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New article! Click here to view the IPMA (International Personnel Management Association) article "Conquering the Brain Drain: E-learning's promise for succession planning and solutions for human resource professionals' headaches"!
O*NET
5.0 Database - The O*NET 5.0 Database is now available on the O*NET
consortium web site Developer's Corner.
The O*NET 5.0 database represents a major milestone for the O*NET
project. The major data collection underway has resulted in a significant
update to the database. Highlights include:
- New and revised Task Statements for 455 O*NET-SOC occupations
- Addition of Task Statement ratings (importance and frequency) for 54 O*NET-SOC occupations
- Updated Abilities, Work Activities, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Context data for 54 occupations
- Addition of Training and Work Experience, and Education data for 54 occupations
- Addition of Work Styles data for 54 occupations
- Addition of metadata to the file structure to specify source of data and date of update
- Addition of Emerging Task StatementsAddition of Detailed Work Activities
While the new data marks an improvement in collection methodology and data currency, we encourage developers to familiarize themselves with the nuances of the new data prior to implementing the database within their products. In the upcoming months, the O*NET project will be distributing "metadata" files that will include information aimed at helping developers evaluate the quality of each and every data value (e.g., standard error and/or confidence intervals). The O*NET project will also provide general guidelines or recommendations for interpreting the metadata.
O*NET
Academy Webinars - Webinars are live,
one-hour training sessions that you can attend from any computer with
an Internet connection, and are available FREE of charge! A variety of
O*NET topics will be available for the Employer, Educator, and Workforce
Development communities. Visit the O*NET Academy Live Training page for
details at http://www.onetacademy.com/onet_livetraining.cfm.
SOC/O*NET
compatible information released by The Bureau of Labor Statistics:
2002 - 2003 Occupational Outlook Handbook:
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of
career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals
making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years,
the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions;
the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects
in a wide range of occupations. To access the handbook, go to http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
( the related O*NET codes are now listed at the end of each occupation
article!)
2000 - 2010 Projections of Nat'l Occupational
Employment: The Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment
Projections recently released information about the labor market for the
Nation as a whole for 10 years in the future. The 10-year projections
of employment by industry and occupation, labor force, and economic growth
are widely used in career guidance, in planning education and training
programs, and in studying long-range employment trends. These projections
use the new Standard Occupational Classification SOC) system. To learn
more, go to http://stats.bls.gov/emp/home.htm.