training), Interests, Work Values, Related Occupations, Wages and Employment, Additional Information

16. T&T – New Feature

17. Knowledge and Skills

18. Work Context

19. Interests and Work Styles

20. Work Values and Related Occupations

21. Wages and Employment Trends, Additional Information

22. Search by Skills

23. Skill Search

24. Select Skills from List Basic Skills, Complex Problem Solving Skills, Resource Management Skills, System Skills, and Technical Skills

25. 60 Matches Using 10 Skills Click on occupational title to obtain Summary Report

26. Search by Interest Area

27. Search by Interests

28. Select Primary Interest Area

29. Related Occupational Listing

30. Career Info Net • Provides significant information • Can be reached on its own or through O*NET Online http://www.acinet.org/

31. Significant Resources for You

32. Occupational Information

33. Career Videos

34. Skills Gap Analysis • Exercise that compares one’s current skills and level of performance to requirements of an occupation

36. Other Resources

37. Education and Training – Select Job Family

38. Select Occupation

39. Select Level and Location

40. Results

41. Assistance with Pell Grants

42. Student Financial Aid Guides http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html

43. Scholarship Search

44. 10 Results

45. Career Assessment Tools • Three high quality instruments • Use for career exploration and career guidance • Not for job selection or selection into job training programs. • Can be downloaded for your use from www.onetcenter.org

46. Interest Profiler What Do You Like to Do?

47. Work Interest Areas R I A S E C Realistic Artistic Enterprising Investigative Social Conventional

48. What Do You Value? The Work Importance Profiler

49. Work Value Areas A I R R S W Achievement Recognition Support Working Conditions Independence Relationships

50. The Ability Profiler What can you do? What are your work-related skills?