Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

View occupational and career research resources

• Oregon Labor Market Information System (career information, employer database, and Oregon-specific labor market information)
• Oregon Career Information System – CIS (career and education information, career/self-assessment exercises)
  Important: You must create a portfolio in order to save your assessment results.
• PCC students – Access via the MyPCC “My Courses” tab. In the Plan My Career channel, click on Oregon CIS
  • Accessing CIS outside of MyPCC Portal: Go to www.oregoncis.uoregon.edu. On the right side, click “Don’t have an account? Sign up here”. Enter school username: portcomcol and school password: dunk.purse. Enter your personal info and create a unique username and password.
  • To access your personal account in the future from off campus: Go to www.oregoncis.uoregon.edu and enter your username and password.
• DOL Dept. of Labor
  • O*NET has multiple “doors” to access www.onetonline.org or Careeronestop
  • New mobile-friendly O*NET OnLine: Use your phone or tablet to visit the new mobile-friendly O*NET OnLine! Quickly find, search, or browse across 900+ occupations based on your career exploration or job analysis needs. Then learn about the requirements, characteristics, and available opportunities for your selected occupation. Updated features include:
    • Job Duties Custom List
    • Related Activities Search
    • Soft Skills Custom List
    • Technology Skills Search
    • See All Occupations

    The new site also provides easy access to other O*NET sites, including the O*NET Resource Center and the My Next Move websites (MNM, MNM for Veterans, Mi Próximo Paso).

  • DOL sites for Career Planning and Occupational Research:
    • DOL Apps
    • www.onetcenter.org (see info below) – user guide
    • DOL CareerOneStop Tool Kit
    • My Skills My Future – US Dept. of Labor Resource – Career Onestop
    • My Next Move – From Americas Job Center Network part of the US Dept. of Labor
    • Career Videos on Careeronestop (Dept. of Labor)
• Oregon Employment Dept. Career Magazine
• Oregon Employment Dept. Occupations in Demand
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor site)
• National Career Development Association – Tool for linking to Internet Career Planning Sites or bls.gov/audience/jobseekers
• My Plan – a variety of career exploration tools: mostly free self-assessment (not free), connecting careers to majors
• This site generates career options based on job titles including a brief description
• This site is like reading people’s career informational interviews. How to Become…
• www.careertech.org/career-clusters
• www.jobshadow.com
• Riley Guide
• Finding the job you love – factors to consider
• www.80000hours.org
• www.universityhq.org/how-to-become
• www.collegegrad.com
• Dick Bolles – author of What Color is Your Parachute
• Wikijob – UK-based but good career info
• What can I do with a major in biochemistry?
• www.educatetocareer.org
• Burning Glass Report – Good Jobs in Bad Times

See career assessments

Values/Strengths

• Work Values
• Life Values
• Values Discovery Exercise
• The Muse
• Core Values Index
• Values Center
• Character Strengths or www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu
• Information explaining Character Strengths
• SELF Model – Strengths (watch video rationale for considering strengths) – skip the assessment as it is not free
• 340 Ways to use Character Strengths – handout
• Clarifying Work Values

Miscellaneous

• My Next Move – For Veterans
• Career Agility Profiler – DeBruce.org
• High 5 Test (strengths)
• About Conflict Management Styles & Assessment – Walden University
• Conflict Management Style Assessment The Blake Group
• Career/Job Search Podcasts – Mac Pritchard – Mac’s List and his top podcasts for 2022
• Low Anxiety Careers 

Personality Assessments – similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• Human Metrics
• 16 personalities
• www.jung.test.typologycentral.com
• Additional Information about Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• The Kiersey Temperament sorter is also a common personality inventory
• Big Five Personality Test