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Welcome to the O*NET Workforce Development and Training Site The O*NET Knowledge Site seeks to provide you with information about O*NET (the replacement for the dictionary of occupational titles) and O*NET usage as it applies to workforce training. O*NET will allow you to: Share information with peers; Teach you how to search the new O*NET directory of occupational titles; Show you how you can use O*NET data to build better resumes and job orders; Build an online community of Workforce Development Professionals, Employers, Educators, and Students. Use this site to stay abreast of project initiatives and share your thoughts with others. Click here to learn more about registering with O*NET for workforce training and workforce development. Click here to access the O*NET KNOWLEDGE SITE Click
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REGISTERED USER -for free now! O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a unique, comprehensive database and directory of occupational titles, worker competencies, job requirements, resources and more! As the replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET will be the nation's primary source of occupational information. O*NET is a timely, easy-to-use resource that supports public and private sector Workforce Development efforts. O*NET provides a common language for defining and describing occupations and occupational job outlooks. It's an especially good resource for identifying workforce training initiatives. Its flexible design also captures rapidly changing job requirements. O*NET's innovative online design moves workforce training into the technological age. Why should you use the O*NET Knowledge Site? Before you can effectively use O*NET, you need to understand O*NET's features, functionality, and implementation. The O*NET knowledge site provides you with the background you need to effectively use, implement, and search the O*NET database. You can use O*NET to: take online tutorials to learn the features of O*NET; Join an O*NET forum to discuss workforce development and workforce training; Ask questions and get answers from experts; Learn how to implement O*NET in your Workforce Development system; Hear the latest news about the O*NET, and much more! What data does O*NET include? The O*NET database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations. Use this information to facilitate career exploration, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, and a variety of human resources functions, such as developing job orders and position descriptions as well as aligning workforce training with current workplace needs. The O*NET Knowledge Site can teach you how to use this information to craft a better resume, search for jobs that are best suited to you, or to understand what skills you need to perform a certain job. Click here to learn more about how O*NET works and how you can take advantage of the workforce training and workforce development information. For Employers: O*NET can expand the pool of candidates for open positions, help develop job descriptions, define job-specific success factors and refine recruitment. Again, O*NET will help align organizational development with workplace needs will implementing competitive compensation systems. O*NET can help create free job descriptions. For Workforce Development Professionals: O*NET helps to create industry specific resumes; explore options that capitalize on knowledge, skills, and abilities; create skills-match profiles; and improve partnerships by using a common language for occupational information. Workforce Development Professionals can also create free sample job descriptions. More specifically, Workforce Development Professionals can use O*NET to: Develop job orders and resumes; Create skills-match profiles; Explore career options that capitalize on knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs); Target recruitment efforts for improved job matching; Share job outlook information; Improve partnership success by using a common language. Click here to learn more about registering with O*NET in order to learn more about workforce training and workforce development. For Career Counselors and Educators: O*NET can help assist teachers and career counselors with preparing adults or students for careers by providing tools to understand the knowledge and skills required for occupations. O*NET can help Counselors and Educators by providing: Occupational outlook data; Occupation and work characteristics as well as job requirements; The tools to develop free job descriptions; Labor market information; workforce training; Data as resource for developing curriculum design; Resources for career counseling and career guidance. The Information in O*NET, including the directory of occupational titles, is available for over 950 occupations. Each occupational title and code is based on the most current version (1999) of the Standard Occupational Classification system. The database used in O*NET OnLine is largely based on data supplied by occupational analysts using sources such as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). To develop data for this database, analysts evaluated and refined existing occupational data, then applied these data to the O*NET Content Model. By using a contemporary, interactive skills-based database and a common language to describe worker skills and attributes, O*NET transforms mountains of data into precise, focused occupational intelligence that anyone can understand easily. The framework that organizes O*NET data is a skills-based structure called the Content Model. The Content Model classifies data into six domains or windows. These windows that look into many aspects of work from descriptions of the worker to requirements of the actual work. Click here to access the O*NET KNOWLEDGE SITE Click
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REGISTERED USER -for free now! Participate in O*NET forums! These forums provide a place where you can ask questions, get answers, give opinions, and share information with fellow colleagues, individuals, experts and other O*NET users! Stay on top of the latest O*NET topics by joining one of our forums! Forums are virtual communities of users interested in a common topic. By participating in a forum, you can send messages to all other members of the forum. Additionally, you will receive answers, updates, facts, and information from others involved with workforce training and workforce development. Click here to learn more about how O*NET works and how you can take advantage of the workforce training and workforce development information. When you register for a Forum, you can send messages to all other members of the Forum. To send a message, simply address a regular e-mail to the specific Forum name, and press send. As a registered user of that Forum, your message will be delivered to everyone in the community! Others can respond to you in the same way. Once you've registered for a Forum, you will receive many detailed replies to your questions and concerns. You will also receive detailed directions on how to manage other E-Forum functions. Go to O*NET to learn more! How Can O*NET Help You? For Employers: O*NET can expand the pool of candidates for open positions, help with writing job descriptions, define job-specific success factors, align workforce development with workplace needs, design competitive compensation systems and refine recruitment strategies. Use O*NET to: Write better resumes; Find jobs well-suited to your skills and abilities; Build an online community of Workforce Development Professionals, Employers, Educators, Job Seekers, and Students; Craft free job descriptions.You can use this information for job seeking, career exploration and Workforce Development! Again, Use O*NET to: Write better resumes; Find jobs well-suited to your skills and abilities; Build an online community of Workforce Development Professionals, Employers, Educators, Job Seekers, and Students; Craft free job descriptions. Contact us to learn more about workforce training and workforce development. Remember, O*NET information can be used for job seeking, career exploration, job outlook information, vocational counseling, and a variety of human resources functions including workforce training and workforce development. The O*NET Knowledge Site can teach you how to use this information to find free job descriptions, search for jobs that are best suited to you, or to understand what skills you need to perform a certain job. The Information in O*NET is available for over 950 occupations and offers standard occupational classification terminology for employers, job seekers, and workforce development professionals. Again, each occupational title and code is based on the most current version (1999) of the Standard Occupational Classification system. Don't forget, by using a contemporary, interactive skills-based database and a common language to describe worker skills and attributes, O*NET efficiently transforms mountains of data into precise, focused occupational intelligence that is easily understood. O*NET's Content Model is the framework that organizes O*NET data. The Content Model classifies data into six domains which will assist with your workforce development and workforce training needs. Click here for more workforce development resources or go to the O*NET Knowledge Site! By using the O*NET Knowledge Site, you can learn how to navigate and apply this information for workforce training and development! Go to O*NET to learn more! Click here to access the O*NET KNOWLEDGE SITE Click here to become an O*NET REGISTERED USER -for free now! Visit our other informational sites:
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