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The positions in this category all include all the posts that make city, state and federal government agencies run. Positions include directors, elected leaders/legislators, administrative staff, and regulators to name a few. The jobs in this category are essential to provide services to community, planning for infrastructure & expansion, and organizing care for societies most vulnerable. Many people find these positions provide excellent opportunities to make a difference.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) offers an excellent tool for planning with their first destination survey results.
“NACE’s First-Destination Survey captures information regarding how new college graduates fare in their careers within six months of graduation. The …
Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04) is currently seeking paid congressional interns for the Spring 2023 term. The internships are in-person and will run from January to early May. Dates are flexible. This internship is open to undergraduate and recent college graduates.
If you’re studying or thinking about studying Criminal Justice, we are excited to have some great career advice for you, via FBI’s Recruitment and Selection Unit. They answered our questions about what is available for Criminal Justice students, and not …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
Top Employers
Education Levels
Annual Earnings
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
