A Database for a Changing Economy Review of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) (2010) / Chapter Skim
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6 Workforce Development and Career Development
6 Workforce Development and Career Development
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Then, the following sections discuss the role of O* NET in advancing the workforce development goals of skills transferability, analyzing skill gaps, and supporting human resource management.
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Whether in a growth economy, when demand for skilled labor is outpacing supply, or in a depressed economy when workers are being displaced, the mission of workforce development is to support businesses and workers alike. Accomplishing this broad mission requires occupational information.
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NET with the SOC cannot be overstated. The connections facilitated by crosswalks enable development of career information delivery systems, occupational information systems, and other useful applications of O*
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To help workforce development officials meet this challenge, the O* NET Center, the Defense Manpower Data Center, and the National Crosswalk Center have collaborated to create a a cross walk between the military occupational clasification codes and O*
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NET database, using them to create a variety of tools that assist in planning for economic development and workforce development. For example, with funding from DOL, a consortium of state labor market information specialists created a web-based database called the Occupational Supply and Demand System (OSDS, see http://www.occsupplydemand.
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. Defining Critical Occupations The first workforce development goal identified by the panel is to define critical occupations for use in planning economic, education, and workforce development initiatives.
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NET, along with information on current and projected employment levels and wages and other data. The goal of these activities is to align workforce development policies with projected labor market demand and also to influence future labor market demand by supplying skilled workers to support the growth of targeted industries.
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NET database and incorporate it into their own tools, such as OSDS and the Ohio Skills Bank Data Tool, which can be tailored to meet the needs of specific local users while allowing flexibility in searching for information. Skills Transferability The second major goal of workforce development is skills transferability.
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NET descriptors as the basis for the various sorting and filtering algorithms. As these examples illustrate, states and private developers have created useful automated skills transferability systems, as well as other tools incorporating O*
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A consortium of state labor market information specialists, with funding from DOL, created the Skills Projections System software. This system integrated O*
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Such use would be based on the assumption that the performance of the DWA connotes a certain level of skill and/or knowledge.2 The potential of DWAs for skills transferability is apparent in the history of their development. Workforce development specialists in Oregon developed the "skill statements" that were the precursors to DWAs for the specific purpose of helping individuals identify their skills and match them to occupations and to education and training programs aligned with the skills needed in those occupations.
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Human Resource Management In many cases, workforce development officials are requested to assist the business community in strategic human resource planning.
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NET OnLine and the associated Career Exploration Tools in a variety of ways. Some examples include looking up specific job titles and job families, finding transferable skills, researching possible career paths, helping shape career goal-setting, and starting conversations about careers.
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Career Information Delivery Systems Comprehensive online career information delivery systems (CIDS) are widely used and available throughout the country.
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11. Michigan Occupational Information System (http://www.mois.org/)
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Most CIDS contain extensive information files about occupations, career pathways, programs of study and training, job searching, financial aid awards, job interviews, and military employment, along with a glossary of terms and occupational videos. Each of the 500+ occupational descriptions in a CIDS is internally linked to a group of related occupations.
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Reprinted with permission. Information Bitmapped career tools are the Skills Assessment of the Georgia Career Information System (see Figure 6-2)
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NET database provides CIDS and other content users with current occupational information, including lists of new and emerging occupations. CIDS also incorporate the lay titles file
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Without public funding, a few large, well-funded firms, industry associations, states, or localities might be able to develop proprietary occupational information systems, but they would have little incentive to include information representative of the entire workforce, to share a common language, or to link with other proprietary occupational information systems.
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The states, the career development community, and private developers, who are closer to their end users than DOL, have developed useful applications incorporating O* NET and have developed their own definitions of critical occupations.
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However, the Detailed Work Activities domain may offer the greatest potential as a common language or bridge among employer hiring needs, the capabilities of displaced workers or new labor force entrants, and the program and course offerings available through the public education system. Recommendation: The Department of Labor should, with advice and guidance from the technical advisory board recommended in Chapter 2 and the user advisory board, review past efforts to develop the Detailed Work Activities and the current status and usefulness of these descrip tors.
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NET Center has collaborated with the Defense Manpower Data Center and the National Crosswalk Center to create crosswalks, there has been no systematic evaluation of their usefulness or investigation into how they might be improved for use by the military or civilian populations. Recommendation: The Department of Labor should, with assistance from the military services representatives on the user advisory board, evaluate the existing crosswalks between O*
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Presentation to the Panel to Review the Occupational Information Network (O*
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. 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
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