O*NET - beyond information - intelligence
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What is the O*NET® System?
The O*NET system is a unique, powerful source for continually updated information on skill requirements
and occupational characteristics. The O*NET system serves job seekers, students, businesses,
and workforce investment and human resource professionals to help them make informed employment,
training, and business development decisions. O*NET information on related occupational interests
and work values helps the public to select career goals and develop education and training plans
for work they are likely to find satisfying.
The O*NET system, using a common language and terminology to describe occupational requirements,
supercedes the sixty-year-old Dictionary of Occupational Titles with current information that can
be accessed online or through a variety of public and private sector career and labor market information
systems. The O*NET system, which was significantly upgraded and improved in November 2003, includes
the O*NET database, O*NET OnLine, and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools.
The O*NET database is a comprehensive source of descriptors, with ratings of importance, level, frequency
or extent, for more than 950 occupations that are key to our economy. The new O*NET 5.1 database
represents a major milestone, adding new data collected directly from job incumbents for over 50
occupations. O*NET descriptors include: skills, abilities, knowledge, tasks, work activities,
work context, experience levels required, job interests, and work values/needs. Each O*NET occupational
title and code is based on the most current version (2000) of the Standard Occupational Classification
System. This ensures that O*NET information links directly to other labor market information,
such as wage and employment statistics. A Spanish translation of the O*NET database, developed by a
special team from Aguirre International, is now available. The O*NET database files are available as
free downloads to public and private software application developers. Click on the Developer's Corner
at www.onetcenter.org
O*NET OnLine is a web-based viewer that provides easy public access to O*NET information. With the
O*NET 5.1 database, users have access to new and updated data unavailable before. Using O*NET OnLine,
students, job seekers and workforce, business, and human resource professionals can: find occupations
to explore, search for occupations that use designated skills, view occupation summaries and details,
use crosswalks from other classification systems to find corresponding O*NET occupations, view related
occupations, create and print customized reports outlining their O*NET search results, and link to other
online information resources. O*NET OnLine offers universal accessibility through a single online site
that is Bobby approved and 508 compliant. O*NET OnLine has screen reader compatibility built in and
users can adjust font size on all screens. O*NET OnLine links directly to wage and employment outlook
information through America's Career InfoNet. OnLine Help provides user-friendly information and can be
accessed from any screen. Get O*NET OnLine at online.onetcenter.org
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O*NET Career Exploration Tools
The O*NET Career Exploration Tools are a set of career exploration and assessment tools that help
individuals (workers and students) identify their work-related interests and abilities and what they
consider important on the job, so that they can explore occupations that match their interests,
abilities, and preferences. The Career Exploration Tools include: (1) O*NET® Interest Profiler™
(paper-and-pencil and computerized versions); (2) O*NET® Work Importance Locator™ and Work Importance
Profiler™ (paper-and-pencil and computerized versions, respectively); and (3) O*NET® Ability Profiler™.
Users may download many of these materials by clicking on Career Exploration Tools at
www.onetcenter.org
| Human resource personnel |
Workforce researchers |
| Efficiency experts |
Business forecasters |
| Dislocated workers |
Industry analysts |
| Organizational consultants |
Students exploring career options |
| Training facilitators |
Software developers |
| Career counselors |
Managers |
| People changing jobs |
Program directors |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
People seeking new jobs, better jobs or first jobs |
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