Great Resources - Occupations

This category focuses on resources that explain more about positions that are available in advanced manufacturing! Are you curious about salaries, types of jobs, types of companies? These links point you to answers for your questions about a variety of occupations.

About Occupations:

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition - The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

About Salaries:

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-2009 Edition - The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; and working conditions. The Handbook is revised every two years. (Bureau of Labor and Statistics, supported by Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Job Preparation:

Job Search on careeronestop.org - Browse different web sections under Plan, After an Offer, Find Jobs and Apply category. Learn about networking, state job banks for example under these categories. (U. S. Dept. of Labor, supported by - sponsored website)

Job Search / Employment Services:

Plastics Industry Career Center Job Seekers and Posters - Job Seekers: The Plastics Jobs Network is free to all job seekers and provides you with access to the best employers and jobs in the plastics industry. Follow links for Advanced Search and the Plastics Job Board. (SPI, supported by Plastics Job Network)

Workforce Management Services:

A People Company, Staffing the World - Kelly founded the temporary staffing industry in 1946, and has maintained a leadership position through the years based on a valuable premise: we invest in people. Today that focus benefits our customers wherever they operate around the globe - in a growing number of specialized fields. And we’ll continue to meet the evolving challenges of workforce flexibility with staffing solutions tailored to your precise business needs, both locally and worldwide. (Kelly Services)