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If you are interested in obtaining employment immediately upon graduation/exit from high school, here are a few links that will hopefully make the process easier for your family. Also, consider making contact with a community service provider, like OVR, that can help with making sure that you are prepared for competitive and integrated employment following your graduation from high school.
The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this database forms the heart of O*NET OnLine, an interactive application for exploring and searching occupations. The database also provides the basis for our Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.
Pennsylvania CareerZone is a proven, successful career exploration and planning system designed especially for students. Users are encouraged to work through the Interest Profiler, Work Importance Profiler, and Assess Yourself assessment based on the Holland Codes for self-exploration (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional). Comprehensive information on 900 occupations includes state specific wages, worker attributes, job characteristics, and much more. There are 300 career videos that give users a snap shot of the featured occupation. Job openings on Job Central are easily accessible within each occupations profile.
Works for me is a FREE resource that can direct you to agencies and programs that help people with disabilities in Pennsylvania who want to work, and improve their financial security. We will review your specific situation and guide you to resources that will help you find a job, obtain training, keep health insurance, get assistive technology, or find other support you may need. There are many great reasons to work and, with the resources we have available, it is possible! And, contrary to what some people believe, you can work without losing your financial security or health care benefits. In fact, you may even be able to increase your income! If you are unsure about working, there are ways to stay qualified for Social Security benefits while trying a job.
My Next Move is a wonderful tool that will help you research virtually any career that you are interested in pursuing. Just search the career your interested in, click on the specific career once it's listed, and you'll be provided with the knowledge, skills, abilities, personality, technology, education, job outlook, and more on that specific career path. Check it out!
Apprenticeship.gov is a helpful tool, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor. It is your one-stop source for all things apprenticeship.
