Where the jobs are and the college grads aren't
Where the jobs are, and the college grads aren't http://t.co/lfvZsF1G
Want a summer job? Here are 15 ideas to get you started!
"If I Knew Then What I Know Now" -- good advice for students of all ages
If I knew then what I know now... We can't say it enough -- follow your passion, know where you want to go, use tools like WOIS to find a good fit for careers and college http://t.co/VYUoIfUm
Tips for Job Seekers: Interview Follow-up
Check out these tips from employers on this video
Projected Fastest Growing Jobs 2010-2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the projected fastest growing jobs from 2010 to 2020. Check out their list here.
Need a Great Curriculum? Check out Great Futures!
Great Futures, the powerful curriculum developed by Great Choices, teamed with the fantastic WOIS career and educational planning tools, is the answer to your challenges with advisories, culminating projects, career units, and high school and beyond planning.
Lessons include:
- Goal Setting
- Winning Activities
- High School and Beyond Planning
- Career Perspectives
- College Planning
- Study Skills
- Test Preparation
- Life Transitions
Four to Seven lessons are included in each section.
Engaging lessons and colorful, interesting slide shows can be delivered with students at computers, away from computers, or in any combination. You can choose to use all of the lessons or just a part of them -- we will hide the lessons you don't want to use. The flexibility of this program allows it to fit your needs and desired delivery method.
We’ve kept the cost low, and every subscription fee includes free training and technical support, as often as you need it, to get your staff on board with the system.
For more information or to schedule a demo of GREAT FUTURES please contact Tami at 1-800-700-9647 or tami@wois.org.
WOIS/The Career Information System is Washington State's most comprehensive career and educational planning resource and is used in over 900 sites in the state of Washington. WOIS has provided career assessment tools, detailed information about occupations, educational programs, and postsecondary institutions, along with supporting activities and resources, for more than 35 years. WOIS provides complete, accurate and up-to-date information for Washington State and NOW also provides national wage, outlook, and college information. As a non-profit organization, our goal is to provide these resources, and related training and technical support, at the lowest cost possible, to the institutions and organizations in Washington State.
Now Available from WOIS: LIVE CHAT
Get Real-Time Customer Service from WOIS
Get WOIS support and technical answers quickly and easily with Live Support! Simply click on the Live Support link on the lower right corner of the WOIS screen to chat with customer support. If customer support is offline, you can leave a message and your answer will be emailed to you as soon as someone is available.
Live Support is our latest effort to provide quality customer service to counselors, teachers, clients and students.
WOIS Renewal Reminder
Don't be caught without WOIS access on September 1, 2010. Remember to return your WOIS order for 2010-2011 by August 31.
Only a few Spots are left for Great Futures University
Great Futures University is a workshop that provides hands-on training for teachers, counselors, and advisors in the new life, career and educational planning curriculum from WOIS. This workshop is designed for people from sites that have already ordered Great Futures as an add-on to WOIS, or people who are interested in learning more about the Great Futures resources. The workshop is two mornings. It's free, with six free clock hours.
Dates and Locations for Great Futures University:
July 12 and 13, Columbia Basin College
July 14 and 15, Edmonds Community College -- FULL, but you can get on the waiting list.
July 21 and 22, Bower Learning Center, Olympia -- Only six spots available
July 26 and 27, Eastern Washington University -- FULL, but you can get on a waiting list.
July 28 and 29, Lower Columbia College
Register today!
WOIS/The Career Information System is Washington State's most comprehensive career and educational planning resource and is used in over 900 sites in the state of Washington. WOIS has provided career assessment tools, detailed information about occupations, educational programs, and postsecondary institutions, along with supporting activities and resources, for more than 35 years. WOIS provides complete, accurate and up-to-date information for Washington State and NOW also provides national wage, outlook, and college information. As a non-profit organization, our goal is to provide these resources, and related training and technical support, at the lowest cost possible, to the institutions and organizations in Washington State.
Bright Outlooks and Green Economy Sectors
WOIS has added a link to a list of jobs with Bright Outlooks, and another list of jobs in Green Economy Sectors. These lists were developed by the US Department of Labor for the O*Net OnLine. The link from WOIS provides easy access for your students, clients and patrons.
Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of new job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.
The green economy will cause a change in occupations' employment demand or work and worker requirements such as tasks, skills, knowledge, and credentials. Green occupations are linked to Green Economy Sectors.
These links can be found in the Resources box on the right side of the Occupation Index, which is accessed by clicking on Occupations from your main menu.
Easy! If you have questions, please email tami@wois.org.
WOIS/The Career Information System is Washington State's most comprehensive career and educational planning resource and is used in over 900 sites in the state of Washington. WOIS has provided career assessment tools, detailed information about occupations, educational programs, and postsecondary institutions, along with supporting activities and resources, for more than 35 years. WOIS provides complete, accurate and up-to-date information for Washington State and NOW also provides national wage, outlook, and college information. As a non-profit organization, our goal is to provide these resources, and related training and technical support, at the lowest cost possible, to the institutions and organizations in Washington State.
WOIS Presents GREAT FUTURES!
WOIS and Great Choices have teamed together to develop a powerful tool that is the answer to your challenges with advisories, culminating projects, career units, and high school and beyond planning.
This dynamic resource, appropriately named GREAT FUTURES, combines a great curriculum (with all the tools teachers need to deliver meaningful lessons), with the great data and portfolio storage and tracking tools found in WOIS.
With so many options for using the system (at the computer, away from the computer, combination of computer and print), the flexibility of this program means it will easily fit your needs and desired delivery method.
We’ve kept the cost low, and every subscription fee includes free training and technical support, as often as you need it, to get your staff on board with the system.
WOIS subscribers will receive information with their renewal package (coming soon!) about the cost to integrate GREAT FUTURES with the WOIS tools. If you can’t wait to see this wonderful new resource and want a FREE demo right away, please contact Tami at 1-800-700-9647 or tami@wois.org.
New Interest Area Sort
Check out the new Interest Area sort in the WOIS Occupation section. Choose the Interest Area you feel is your best match, then choose the level of education you wish to attain (or choose them all), and see the careers that match your choices!
To see all of this year's new WOIS features, attend one of the upcoming FREE WOIS Training sessions. Free Clock hours are provided.
Wednesday, March 17, 3:00 to 6:00 -- Ballard High School
Friday, March 19, 8:30 to 2:00 -- Columbia Basin College
Friday, March 26, 8:30 to 2:00 -- Lower Columbia College
Space is limited, so register today. For more information and to register, click here.
