What is O*NET Online? (Information derived from O*NET Online )

The O*NET Online database and related products will help millions of employers, workers, educators, and students make informed decisions about education, training, career choices, and work. The O*NET Project is administered and sponsored by the US Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

O*NET Online is a comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics. It provides a common language for defining and describing occupations, the essential foundation for facilitating career counseling, education, employment, and training activities. The database contains information about knowledges, skills, abilities (KSAs), interests, general work activities (GWAs), and work context. O*NET Online data and structure will also link related occupational, educational, and labor market information databases to the system.

What does all this mean to you? When you complete just about any personal assessment or vocational assessment you are given numerous career suggestions. It's up to you to figure out what to do from there. That's all the help you get making very difficult choices. DMI - The Career Builder does MORE. With the VAT, your career suggestions are official occupational titles that are linked directly to O*NET Online where you can read about the job and learn EVERYTHING about it including:

• Tasks associated with the job
• Work Activities necessary to do those Tasks
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities necessary for the job
• The Context or Environment you can expect to work in
• Experience and Job Education expected
• Typical Interests, Values and Needs of job holders
• Related Fields and Occupations
• Wages and Employment information by geographical area
• and much more!

With this vital information, the VAT, more than any other assessment test, will help you make the most best decisions when choosing a college major, choosing a first career, or changing careers.

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