Occupational Outlook Handbook Activities and the Occupational Outlook Hand Book
   

Qty.   Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook Activities 25 per pkg. 29.95

2010
Price   $29.95
10+      $26.95 

Order Code: J9784
Interest Level:
Grades 8+
High School
Package of 25
 

 * Get maximum benefits from the OOH with this low-cost
    workbook!
*  Use with any edition of the OOH!

This workbook familiarizes people with the OOH and can be used by individuals or in a class setting—a FREE instructor's guide comes with each package. Meets National Career Development Guidelines.

Section One: Find Your Career Focus. Finding a job that you are good at and enjoy is key to your future happiness. Activities here help you use the OOH to connect your interests, dreams, needs, and background to possible jobs.

Section Two: Spotlight Your Skills. Employers want to know about your key skills and whether you can do the job. Section Two helps you use the OOH to identify skills you've developed in past jobs and skills needed for possible future jobs.

Section Three: Set Education and Career Goals. Begin planning your future and setting goals with the activities in this section. Create an action plan for the next 30 days, the next 90 days, and the next year.

Section Four: Get Ready for Your Job Search. These activities help you use the OOH to prepare for a successful job search. You'll start a job search network, prepare for interviews, and gain interview confidence.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

2010-2011
Price $19.95
20+  $16.96
Order Code: J7384
Interest Level: High School
Adult.  Reading Level Grades 8+

 

• High-quality version of the government’s OOH with three exclusive bonus content sections.
• Exclusive green jobs information found nowhere else.
• In-depth job descriptions for more than 300 jobs, covering about 90 percent of all workers.

• America’s most widely used and dependable resource for career information is

 back.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010–2011 (OOH) features well-written, interesting descriptions for more than 300 major jobs in the U.S., plus summary information on additional jobs.

In each description, the book discusses the nature of the work, working environment, job outlook through 2018, training and education needed, earnings, related occupations, and additional information sources, including Web sites. Packed with practical, current information, the OOH is a valuable resource for anyone doing career research, making career decisions, writing resumes, and preparing for interviews.

Known for timely and accurate publishing of this resource, we offers three exclusive bonus sections. A brand-new supplement provides facts on emerging green jobs. The Personality-Career Quiz helps readers match themselves to OOH jobs. This quiz is based on the six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Also included is special content titled “How Educators, Counselors, Librarians, and Business Professionals Can Best Use the OOH.”

The OOH is useful to a wide variety of audiences, including job seekers, new graduates, students, career changers, working professionals, teachers, trainers, career counselors, librarians, and employers.