A Database for a Changing Economy

A Database for a Changing Economy

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0309156165

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Information about the characteristics of jobs and the individuals who fill them is valuable for career guidance, reemployment counseling, workforce development, human resource management, and other purposes. To meet these needs, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in 1998 launched the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), which consists of a content model-a framework for organizing occupational data-and an electronic database. The O*NET content model includes hundreds of descriptors of work and workers organized into domains, such as skills, knowledge, and work activities. Data are collected using a classification system that organizes job titles into 1,102 occupations. The National Center for O*NET Development (the O*NET Center) continually collects data related to these occupations. In 2008, DOL requested the National Academies to review O*NET and consider its future directions. In response, the present volume inventories and evaluates the uses of O*NET; explores the linkage of O*NET with the Standard Occupational Classification System and other data sets; and identifies ways to improve O*NET, particularly in the areas of cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and currency.


Hearings

Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 1242

ISBN-13:

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Report

Report

Author: United States. Bureau of Employment Security

Publisher:

Published: 1951

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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