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What's New 2023

What's New 2023

New! Personalize your experience on CareerOneStop with a user account

CareerOneStop now offers user accounts that allow you to save search results, pages, and other information, and to receive personalized resource suggestions. Note that user accounts are an optional feature; you do not need an account to use CareerOneStop. And as always, your private information will never be shared or sold. (view our full privacy policy)

It’s easy to create an account. You’ll be asked to enter a valid email address and create a password. Once you have an account, you’ll be able to:

  • Save your career assessment results and search results for jobs, programs, and more
  • Save pages and information to revisit later
  • Update your profile to get customized suggestions for CareerOneStop resources

Once you’ve created your account, you’ll see your profile name at the top of every CareerOneStop page and tool. You can access your profile by clicking there. Then you can access these features:

  • My Profile: Tell us a bit about yourself and your career or job search
  • Save Pages: Easily access pages or searches you've saved
  • Suggested Resources: Find customized suggestions based on your Profile information
  • Subscriptions: Add or manage subscriptions to CareerOneStop's weekly blog or quarterly newsletter

You can always email info@CareerOneStop.org or message us on social media if you have any questions about user accounts or other CareerOneStop features.

State Resource Finder

Counselors and other workforce professionals often have unique needs that can be met by CareerOneStop tools and resources. One great tool you may not be aware of: the State Resource Finder. This tool provides quick access to website links in every state for resources to help with employment, training, unemployment insurance, health care, housing, and other needs. If you often provide website links and service referrals for clients, you probably have many of these web links for your own state at your fingertips. But if you have clients considering or planning a move to a new state, this tool can be an invaluable source of information.

Did you know?

Military spouses who lost their job or are underemployed due to relocation may be eligible for dislocated worker funding. Contact your local American Job Center to meet with a career specialist and ask about programs for military spouses. Find more training and employment resources just for military spouses on CareerOneStop.

New! How-to Guide: After a layoff

CareerOneStop’s newest How-to Guide provides a straightforward roadmap for people who’ve lost their job. How to recover after a layoff offers five steps for recently unemployed workers:

  1. Apply for unemployment benefits. Find out if you may be eligible and apply for unemployment benefits.
  2. Connect with your local job center. Learn about available job search assistance and reemployment training funds.
  3. Find more benefits and assistance. Find local resources for financial help and other assistance.
  4. Create your job search plan. Set up a personal plan to guide your daily activities.
  5. Stay on track. Maintain your focus on your job search and unemployment benefit requirements.

CareerOneStop offers three other How-to Guides that provide guided pathways through CareerOneStop resources to help you achieve your goal.

  • How to find career ideas Wondering what type of job would fit you best? This guide will help you learn about your interests, skills, work values, gather information about different careers, and narrow your career list to the best options for you.
  • How to find a job now Need to focus on your job search? Follow the steps in this guide to find employment. You’ll target your resume, find openings, look up local employers, apply for jobs, and more.
  • How to switch careers Looking for a new career that builds on your experience? One that offers more pay, new challenges, or better working conditions? This guide can help you identify a new career focus and get ready to search for jobs in your new field.

Streamlined Job Search Resources

CareerOneStop has recently consolidated its job search resources. The former Worker ReEmployment and Employment Recovery websites are no longer active, and resources for the audiences they served (laid-off workers and pandemic-impacted workers) have been integrated into CareerOneStop’s Job Search section. Please visit CareerOneStop to find the following resources:

  • What’s in demand? A survey of industries that have added jobs in the previous month, updated monthly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary.
  • Remote jobs A simple way to search for job openings that offer remote or hybrid options.
  • Virtual interviews Tips for acing video or phone interviews.
  • How to recover after a layoff A five-step guided pathway through resources to help recently laid-off workers apply for unemployment benefits, learn about special resources available for unemployed people, and plan their next job search.

New detail for Interest Assessment

Did you know that O*NET recently updated its descriptions for the six RIASEC interest themes and added basic interest detail? The themes remain the same: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C). But now they’ve expanded the theme descriptions with a deeper level of data, basic interests. CareerOneStop’s Interest Assessment now includes the updated descriptions and more detailed basic interests.

What's CareerOneStop working on next?

Local Training Finder will include more short-term training programs

CareerOneStop’s Local Training Finder will soon be revised to include WIOA-eligible training provider information. Users will still be able to search by occupation, school, or program in any local area throughout the United States, but their results will include programs that prepare job seekers for in-demand careers and have been certified as eligible for WIOA funding for dislocated workers. These programs will be included in users’ search results along with the currently available results (programs in accredited colleges and universities that receive federal funding).

Find targeted help and information for those with barriers to employment

CareerOneStop offers resources targeted specifically to the needs of those who have served in the military or were formerly incarcerated. Visit our Resources for section to find further information for additional targeted audiences, business resources, and workforce professionals.

Employment assistance for veterans

CareerOneStop’s Veteran and Military Transition Center is a one-stop resource to help veterans and transitioning servicemembers achieve civilian career success. The website includes specialized tools and information to help everyone from current service members thinking about transitioning to veterans who’ve been out of the service for years.

The Veterans Job Matcher helps identify civilian careers that could be a good match for military occupations in three easy steps:

  1. Enter a military occupation or job title.
  2. Find a list of careers that use those military skills and experiences.
  3. Evaluate careers based on employment outlook, wages, or educational requirements. Results link to current job postings in any U.S. location.

The website also includes content based on the "Transition from Military to Civilian Workforce” Employment Workshop from the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service in these areas:

Explore Civilian Careers

  • Understand civilian employment.
  • Learn about and assess skills and interests.
  • View career profiles and videos.

Back to school

  • Learn about options like short-term certificates, certifications, and college degrees.
  • Find local training and apprenticeship programs.
  • Access financial aid and other options to pay for school.

Job Search

  • Plan your job search and learn how to network successfully.
  • Polish your resume and interviewing skills.
  • Find and apply for current job postings.

Employment assistance for the formerly incarcerated

Having a criminal record can be a huge barrier to employment—but it doesn’t have to be a blockade. There are organizations and tools that can help people with a record get past the barrier and find meaningful employment. Whether you’re a workforce professional who helps justice-involved individuals find employment or a job seeker who has a criminal record, CareerOneStop’s resources for ex-offenders can help.

Connecting with a local organization that assists ex-offenders can improve the chances of a successful job search. CareerOneStop’s ReEntry Program Finder lets anyone easily search for programs and nonprofit organizations across the United States that help people address essential needs such as housing and health care, obtain job training, get work-ready, and secure jobs. Services often also include help with understanding the labor market and the skills employers are looking for and learning how to discuss a record during the job search process. Programs vary, so it can be helpful to contact several programs to learn details about their menu of services.

Apart from connecting people to in-person services, CareerOneStop also offers a wealth of easy-to-use online tools and information at Job Search Help for Ex-Offenders, which features four main sections:

Explore Careers

  • Learn about skills, interests, and career options.
  • Understand workplace restrictions.
  • See common jobs for people entering or re-entering the job market.
  • Set goals and plan a job search.

Get Training

  • Learn where to gain basic skills.
  • Understand the world of job credentials.
  • Find resources to help pay for training or college.

Find a Job

  • Get tips for job applications and resumes.
  • Learn how to talk about your conviction in interviews.

The Toolkit, including:

Counselor’s Corner: Work Values Matcher

Do you work with career explorers trying to figure out what type of work would fit them best?

CareerOneStop’s Work Values Matcheris an easy-to-use online card sort activity that your clients can use by themselves or with you. They simply place 20 values statement cards in order of how personally important each value is to them. Then they can read about the six major categories of work values and see a list of careers that map to their top values.

As always, there’s no fee or login required to use any CareerOneStop resource; but if you or your clients want to create an optional CareerOneStop User Account, they can save their results along with any career or job ideas.

Career planning resources for college students

Whether you’re a college student or a counselor who works with students, you have unique career-planning and job search needs. Some college students might be prepared to enter the workforce well-trained for a specialized career; others may be at the beginning stages of exploring how to put their degrees and academic skills and knowledge to work in a meaningful career. CareerOneStop offers tools and resources for wherever a student is in their career journey.

For career explorers:

Interest Assessment
A quick 30-question assessment that matches your interests to careers that may be a good fit for you.

Work Values Matcher
Discover your work values to choose a career that's meaningful to you.

Career Clusters and Occupation Profiles
Narrowed your career ideas list down to options that might be a good fit for you? Drill down deeper into any of more than 900 occupations, and learn about average salaries, projected employment demand, typical work tasks and activities, and more—each profile features a career video.

Compare Cost of Living
Thinking about where you might live after graduation? Find out how much more or less it might cost to live in locations across the United States.

For job seekers:

Internships
Learn about this career-entry option and find links to search for opportunities in your area or interest.

Job Finder
Ready to search for a job in your field? Search CareerOneStop’s database of job postings, updated daily from three major sources (National Labor Exchange (NLx), Indeed, and ZipRecruiter)

Business Finder
Want to identify businesses that might be hiring in your field? The Business Finder lets you search by industry, occupation, or business name.

Certification Finder
A certification on top of your degree can make you stand out for employers.

Resume Guide
This step-by-step plan for creating an effective resume provides writing tips and samples to help you get started, as well as advice on how to market your resume and yourself.

Embed CareerOneStop videos on your own website

Did you know that all CareerOneStop videos are now available at www.YouTube.com/@CareerOneStop? You can use the embed code there to add any CareerOneStop career, industry, or other video to your own website. You can also find the embed codes, along with more documentation and help at CareerOneStop’s Data Downloads: Career Videos.

Prefer to simply link to a video instead of embedding? You can add a link to any page in CareerOneStop’s Video Library.

Counselors’ corner

A round-up of CareerOneStop resources just for counselors

Did you know CareerOneStop has How-to Guides, curriculum, webinars, outreach materials and other resources for career counselors and other workforce development professionals? Use them for help to use CareerOneStop tools and resources to best meet their clients’ needs. Visit Career Advisor to learn more.