Thinking about starting—or maybe re-starting—college or a training program?
Be smart and think about demand and value before you invest money or time into education.
Category: Career changers
Welcome to CareerOneStop’s Toolkit
Looking for an easy-to-use, free, online tool to help with career, training or job search?
Check out CareerOneStop’s Toolkit—home to more than three dozen free career, training, and job search online tools.
What is the best place to work?
Looking for a guide to finding your best workplace?
Ron Friedman wrote a fun, easy-to-read book entitled The Best Place to Work. He found that great workplaces around the world share similar traits. Regardless of type of job or organization, people need to experience a sense of competence, connectedness to others, and autonomy in the workplace.
3 questions to help focus your resume
Time to create or update your resume? It can be tempting to jump right in with a list of job titles and employment dates.
But you wouldn’t prepare any other document or report without at least reviewing your facts and sources—why would you skimp on something as important as your resume?
Take ownership of your career story
We all know that the days of a 40-year career at one company are mostly history. Today, our individual skills, talents, and accomplishments are the keys to career advancement.
But how exactly does one go about creating a career path—and landing that next great job—with a series of diverse experiences?
Expand your mid-career job search
Time for a new job?
Don’t feel limited to looking within your current industry—your skills may be more transferrable than you think!
Need a license for that job?
Did you know you have to be licensed to work as a wrestling announcer in Washington (and many other states)? Or to be a beekeeper in Rhode Island?
Learn about occupational licenses and how requirements vary by state.
Time for a career tune-up?
The economy’s looking up—how’s your career looking?
If you don’t perform regular self-checks on your career, right now is a great time for a career tune-up. Get started with these five questions to help assess how your career is doing.
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CareerOneStop’s Credentials Center coming March 2!
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Beginning March 2, CareerOneStop’s brand new Credentials Center will be a one-stop site for your education and training needs.
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What’s the ROI of your education costs?
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Thinking about a class, program, or degree?
Follow these three steps to help make sure your training or education expereince will pay off for you—in terms of career happiness, employment stability, and wages.
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