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O*NET InstructionSLIS 5615 Spring 2006
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• Objectives– Become Familiar with O*Net Database – Discover How to Access– Visit the Database (sample searches)– Explore Functionality of the Service
• Basic Search• Advanced/Other Search• Sample Search and Handouts
Overview
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Allows users to discover and retrieve information about occupations
What Can It Do?
Searches through thousands of occupations
Provides online users the summary, detail or customized report of occupational records
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How do I access it?
- Anyone can access O*Net!http://online.onetcenter.org
- Don’t forget to Bookmark it!
- Home
- Help`
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How do I use it?
Default Search Interface - Keyword / Quick Search
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Quick Search
Find Occupations
Skill Search
Crosswalk Search
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Let’s do a simple search…
Keyword or
SOC Code• Same Search
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Let’s do a simple search cont…
• Browsing– Job Family
• 23 options• Related by industry, education,
training, skills.
– High Growth Industry• 12 options• Projected by demand & industry
– O*Net Descriptor• 5 groups• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities,
Interest, Work Values
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Let’s look at Results
20 Records per page
Displayed by Relevancy
SOC-Code
Browse your Results
Click on the occupation thatmatches your search
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Let’s Explore a Record
• Summary ReportTasks • Knowledge •
Skills • Abilities • Work Activities •
Work Context • Job Zone • Interests • Work Styles • Work
Values • Related Occupations •
Wages & Employment
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Detailed Report
• More Detail!PrintingSave TableE-mailing
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Custom Report
Search for Specific Data Related to an occupation
• 14 differentdescriptors
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2nd Way to Search in O*Net
Skills Search
EXAMPLELet’s select some of these:
Basic Skills: Critical Thinking, Mathematics, Science.
Complex Problem Solving Skills: Complex Problem Solving
Resource management Skills: Time Management Social Skills: Service Orientation, and Social Perceptiveness
System Skills: Judgement and Decision making
Technical Skills: Troubleshooting
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Skills Search Results
Does this screenlook familiar?
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Final Search Option
Crosswalk Search
Example:Enter SOC Code=29
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Crosswalk Search Results
• Browsingresults will yield a list of all matches with the sequential code and ortitle that can be browsed.
Remember the Default Results Screen?• Summary / Detail / Custom Report
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No Advanced Search Option
Advanced Search
Narrow or Broaden your Search
Use Skills Search
•Experimentation•Enter Pediatrician instead of Doctor
•Checking more or less skills in “Skills Search”
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Printing Records:Use your Internet Browser option to print
Downloading and E-mailing:- Use Internet Browser option and save file then attach as e-mail- Copy link to e-mail
Output Options
Saving Records:Occupation Detail and Custom reports
- Save as PDF file- Save as comma-separated values for spreadsheets and Databases- Use the Internet Browser option to save files
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The more skills you select, the smaller your results.
Limiters
Default Search - “Find Occupation”
•No Limters
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Using Boolean Operators and
Truncation
Remember what Boolean is?– AND, OR, NOT– Don’t use them. They won’t work.
What’s Truncation or Wildcards?– ?, *– Sorry, these aren’t used in this
database.
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Other Features
Size of Retrieval• Only 20 records per page.
Wage and Employment• Bottom of Summary and Detail Report• New Database part of O*Net Consortium• Search by State
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Still Confused?
Link to the Help screen
• Definitions• Details• Links
Tutorial• http://www.onetknowledg
esite.com/
Ask your Librarian!
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Summary
• A great database for Occupational Information. Whether it’s for a report, searching for a college major, new job, switching careersor just curious….search O*Net.
• Different search methods are available:• Quick Search • Find Occupations• Skills Search• Crosswalk Search
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EndFor more info…Link to O*Net Consortium website