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Gateway CENT 1016 Computer Applications for Technology

Recommended Websites

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Operated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is an incredible source of basic career information. For each career, the OOH gives an overview of typical job duties, explains what sort of education and training is likely necessary, typical salaries, expected job growth in that field, and statistics about state and local-level employment. You can browse occupations by category, education, average pay, and projected job growth.
Topic areas:

  • Architecture and Engineering
  • Computer and Information Technology
  • Life, Physical, and Social Science

CareerOneStop

CareerOneStop is a great, quick guide to all aspects of the career search. It's Explore Careers section allows you to discover what you would do in a career, educational and licensing requirements, skills and competencies needed, and job outlook and salary information.  It can comparison an occupation's outlook in your state or city to the whole country. 

CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

O*Net Online

O*Net Online is a great site for learning about occupations. For each career listed, the site describes what someone in that careers does, gives beneficial skills and work styles, detail necessary education and credentialing, connects it to similar careers, and more.The Find Occupations section lets you search for careers based on criteria such as areas of the economy, amount of preparation needed, growth outlook in the field, and more.

O*Net is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

Google Web Search

List of Professional Associations for Engineers from Monster.com

https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/engineering-trade-associations

List of Open-Access journals in Engineering and Technology

https://vssut.ac.in/documents/notice_1386695640.pdf

Evaluating Sources

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