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Additional Resources for Career Planning

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Career Planning and Job Search Guides

  • 2024 Kickstart your Career: whether you are a recent graduate or looking to changed careers, this Linkedin article provides resources on growing occupations, locations, and suggestions on relocating … plus lots more.
  • 4 Secrets That Will Improve Your Employment Prospects: an online article suggests four ways to improve your career planning process
  • CareerBlog: lots of short “how-to” and help articles on strengthening your resume, maintained by Novoresume
  • Careers in Oregon: visit the QualityInfo site and click on the Careers link to see the recent Careers in Oregon (English and Spanish) along with related resources.
  • Career Journeys: video stories of occupations (a collaboration between the Oregon Department of Education and the University of Oregon) including law enforcement, healthcare, manufacturing, and natural resources.
  • Career Trajectories and Occupational Transitions Dashboard (CTOT): Occupational Clusters (typical wages by cluster), Key Data on Occupations (wage growth over time), and Occupation Trajectory and Transitions (what do trajectories look like over time) for many occupations.   Maintained by the US DOL.
  • Compensation and Benefits Guide: an overview of compensation and benefits for job seekers
  • Education Level and Projected Openings, 2019–29:  the US Bureau of Labor Statistics categorizes occupations by Education Level (from no formal education to advanced college degrees) including average wages
  • How to Ask for a Raise: once you have a job it can be challenging to request a raise, this article shares ways to help
  • How to Cope With and Overcome Job Search Burnout: looking for a job can be overwhelming and tiring, this article has suggestions that might help
  • Jobscan Bounce Back Toolkit: guides and tools to help you after a layoff or career shift.
  • Jobscan Resume Career Analysis Tools: JobScan offers a tool that allows you to upload a resume that will match your possible career paths.  You can also download your LinkedIn Profile, instead of a resume.   ** Before uploading your resume, remove any personal identification (name, address, etc.) **
  • JobScan Resume to Job Posting Assessment Tool:  need help to tailor your resume to a job posting?  This tool allows you to copy your resume in one window and then the job description from a job posting in another window.  JobScan looks for areas of the job description that are missing from your resume. ** Before uploading your resume, remove any personal identification (name, address, etc.) **
  • Living Wage Calculator: hosted by MIT, choose a county in Oregon to see living wages (the hourly rate that an individual in a household must earn to support his or herself and their family).
  • Micro-Credentials, How to Choose One that Reaches Your Career Goals: a short article to help determine if a micro-credential is right for you
  • My Next Move: hosted by O*NET, explore your dream career, browse industries, take an interest survey – English or Spanish
  • My PlanetXt: this site looks at the impact (current and possible) of automation on specific occupations.
  • My Skills My Future: a simple way to look for other possible careers based on your current and prior jobs
  • Occupational Mobility Explorer: researchers analyzed the skills that employers requested in the 33 largest metro areas. This tool allows workers to investigate how they might transfer their skills from one occupation to a similar (hopefully higher-paying) occupation in the same labor market.
  • Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Job Offer: this article offers suggestions on how to process a job offer decision including questions to ask yourself and possible negotiating options.
  • Tips on Internet Safety When Working from Home: if you choose to work from home, these tips can help prevent Internet-related threats.
  • Young Worker Toolkit: a comprehensive toolkit for young workers, their parents, educators, and employers.  Includes federal rights for workers, types of jobs for youth, Internships, and more.

Behavioral Health

Child Care and Early Childhood Education

Construction

Health Care

  • Caregiver Demographics: Learn about those that receive and provide Caregiver services.  Published by the Caregiver.org
  • Caregiving Resource Center: resources for both caregivers and those that they care for.
  • Oregon OSHA Free Online Classes: includes free healthcare, manufacturing, construction, wildfire smoke, and general safety courses.
  • Valley Immediate Care Educational Opportunities: for schools and high school learners.  Find out what goes on behind the scenes of an Urgent Care clinic. Learn about workflow, various lab tests, x­ray equipment, and how common illnesses and injuries are treated.  View a flyer.

Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Technology (Information Technology, E-Commerce, and Cybersecurity)

  • AI (Artificial Intelligence)
    • Advancing AI For Everyone: Google site provides an overview of AI, steps on using AI responsibly, and their related tools.
    • Bard: an AI tool developed by Google.
    • ChatGPT: an AI tool, requires a login to be created for the free version, an optional paid version offers access to additional features (more powerful, faster, and access to browser, plugins, and computer code generation).
    • Imagine: an AI tool to generate images and art.
    • MidJourney: an AI tool to generate images and art, use the Beta version or sign in with Discord.
    • What is AI (overviews and explanations of the different types of AI)?
  • Choosing Your Cybersecurity Path: curious about a career in Cybersecurity?  This short article provides some suggestions including career pathways (Cybrary)
  • Forensic Schools: this site provides lists of colleges by state related to Forensic Science, including Cyber and Digital Forensics.  You can also read more about Forensics on their blog.
  • Mobile E-Commerce (mCommerce): learn about the growing field of Mobile E-Commerce and the future of this occupation field.  From the CellPhoneDeal blog that includes articles on mobile cyber security.
  • Social Media Careers: The Skills You Need, Where to Look, and Jobs to Consider: from SproutSocial
  • Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework): NIST (the National Institute of Scientific Standards) has developed a framework, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), that describes the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework), a fundamental reference for describing and sharing information about cybersecurity work.

Transportation (Commercial Truck Driving, Logistics, and Warehousing)