First and foremost I would just
like to start out by saying I had no idea that O*NET and OOH even existed,
perhaps because of a lack of preparation
from my schools all the way from elementary school up to and fallowing college.
After reading the chapter, I feel like, although O*NET and
OOH provides valuable information such as worker characteristics, occupational
values, worker requirements, knowledge and so on, and the occupational hand
book is a great tool in being able to have knowledge on careers that you could
be possible looking into, in regards to job availability for the future, wage
information and duties performed on the job, as a counselor starting out, some
of the other ways to access occupational information might work best, (Brown,
2012, 180-183). These data basis are computer based and for some may not be
easily understood or easily accessible, especially for those with disabilities.
I
personally would like to see some more of the other types of occupational
information used such as work experience programs, for high school students,
games for the children in elementary school and middles school, as well as job
shadowing.
My high
school allowed students to have out of classroom experiences, which enabled you
to leave the school and learn about a specific topic in that environment. For
example, my class was a health class that related to work out programs and how
to have the most effective work out and get you into the best optimal shape you
were looking for. I would leave my school and head to the local gym down the
street. From there we were able to create work out programs for each other and
compare which cardio machines burned the most calories or gave you the best
overall work out. It was a great way to get out of the school and start to allow
you to be able to try different things out that you were interested in.
It is so
important to just get knowledge out there to young children, and young adults
as well as those going through career changes. O*NET and OOH provides the data
and the experiences that different programs offer, allow physical interaction
between the person and career they could possibly be looking into. What better
way to learn and find out where your interests lay, than to shadow, use career
work shops, and out of classroom experiences to help guide you to a potential
career path. I look forward to reading some of the OOH handbook and also O*NET
and have some knowledge in that area, so I can be better informed of the
options that are out there.
Brown, D. (2012). Career Information, career counseling, and
career development (10th ed). New
York
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