Careers and Occupations

Career Research Tool

Use Recruiter.com's career research tool to find more than just a list of careers - find the right long-term career for you. Explore salary trends for each profession, read sample job descriptions, and find specific occupations' professional and educational requirements. Watch videos that portray the daily job experience of professionals to get an inside look at the work.

Further Sources of Career Data

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a governmental department, powers some of our tools' employment and career data. By standardizing much of the employment data and reporting on job trends, the Bureau hopes to open up career opportunities for people.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two such career resources; the more detailed listing is the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which, for hundreds of different types of jobs, will provide the following information about each listed job: the training and education needed for a particular job, the earnings for that job, the expected job prospects, what workers in that job do in the course of their employment, and the working conditions for that job.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is updated every two years and is written for adults and upper-level high school students. The latest version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook can be found online through the federal government's Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

Careers List

The second resource, a career list, is a boiled-down version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook available to students, teachers, and interested researchers. It is designed to provide introductory career information for students and early-career professionals.

Each occupational description in the list links to the Occupational Outlook Handbook section dealing with that particular occupation if the student desires further information. It is updated approximately every two years once the Occupational Outlook Handbook has been updated. The careers listed for students are broken down into twelve basic categories. These categories are math, reading, science, social studies, music and arts, building and fixing things, helping people, computers, law, managing money, sports, and nature.