Occupational Information Links

Occupational Outlook Handbook - The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

O*NET Online - Makes occupational information interactive and accessible for all.

Michigan Occupational Reports for Exploration - Find information about an occupation of interest A-Z

America Career Infonet - Smart career decisions start here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.

Career Overview -  Our website covers hundreds of popular careers throughout the United States. For each career, we provide a job description and review that describes work activities and environment, training and career education requirements, personal qualifications required for success, earning potential, as well as job outlook and employement projections through the end of this decade.

Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Projections - You may wish to supplement the Outlook Handbook with figures and articles concerning the projected future of particular occupations. In that case, this is the site to visit. 

What Color is Your Parachute? - Perhaps the best website on the net to date! If you only have time for one website, then look no further.... Everything you ever wanted to know about careers and so much more...

Vocational Information Center - Comprehensive links for a wide variety of occupations.

Career Clusters Michigan - Sample clusters & career plan of study.

Michigan Career Portal provides reports on over 400 occupations listed in alphabetical order and contains informtion about job duties, salary or wages, education or training requirements, employment outlook, career ladder, related occupation and more.