✨ Activity: External Influences
4. Occupational Information
Occupation is defined as "A collection of jobs sufficiently similar in the work performed to be grouped under a common label" - LMiC
Occupational information is helpful during career transition to explore and navigate the range occupational information you are unfamiliar with.
Occupational profiles and job postings are a great starting point and can include:
- wages/salaries,
- duties,
- future outlook,
- industry required credentials, and
- educational and skill requirements.
However, occupations are changing at such a rapid pace that some emerging occupational profiles may not event exist yet!
The most direct way to obtain current information such as what a typical day looks like or future trends, is talking with someone who works in this occupation through an information meeting.
Activity
Review an occupational profile of interest from two different sites.
Jot your answers to these questions in the External Influences Worksheet, or in your own journal:
- What are the similarities between the occupational profiles from each site, and
- what are the differences between the occupational profiles?