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April 9-13 is National Student Employment Week (NSEW). During NSEW, participating colleges celebrate the contributions of their student employees. It is also a time to honor college seniors seeking employment. To help recognize this important event, the Government Printing Office offers for sale the following publications focusing on jobs and employment. These publications provide helpful tips on resume writing, employee interviewing, searching for employment and much more.

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Job Hunting and Career Counseling

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 (Paperback)

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Describes about 250 occupations in detail. Covers what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects. Also includes information on additional occupations.

Year/Pages: 2010: 885 p.; ill.

Price: $23.00 Add To Cart

How to Get a Job in the Federal Government

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Describes the types of jobs available in the Federal civil service and the qualifications required. Also serves as a guide to find and apply for those jobs.

Year/Pages: 2004: 26 p.; ill.

Price: $3.25 Add To Cart

Resumes, Applications, and Cover Letters (2009)

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: With this update of a popular article, you will find out the best ways to present your credentials to prospective employers. Illustrations include a sample chronological resume, a sample functional resume, and a sample cover letter. The 'for more information' section lists some useful, established websites that contain advice about 21st century job hunting and resume writing.

Year/Pages: 2009: 12 p.; ill.

Price: $2.75 Add To Cart

Getting Back to Work: Returning to the Labor Force After an Absence

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Provides useful information on how to successfully re-enter the workforce.

Year/Pages: 2005: 14 p.; ill,

Price: $4.50 Add To Cart

Career Guide to Industries, 2008-09

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Provides information on the nature of the industry, employment, working conditions, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, and outlook. Organized by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) major categories. Intended as a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Year/Pages: 2008: 304 p.; ill.

Price: $42.00 Add To Cart

Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 2005

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Presents 2005 employment and wages data as defined in the North American Industry Classification System. Data pertain to workers covered by State unemployment insurance laws and the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Year/Pages: 2007: 47 p.; ill. + 1 CD-ROM.

Price: $13.50

Occupational Outlook Handbook and Career Guide to Industries, 2006-2007 (CD-ROM)

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Describes about 250 occupations in detail. Covers what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects. Also includes summary information on 116 additional occupations.

Year/Pages: 2006: CD-ROM.

Price: $30.50 Add To Cart

Employment Interviewing: Seizing the Opportunity and the Job

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Gives useful advice on what to do before, during, and after a job interview. Includes tips about job fairs.

Year/Pages: 2000: 9 p.; ill.

Price: $2.00 Add To Cart

O*net Ability Profiler, Form 1: A Tool for Career Exploration

Publisher: Labor Dept.

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Price: $50.00

O*Net Version 3.0: Work Importance Locator, User's Guide

Publisher: Labor Dept., Employment and Training Administration

Description: provides a self-assessment career exploration tool. Prepared especially for schools, employment service offices, career information delivery systems, out-placement programs that will incorporate the Work Importance Locator (WIL) into their career exploration services. This guide can help users understand how the WIL was developed and how to incorporate the WIL into their programs properly. Sold in packages of 5 copies only.

Year/Pages: 2001: 53 p.

Price: $15.20 Add To Cart

O*Net Version 3.0: Work Importance Locator, Score Report

Publisher: Labor Dept., Employment and Training Administration

Description: Provides a self-assessment career exploration tool. Designed for use with the "O*NET Work Importance Locator: Instrument." Helps users understand what their results mean and how to link them to O*NET occupations. O*NET occupations are included in the report. Also explains how to use the results in exploring careers using O*NET OnLine. Sold in packages of 5 copies only.

Year/Pages: 2001: 27 p.

Price: $23.00 Add To Cart

O*Net Version 3.0: Interest Profiler, O*Net Occupations Master List

Publisher: Labor Dept., Employment and Training Administration

Description: Presents a self-assessment career exploration tool. Lists O*NET 3.0 occupations by Interest Area/Job Zone category. Occupations have been assigned to the groups based on their Primary Interest Area. This publication provides an expanded list of O*NET occupations compared to the Interest Profiler Score Report. Sold in packages of 5 copies only.

Year/Pages: 2000: 23 p.

Price: $8.00 Add To Cart

O*Net Version 3.0: Work Importance Locator, Instrument, A Tool for Career Exploration

Publisher: Labor Dept., Employment and Training Administration

Description: provides a self-assessment career exploration tool. Includes work value cards, work value card sorting sheet, and envelope. Helps users clarify what they find most important in jobs. Participants use this instrument to identify occupations included in O*NET that they are likely to find satisfying, based on the similarity between what is important to them in a job and the characteristics of the occupations. Sold in packages of 25 copies only. Paperback. 2000: 8 p., envelope, card sorting sheet, and cards.

Year/Pages: 2000: 8 p., envelope, card sorting sheet, and cards.

Price: $21.00 Add To Cart

Here Today, Jobs of Tomorrow: Opportunities in Information Technology

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Describes the occupations in the information technology field. Examines opportunities in the labor market and earnings for information technology workers. Explains how to prepare for a career in information technology.

Year/Pages: 1998: 13 p.; ill.

Price: $1.25 Add To Cart

Job Training

What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2001

Publisher: Commerce Dept., Economics and Statistics Administration, Census Bureau

Description: Explores issues related to school completion and degrees, fields of training, occupations pursued, and earnings obtained.

Year/Pages: 2005: 15 p.

Price: $2.75

Apprenticeships: Career Training, Credentials, and a Paycheck in Your Pocket

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Explains how apprenticeship works. Lists apprenticeable occupations, and the years of training estimated for each occupation.

Year/Pages: 2002: 22 p.; ill.

Price: $4.00 Add To Cart

Employment Policy and Trends

The "American Jobs Act of 2011" Legislative Proposal: Message from the President of the United States, September 13, 2011

Publisher: House

Description: Is designed to help “put more people back to work.” It includes a section-by-section analysis and explanation of the legislation, which was dated and submitted to Congress on September 12, 2011.

Year/Pages: 2011: 204 p.

Price: $13.50 Add To Cart

The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2011

Publisher: Congress, Congressional Budget Office

Description: This publication is issued annually by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It reports on the state of the budget and the economy. Other topics covered are Changes in CBO’s Baseline Since March 2011 and CBO’s Economic Projections for 2011 to 2021.

Year/Pages: 2011: 108 p.

Price: $21.00

Standard Occupational Classification Manual 2010 (Revised)

Publisher: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget

Description: Presents the occupational structure, showing the different levels of aggregation (Major Group, Minor Group, Broad Occupation, Detailed Occupation), occupational titles, definitions, and illustrative examples of job titles found in an occupation. Includes the classification principles and coding guidelines, and provides information on what's new in the 2010 SOC, a description of the SOC revision process, and a section of Frequently Asked Questions.

Price: $45.00 Add To Cart

Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers, 1961-2008

Publisher: Commerce Dept., Economics and Statistics Administration, Census Bureau

Description: This report examines trends in maternity leave and the employment patterns of women who gave birth to their first child between January 1961 and December 2008.

Year/Pages: 2011: 21 p.

Price: $5.25 Add To Cart

The Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Wages and Employment Opportunities of Black Workers

Publisher: Commission on Civil Rights

Description: This report was prepared by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A panel of experts briefed members of the Commission on April 4, 2008 regarding the evidence for economic loss and job opportunity costs to black workers attributable to illegal immigration. The panelists also described non-economic factors contributing to the depression of black wages and employment rates. Based on that discussion, the Commission developed the findings and recommendations that are included in this report.

Year/Pages: 2010: 88 p.

Price: $15.00 Add To Cart

Occupational Employment and Wages, 2006

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Provides occupational employment and wage data.

Year/Pages: 2008: 60 p.

Price: $9.50 Add To Cart

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2006

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Reports on earnings for occupations common to a wide variety of establishments. Coverage includes office clerical, professional and technical, maintenance, custodial and material movement occupations.

Year/Pages: 2007: 39 p.; ill. and CD-ROM.

Price: $16.00 Add To Cart

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2003

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Presents 2003 annual averages for the labor force, employment, and unemployment.

Year/Pages: 2007: 280 p.

Price: $41.00 Add To Cart

Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Provides a statistical and research supplement to the 2006-07 Occupational Outlook Handbook. Presents detailed, comprehensive statistics used in preparing the Handbook.

Year/Pages: 2006: 215 p.

Price: $31.50 Add To Cart

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Presents historic and current labor force and earnings data for women and men from the Current Population Survey.

Year/Pages: 2005: 89 p.

Price: $3.50 Add To Cart

Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, 2005

Publisher: Labor Dept., Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security

Description: Provides state-by-state information on workers covered by unemployment insurance, benefit eligibility, methods of financing, and other areas of interest in the unemployment insurance program.

Year/Pages: 2005: 180 p.

Price: $26.50 Add To Cart

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: This subscription service provides current information on employment trends and outlook, supplementing and bringing up to date information in Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Price: $17.00 Add To Cart

High-Earning Workers Who Don't Have A Bachelor's Degree

Publisher: Labor Dept., Labor Statistics Bureau

Description: Identifies occupations in which many highly paid workers do not have a bachelor’s degree. It also points out other things that make for a good job.

Year/Pages: 1999: 9 p.; ill.

Price: $3.75 Add To Cart




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