Career Management 3.03 Use accurate, current and unbiased career information during career planning & management

Career Clusters - groups of jobs that are similar to one another

Major Classifications for Occupations SOC – Standard Occupational Classification System US Office of Education career clusters Standard Industrial Classification – SIC

SIC – Standard Industrial Classification -Used by the U.S. Census Bureau Goods Producing Industries Agriculture, forestry, & fishing Mining Construction Manufacturing Service Producing Industries Transportation, communication, & public utilities Wholesale trade Retail Finance, insurance, & real estate Services Government

NC DPI North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Agriculture & Natural Resources Technologies Arts & Sciences Biological & Chemical Technologies Business Technologies Commercial & Artistic Production Technologies Construction Technologies Engineering Technologies Health Sciences Industrial Technologies Public Services Technologies Transport Systems Technologies

Career Information Guides Dictionary of Occupational Titles/O*NET – Lists 24,000 jobs with general duties and work characteristics Occupational Outlook Handbook – Lists training/education requirements, earning potential, work conditions, future employment prospects, nature of the work, related occupations, and sources of additional info. Guide for Occupational Exploration – Lists 14 interest areas along with abilities/trait requirements

Internet Resources American Career InfoNet – Lists outlook/trends, training requirements, and learning potential; also offers a career inventory Occupational Info Network (O*NET) – Lists training/education requirements, and earning potential; Codes are includes as part of the OOH description DOL Employment & Training Administration – A site for students, parents, teachers, and counselors to access career info. Regarding career exploration, training requirements, and military careers. CFNC (www.cfnc.org) – offers career exploration & education/career planning resources F4K (www.f4k.org) – connects students to people and NC companies

Career Research When researching careers, it is best to start by using O*NET and the OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook) O*NET is replacing DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) NC Careers (www.north-carolina.careers.org) helps match interests with occupations