WOIS News

Where the jobs are and the college grads aren't

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:20:00 -0700

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!

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:50:00 -0700

Check out these great ideas for summer work at http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-3029-Job-Info-Trends-15-summertime-jobs/

"If I Knew Then What I Know Now" -- good advice for students of all ages

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:22:00 -0700

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

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:39:00 -0700

Check out these tips from employers on this video

Projected Fastest Growing Jobs 2010-2020

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:40:00 -0700

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!

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:51:00 -0700

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

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:56:00 -0700

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

Bright Outlooks and Green Economy Sectors

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:30:00 -0700

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 Presents GREAT FUTURES!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:20:00 -0700

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

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:40:00 -0700

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.

Improved High School & Beyond Plan in WOIS Portfolio

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:45:00 -0700

The Education Planner in the WOIS Portfolio is now the High School and Beyond Plan. This section now has more options!

In the High School and Beyond Details, students can record their Career Path, Program of Study, up to three Post-High School Plans with specifics for those plans, and up to three Career Goals. This section can be used by iteself, or combined with the planned coursework for a student's educational career.

In the Terms and Classes section, students can create their course plan for their educational career. Just as before, this section can be revisited often for updates to coursework, grades, credits, etc.

Four reports provide flexibility to meet everyone's needs. They are:

Current Details Report: shows High School & Beyond Plan details for the highest grade for which they have been entered.

Classes Report: shows terms and classes for all years.

Summary Report: combines the information from the Current Details and Classes Reports (most recent details and terms and classes for all years)

Full Report: shows all information - High School & Beyond Plan details, terms, and classes - for all years entered.

Portfolio Administrators: Remember you can customize the list of classes to match the classes offered at your school, customize your pathways and programs of study, and generate High School and Beyond reports for a group of students through the Portfolio Administration. To generate reports, simply choose the students you wish to generate reports for, then click Generate Reports at the bottom of your student list. Choose the report you wish to generate -- then click and let the system do the work for you!

Remember, there are now eight FREE Portfolio training workshops in February and March, all around the state, that can help you learn how to use the Portfolio High School and Beyond Plan and other great features available in the WOIS Portfolio system. Register today!

Thank you to a number of WOIS sites that helped to shape this improved High School and Beyond Plan section, including Central Kitsap High School, Anacortes High School, Sehome High School, and Shadle Park High School.

School Compare is Back in WOIS!

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:54:00 -0700

Because WOIS moved to a new database structure to integrate National Colleges with our Educational Program and School sections, our old School Compare tool was taken out of our program for a few months.

But now it's back -- and even better than before!

You can still access School Compare from the Assessment menu on the left-side menu, and the Schools menu.

Now your students and clients can also compare schools they have saved in the School Research section of their WOIS Portfolio!

And, your students and clients can save schools to the School Research section of their WOIS Portfolio, after they have done a School Compare.

Try it out! You will love it!

If you have questions or ever need a training or demonstration, contact tami@wois.org or call 1-800-700-WOIS.

Go to TheWashBoard.org from WOIS

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:51:00 -0700

TheWashBoard.org is live. Check it out!

TheWashBoard.org is a free, web-based non-profit scholarship clearinghouse for Washington students seeking college scholarships.

TheWashBoard.org makes scholarship searching easy!

There are over 75 scholarship providers from across the state registered on theWashBoard.org. These providers have over $11 million in scholarship funds available and anticipate making up to 4,000 awards for the 2010-2011 academic year. New scholarships are added each day to theWashBoard.org.

In addition, you will find other financial aid resources and information on theWashBoard.org.

Unlike other web-based scholarship search tools, theWashBoard.org is advertising and spam-free. Your personal information is safe and will never be sold.

Ready to Get Started?

TheWashBoard.org makes scholarship searching simple. In one stop, you can search and apply for verified scholarships specific to your academic interests, college or university, or other criteria.

Here's how it works: You can either click on Schools on the WOIS menu, then click on Wash. Scholarships to link directly to theWashBoard.org or go directly to theWashBoard.org. Once there:

Complete your student profile.
Explore scholarships that match your profile.
Apply and submit your application by the due date.

Become a Fan of WOIS on Facebook

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:48:00 -0700

Visit WOIS on Facebook for current trends and information about careers and education. Enter into our Discussions, or start one of your own. Become a member of the WOIS Facebook network to stay connected!

You can link to WOIS on Facebook from the WOIS homepage at www.wois.org. The Facebook link is on the lower right-side of the page.

Portfolios "Grade Promoted" and Students Transferred

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0700

As we do every year at about this time, we've advanced your students' Portfolios to the next grade - 9th graders were advanced to 10th grade, etc. Also, if you've configured your middle school's Portfolio settings to automatically transfer a particular grade (8th, 9th, etc.) to the appropriate high school, those students should now be transferred. You can also use the Transfer to another site button in Portfolio Administration lists to manually transfer students from one WOIS site to another.