Features and Benefits

• Descriptions for about 270 major jobs in the U.S. economy
• Updated every two years
• For middle school through adult
• Softcover, 770

A biennial occupational handbook publication from the U.S. Department of Labor. Since the 1940's, the OOH has been the most widely used career exploration resource anywhere.

This OOH includes three exclusives. (1) A new section covers green careers. This section includes an introduction about the meaning and importance of green careers, followed by descriptions and photos of occupations such as Solar Energy Production Workers, Energy Auditors, and other green careers that are emerging and are promising many job opportunities in the coming years. (2) A Personality-Career Quiz helps match the reader to the OOH jobs. The quiz is based on the six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. (3) Also included is updated special content by the Editors at JIST titled How Educators, Counselors, Librarians, and Business Professionals Can Best Use the OOH.

For each job, the OOH discusses the nature of the work, working conditions, job outlook, training and education needed, earnings, related occupations, and additional information sources, including Web sites. The book is packed with practical, current information, and it is invaluable for anyone doing career research, writing resumes, and preparing for interviews. Additional features:

• Exclusive green jobs information found nowhere else
• Exclusive self-assessment helps readers match themselves to OOH jobs
• Gives the latest job growth projections through 2018
• Includes interesting photos of workers on the job, plus many charts and tables

^© 2010 JIST Publishing, Inc.

Occupational Outlook Handbook Activities

This 32-page activities workbook familiarizes students with the Occupational Outlook Handbook and helps them connect their interests to jobs, identify the job skills they have and need, research career alternatives, plan their education and training, get ready for a job search, write resumes, and prepare for interviews. It can be used by individuals or in a class setting.

^© 2003 JIST Publishing, Inc.