Step 2 - Find Information on Occupations

Now that you know your skills and interests and how they match to occupations and career fields, let's explore those careers.

This section provides resources that will give you information about:

  • salaries for an occupation;
  • if this type of job is expected to grow in the future;
  • what tasks the job requires;
  • what skills the occupation uses;
  • how much education or training you need to enter the career;
  • and if the occupation requires a certification or license in your state.

Choose a few occupations from your skills inventory and try researching them. You might find the occupations very exciting; or, you might return to your skills inventory to choose other occupations to explore.

Use these Web sites to learn more about the occupation:

Additional resources that you can use:
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