Thousands of Careers and Jobs

This page will take you through 5 steps to identify a job title, find active job listings, prepare for a career in that field, and provide career-specific web resources. It starts with searching 56,495 specific job titles using semantic matching, and ends up providing details for any of several related general occupations.

Here is a short helper video.

Step 1: Enter a Keyword: Enter a keyword related to the job you wish to find. For example, if you are looking to establish a career as a Java Programmer, you might like to enter "Java" or "programmer". This will identify all jobs that contain or are semantically related to the words "Java" or "programmer" based on shared skills, knowledge, and work activities. You can enter more than one word for more specific results (e.g., "java programmer").

Step 2: Select a Job: Based on your keyword, you'll see job titles matched using semantic search, which finds titles related to your search term even if they don't contain the exact keyword. Each result shows a percentage indicating how closely it matches based on skills, knowledge, and activities. Results are sorted alphabetically for easy browsing.
There are two ways to use this list:
1) Filter - Type keywords in the filter box to narrow the list of job titles
2) Browse - Scroll through all results to discover jobs you may not have considered. The match percentages help you identify the most relevant options.

Step 3: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.

Step 4: Prepare For an Occupation: After selecting a job (Step 2), you'll see broader career categories (occupations) that contain the specific job titles from your search. Each category lists related job titles to help you explore career pathways and identify advancement opportunities. The links are directly related to your search term (Step 1).
*NOTE: If no career path is identified for your search term, scroll up and enter a different keyword.

After you click on a link, you will access detailed information helping you prepare for the job (and career in this field). Information includes:
Core and Supplemental Duties: Lists the worker-related tasks performed for the job.
General and Specific Work Activities: Summarizes the broad and more specific types of job behaviors related to the job.
Knowledge Required: Represents the necessary acquisition of facts and principles about types of information
Skills Required: Provides basic skills and cross-functional skills for a job.
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education for a job.
Educational Requirements: Detailed breakdown of the prior educational experience required to perform in a job.
Work Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the prior work experience required to perform in a job.
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges for the job.
Certifications: Provides government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials required for a job.
Professional Associations: Obtain professional associations that are associated with the job selected.
Job Listings: Active current job listings for the job(s) you selected, along with multiple similar job titles to explore.
Similar Job Titles (with links to jobs): Provides many job titles similar to the one chosen, along with current and active job listings.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.

Step 5: Occupation-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that will provide detailed (updated) web resource links specific to the occupation you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.