Labor Market Information (LMI)
Career Counseling Terms
Career Counseling Tools
100
Specific information about a particular occupation (e.g., wages, skills required, benefits, entrance requirements, etc.)
What is an Occupational Profile?
100
The performance of an occupation (or set of activities or tasks) in a specific place for a specific employer.
What is a Job?
100
A 5-letter acronym that serves as a framework for goal setting.
What is a SMART Goal? Bonus: What do each of the letters stand for?
200
Occupations with the most openings, and/or occupations that have potential for highest growth. Generally reported for a state or region.
What are High Demand Occupations?
200
The combination of activities performed at any given life stage in all roles of life, including role of worker.
What is a Career?
200
Conducted one-on-one to collect information about a job, career field, industry or company.
What is an Informational Interview?
300
This is the projected sum of new jobs per year. These jobs may be newly created or vacated by workers leaving the occupation (aka replacements)
What is Annual Openings.
300
A type of skill that is not limited to a specific academic discipline, area of knowledge, job, or task and is useful in any work situation, e.g. communication or organizational skills.
What is a Transferable Skill? Bonus: What is an example of a transferable skill?
300
There are groupings of occupations based on the fact that they require a set of common knowledge and skills. They are used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction.
What are Career Clusters? Bonus: Can you name any of the 16 Clusters?
400
Provides national, state and local career information and labor market data using unique career tools, career reports, videos, a career resource library and other innovative web-based tools.
What is America's Career Info Net?
400
A series of connected education and training programs and student support services that enable individuals to secure a job or advance in a demand industry or occupation.
What is a Career Pathway?
400
The acronym RIASEC is used to represent six personality types that are often used as the foundation for career assessments.
What is the Holland Code? Bonus: What do each of the letters in RIASEC stand for?