Whether you’re launching your career for the first time or considering a job change after several years, getting started can feel overwhelming. The good news is that you don’t have to figure it all out alone. There are excellent online tools and resources that can help you explore career paths, identify your strengths and interests, understand which industries are growing, and discover companies actively hiring. In this post, you’ll find a curated collection of practical resources to help you make informed decisions and take your next professional step with greater confidence and clarity.
O*NET Interest Profiler
The O*NET Interest Profiler (IP) is a family of self-assessment career exploration tools that can help job seekers discover the type of work activities and occupations that they would like and find exciting. Individuals identify and learn about broad interest areas most relevant to themselves. They can use their interest results to explore the world of work.
https://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html
Skills-First Resource Library
Utilize this tool to understand the skills that are in-demand and that employers look for when hiring different types of roles (e.g., customer service representatives, product managers, maintenance and repair workers).
https://www.skills-first.org/roles
Where You Work Matters
The "Where You Work Matters" List is an independent rating of how well the largest U.S. employers are creating high-quality jobs in three categories: early career, "growth" jobs, and stability jobs. The list is based upon an analysis of 1,750 large U.S. companies
with insight into the work environment and opportunities for individuals created by each.
https://www.whereyouworkmatters.org/the-list/
Projected Career Openings
Based upon data from the U.S. federal government, this resource lists occupations that are expected to have the most annual job openings for the 10-year period of 2022 to 2032 (for individual states) or 2024 to 2034 (at the national level).
https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/
Explore Job Transitions
The path to a new job isn’t always clear. There are jobs that are a great fit but might seem out of reach, and others you may not even know you have the skills for. Use this tool from LinkedIn to help you find possible job transitions, based on LinkedIn insights into skills similarity, identifying how your skills match to real job titles.
https://linkedin.github.io/career-explorer/
CareerVillage Community
CareerVillage is an open community for job seekers who are seeking career advice from established professionals. You can ask questions, learn from questions that others have already asked, and upvote advice you see on the platform to help your peers find helpful content.
https://www.careervillage.org/
