1. What Do I Do Now??? How to Help Your Clients Answer their Burning Questions Reginna Z. Ford Workforce Information Specialist Labor Market Information Division Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

2. The KEY is knowing where to find the information!! Information is the Key Let’s unlock some doors.

3. Information is the Key Door Number One - NC ESC - www.ncesc.com www.ncesc.com Door Number Two -O*NET – www.onetcenter.org www.onetcenter.org Door Number Three -CareerOneStop – www.careeronestop.org www.careeronestop.org Door Number Four -CareerVoyages – www.careervoyages.org www.careervoyages.org

4. Door Number One North Carolina Employment Security Commission www.ncesc.com Labor Market InformationLabor Market Information Information Access ToolsInformation Access Tools Career Resource ToolsCareer Resource Tools

5. www.ncesc.com Labor Market Information Portal Labor Force Statistics Unemployment Rate Labor Force Data Industry and Occupational Information Wage rates Industry wages and employment Information Access Tools NC STARS Workforce In-Depth Career Access Tools NC SOICC O*Net LINKS!!!

6. NC SOICC

7. Door Number Two O*NET Applications O*NET Access O*NET OnLine O*NET www.onetcenter.org

8. Getting Started

11. Basic Skills, Complex Problem Solving Skills, Resource Management Skills, Social Skills, System Skills and Technical Skills

13. Door Number Three CareerOneStop www.careeronestop.org CareerInfoNet America’s JobBank America’s ServiceLocator Competency Model Clearinghouse Labor Market Information Center Career Tools

14. CareerOneStop Check jobs at the Job Bank Do employability check up Find education and training information Find your nearest OneStop Center location at the Service Locator www.careeronestop.org

15. America’s JobBank www.ajb.dni.us/

16. America’s ServiceLocator www.servicelocator.org

17. Competency Model Clearinghouse www.careeronestop.org/CompetencyModel/

18. Labor Market Information Center www.careeronestop.org/ www.careeronestop.org/ lmi/LMIHome.asp

19. Career Tools www.careeronestop.org/ Careerwww.careeronestop.org/ Career Tools/Career Tools.asp

20. Door Number Four CareerVoyages www.careervoyages.org The Ultimate Road Trip to Career Success In Demand Magazine Advance Manufacturing NanoTechnology

21. CareerVoyages www.careervoyages.org Explore high growth in-demand occupations that will prepare you for a brighter future with better wages.

22. The Ultimate Road Trip to Career Success – Student Portal

23. In Demand Magazine

24. Advanced Manufacturing

25. NanoTechnology

26. Questions? Contact Information Reginna Z. Ford Workforce Information Specialist Labor Market Information Division Employment Security Commission of North Carolina PO Box 25903, Raleigh, NC 27611 Phone: (919) 733-2936 Fax: (919) 733-8662 Email: Reginna.Z.Ford@ncmail.net