{"id":133,"date":"2020-02-10T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices-test.csilverman.com\/careers\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:21:22","slug":"career-exploration-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/explore-and-plan\/career-exploration-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Exploration Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Assessment and informational interviewing are two great career exploration tools. In addition, we recommend the following selected online resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/home.htm\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a>, published by the US Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics, contains a wealth of information about careers and occupations, including information about education requirements, salary, projected growth, and the day-to-day experience of working specific professions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O*NET Online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/\">O*NET Online<\/a> is a resource similar to the Occupational Outlook Handbook that also enables you to search for occupations by skill sets and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Firsthand\u2019s Career Insider<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vassar.firsthand.co\/welcome\">Firsthand<\/a>&nbsp;(formerly Vault Campus) is a comprehensive online career resource that includes downloadable Career Guides and Industry Guides for a wide variety of career fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On-campus users: Enter your email address to create a personal account.<br>Off-campus users: Send an email to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cce@vassar.edu\">cce@vassar.edu<\/a>&nbsp;with your name, graduation year, email address, country, and zip and we will create an account on your behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assessment and informational interviewing are two great career exploration tools. In addition, we recommend the following selected online resources: Occupational Outlook Handbook The\u00a0Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the US Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics, contains a wealth of information about careers and occupations, including information about education requirements, salary, projected growth, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/2212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}