Career Descriptions and Information
Here you´ll find links to sites that provide career descriptions. These sites can give you a good overview of the job duties, training and educational requirements and labor market information.
Career Service NI  [offsite link]
United Kingdom: This resource, produced by the Department for Employment and Learning, Career Service Northern Ireland provides details on over 700 hundred different careers. Career Voyages [offsite link]
United States: This site was developed by the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. Department of Education. It provides information on high growth careers for which there is increasing demand for qualified employees. My Future [offsite link]
Australia: My Future is an in-depth career information service developed by the Australian government. National Occupational Classification [offsite link]
Canada: Updated in 2006, the National Occupational Classification (NOC) is considered the authoritative resource on occupational information in Canada. Although the information in the NOC is excellent, if you´re not familiar with the NOC´s four digit classification system, it can be a bit tricky to navigate. The link above takes you directly to the alphabetical listing of careers, which is the easiest way to search the NOC if you´ve never used it before. O*Net [offsite link]
United States:
The O*NET, which replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), is the main source of occupational information in the United States. The O*NET´s database is available for free online and includes information on hundreds of occupations. It is updated with information gathered through surveys of workers from each occupation. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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