Resources for workforce professionals, career counselors, and teachers.
Want to use CareerOneStop with students or program participants?
The Overview Video for Workforce Professionals offers a quick tour of CareerOneStop resources for workforce professionals and teachers.
Find more resources to help you use CareerOneStop in your services and classroom, below.
Each How-to Guide offers 5-6 guided steps through CareerOneStop resources to help users reach a career or job goal. Each guide has a companion worksheet for users to track their progress and tool results. Suitable for computer lab-based classes or homework assignments.
- How to find career ideas Learn about your interests, skills, and work values; research careers; and narrow your career list to the best options for you.
- How to find a job now Learn how to target your resume, find job openings, look up local employers, apply for jobs, and more.
- How to switch careers Identify a new career focus that builds on your experience and priorities, and get ready to search for jobs in your new field.
- How to recover after a layoff Find how to apply for unemployment benefits, see special resources you may be eligible for, and create a job search plan.
- How to find a job after incarceration Take the steps to establish a solid base, choose a career, complete a resume, and apply for jobs.
New Users of CareerOneStop
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
An introduction to the main content sections, tools, and resources CareerOneStop offers for your work with job seekers, students, businesses, and targeted audiences.
Career Assessment Toolkit
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
Learn how to use CareerOneStop's assessment tools, including Skills Matcher, Interest Assessment, Work Values Matcher, and mySkills myFuture.
Training Tools: Expand Training Options for Your Customers
Learn how to use CareerOneStop's top 5 training tools to find job training, WIOA-eligible programs, schools and college majors anywhere in the U.S. Also find information on scholarships, certifications, professional licenses, and more.
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
Change Occupations or Industries
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, User guide, List of web pages used
Help experienced workers explore and research new occupations or industries and target their resumes and networking efforts in a new direction.
Introduction to CareerOneStop's Optional Accounts and How-to Guides
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, Create a user account instructions handout
Learn how to create a CareerOneStop account and use its full functionality. Walk through a How-to Guide with "assignments" to complete on CareerOneStop.
CareerOneStop Tools for Older Job Seekers
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
Help 55+ job seekers explore new career ideas, refresh their skills and credentials, update a resume, and conduct an effective job search.
CareerOneStop Tools for Youth
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
Work with youth and young adults to take assessments, resarch careers, find education and training options, conduct a job search, and find support services in their area.
Job Search for New College Graduates
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, User guide, List of web pages used
Help new graduates at any level explore their career options and build a solid job search plan.
CareerOneStop for ReEntry Job Seekers
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
Learn how to use CareerOneStop to help your customers with a criminal record navigate their job search and establish a foundation for their reentry. Includes tools and a How-to Guide to explore careers and build a long-term future with training and credentials.
CareerOneStop Resources for Veterans and Transitioning Service Members
Recorded webinar, Instructional PPT, List of web pages used
CareerOneStop offers resources for veterans and transitioning service members to meet their career, education, and employment goals for a successful civilian career.
- Subscribe to Connections, the quarterly newsletter for Workforce Professionals to keep up to date on CareerOneStop changes and new features
- Check out the COS blog for features on topics of interest.
- Find free Outreach materials including CareerOneStop brochures, flyers, posters, and PPTs. Download, or we will send free copies of printed materials on request.
- Visit Link to us to place CareerOneStop widgets or logos on your website.
- Data Downloads offers clear instructions for downloading data found on CareeroneStop.
- Visit our Web API page to learn how to link to us or customize our web tools for your own website.
- WorkforceGPS, the online technical assistance and training website from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration