CareerOneStop continually updates data, information, content and online tools to support customer needs. Examples include victims of natural disasters, returning military personnel and career professionals helping refugees. 

October-December 2007 Updates

• Visit CareerOneStop's Regional Economic Development site for a blueprint to Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED). This ongoing initiative is the U.S. Department of Labor's groundbreaking approach to integrate workforce and economic development.
• Get help paying for education with CareerOneStop's Financial Aid Advisor and Scholarship Search. Both have been updated for the 2008-09 school year. The Financial Aid Advisor helps calculate eligibility for grants and estimates the amount of family contribution. The Scholarship Search contains more than 5,000 scholarships, loans, and fellowships. Look under "Pay" in the Education + Training section of the CareerOneStop Web site to learn more.

October 2007

• In July, America's Job Bank ceased operations. The U.S. Department of Labor created a transition Web site to help job seekers find alternative resources where they can search for jobs and post resumes. Businesses can use the site to find the best places to post jobs and search resumes. The site includes lists of state job banks, veterans and government job banks, and national private-sector job banks and portals. To find the best job banks for your needs, go to: www.jobbankinfo.org. You'll find an interactive U.S. map to quickly access your local job bank.
• The Competency Model Clearinghouse provides the business community with a means to communicate its skill needs to educators and the workforce system in a common industry-driven framework. Check out the new features, such as additional high-growth industry models for Retail and Financial Services, as well as case-in-point stories on the redesigned Competency Model Clearinghouse.
• The tools and technology report provides a list of cutting-edge machines, equipment, tools, and software that workers may use in specific occupations. Tools and technology is a new occupational data feature developed by O*NET. Currently, reports are available for more than 300 high-growth, in-demand occupations. Take a look at the Tools and Technology tool. We recently updated 256 occupations.
• With the CareerOneStop redesign, we have updated our brochures and PowerPoint presentations and Newsletter. You can download and print our outreach and training materials from the Outreach and Teaching page. Also, sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter, Connections.

July 2007

• Take a new look at CareerOneStop! The redesigned site provides easier access to the key tools and resources needed by job seekers, businesses, and career professionals. Quickly locate the information needed by categories such as Explore Careers, Education + Training, Resumes + Interviews, Salary + Benefits, Job Search, and People + Places. Use the new Salary Info tool to create customized tables or charts and compare wages. Interact with Web pages by changing font size, rating, printing, or emailing content.
• View the U.S. Department of Labor Key to Career Success video, including comments from Mason M. Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
• Visit the redesigned Competency Model Clearinghouse portal, which now also includes Financial and Retail models.
• Find updated data on America’s Service Locator for the Older Worker Program (SCSEP) offices.
• America’s Job Bank ceased operations on July 1, 2007. This phase out will not impact the availability of CareerOneStop, America’s Service Locator, or America’s Career InfoNet. To assist customers in identifying an alternative job bank, hyperlinks to state job banks and private-sector job bank Web sites, can be found at http://www.jobbankinfo.org.

June 2007

• Find a Key to Career Success resource guide and other supplemental materials for this campaign that connects veterans and transitioning military personnel to workforce services at One-Stop Career Centers.
• Need license information? Search by occupation, agency, or keyword the recently updated Licensed Occupations.
• Service members and veterans can now link from the Key to Career Success portal to the TurboTAP resume builder.

May 2007

• Find potential employers in your region in the recently updated Employer Locator tool.
• Use the new menu search to quickly build industry profiles or occupation profiles.

April 2007

• Read more about CareerOneStop updates such as tools for youth, browsing O*NET by STEM discipline, and the upcoming Workforce Innovations Conference in the April 2007 CareerOneStop Connections newsletter.
• Browse a new collection of tools and resources geared specifically to workforce professionals who work with clients with disabilities.

March 2007

• Update in progress of contact and site detail information for One-Stop Career Centers throughout the United States.
• Now, find occupations easier: search by occupation group in the Occupation Profile.

February 2007

• Need a license for your occupation? Visit the recently updated Licensed Occupations.
• Print the 'Get in the Game' flyer to help youth explore careers.
• Find Tools and Technology data for in-demand occupations in the Job Description Writer.

January 2007

• Learn how the updated Financial Aid Advisor can help simplify the process of paying for education and training.
• Dynamic maps have been added to the local area comparison reports. You'll find these new maps within the Compare Wages & Trends reports.
• You'll find updated unemployment rates, per capita income, and median household income data within the State Profile reports.

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