{"id":438,"date":"2018-10-28T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-educationalplanning\/?post_type=chapter&p=438"},"modified":"2018-12-12T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:41:57","slug":"researching-professional-expectations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-educationalplanning\/chapter\/researching-professional-expectations\/","title":{"raw":"Researching Professional Expectations","rendered":"Researching Professional Expectations"},"content":{"raw":"Use these resources as appropriate to\u00a0help you investigate professions and make decisions about elements of your degree. Remember that you may want to investigate both general workforce skills and field-specific knowledge and skills. Record and document your research, as you may want to incorporate some of it into your rationale essay and use it to help refine your course choices for your degree plan.\r\n\r\n\"decorative\r\n\r\nConduct an online search of \"workforce skills future.\" You'll find many websites devoted to general workforce skills.\u00a0 You can refer to the textbook page\u00a0General Workforce Skills<\/a>, and also\u00a0 to the different competencies in Part 3 of this text, which align with future workforce skills as well as college learning goals.\r\n\r\nWall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Wall Street Journal<\/em> is a trusted source for business and professional news.\u00a0 Read\u00a0articles, and especially\u00a0want ads, to\u00a0get a sense of the\u00a0knowledge and skills expected in various professional fields.\r\n\r\nOccupational Outlook Handbook<\/a> \u2013 Published by the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics, this resource contains information on \u201cduties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.\u201d\r\n\r\nO*NET OnLine<\/a> \u2013 This resource allows you to search professions in a number of different ways.\u00a0 A basic search of\u00a0professions provides information\u00a0on expected tasks and skills.\u00a0 An advanced search allows you to search by particular tasks and skills.\r\n\r\nMonster.com<\/a> - This site\u00a0contains information about types of careers and covers career duties and education needed for specific careers.\r\n\r\nWebsites of specific certification agencies - Research and consult websites and any other sources published by the organization offering certification.\r\n\r\nESC Career Development for Students and Alumni<\/a> \u2013 These pages have links to career self-assessments, articles on career trends, and more.\r\n\r\nOther professionals are good sources of information.\u00a0 Talk with professionals in jobs that you aspire to, and\u00a0ask what skills and knowledge they rely on most in everyday work, what skills they need to advance at work, and\/or what college courses best prepared them for their current work.\r\n\r\n\"\"","rendered":"

Use these resources as appropriate to\u00a0help you investigate professions and make decisions about elements of your degree. Remember that you may want to investigate both general workforce skills and field-specific knowledge and skills. Record and document your research, as you may want to incorporate some of it into your rationale essay and use it to help refine your course choices for your degree plan.<\/p>\n

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Conduct an online search of “workforce skills future.” You’ll find many websites devoted to general workforce skills.\u00a0 You can refer to the textbook page\u00a0General Workforce Skills<\/a>, and also\u00a0 to the different competencies in Part 3 of this text, which align with future workforce skills as well as college learning goals.<\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Wall Street Journal<\/em> is a trusted source for business and professional news.\u00a0 Read\u00a0articles, and especially\u00a0want ads, to\u00a0get a sense of the\u00a0knowledge and skills expected in various professional fields.<\/p>\n

Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a> \u2013 Published by the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics, this resource contains information on \u201cduties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.\u201d<\/p>\n

O*NET OnLine<\/a> \u2013 This resource allows you to search professions in a number of different ways.\u00a0 A basic search of\u00a0professions provides information\u00a0on expected tasks and skills.\u00a0 An advanced search allows you to search by particular tasks and skills.<\/p>\n

Monster.com<\/a> – This site\u00a0contains information about types of careers and covers career duties and education needed for specific careers.<\/p>\n

Websites of specific certification agencies – Research and consult websites and any other sources published by the organization offering certification.<\/p>\n

ESC Career Development for Students and Alumni<\/a> \u2013 These pages have links to career self-assessments, articles on career trends, and more.<\/p>\n

Other professionals are good sources of information.\u00a0 Talk with professionals in jobs that you aspire to, and\u00a0ask what skills and knowledge they rely on most in everyday work, what skills they need to advance at work, and\/or what college courses best prepared them for their current work.<\/p>\n

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