Workforce

Important Sites

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Economic Policy Institute
• Guide to Demographic and Workforce Data
• United States Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
• Virginia Employment Commission: Community Profiles
• Virginia Workforce Network

Business, Economics, and Workforce Trends

• America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future, ETS, 2007
  

Job & Career Sites

O*Net Online:The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this database forms the heart of O*NET OnLine, an interactive application for exploring and searching occupations.

Virginia Career View: As part of the Office of Education, Research and Outreach, our mission is to inform, encourage, and support the education and career development of the people of Virginia. Virginia Career VIEW is supported by State and Federal funds from the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education.

Virginia Jobs: Welcome to the Virginia Jobs Web Site - The Commonwealth of Virginia's Employment and Resource Center. Under Employment Opportunities, you will find everything you need to explore exciting careers in state government.

Reports

• Adult Literacy and Poverty Alleviation: From Workforce Investment to Community Organizing, 2007
• A Profile of the Low Wage Immigrant Worker, Urban Institute, 2003
• Jobs of the Future, 2009 Report
• Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance: A SCANS Report for America 2000
• Scorecard for Skills: Measuring the effectiveness of workplace education programs
• Quantitative Literacy and the Likelihood of Employment Among Young Adults in the United States, Francisco L. Rivera-Artiz, 1992