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Life in the United States as an international student can be fun and challenging. The Academic Success & Career Center is here to provide support in your career development & academic success.
As an international student, you are embarking on a dynamic academic journey that will take you to many places in the future. But as a current or upcoming student at WSU, what resources are readily available for international students when …
Handshake, the Career Fair and Job Platform used by WSU, can also serve as an informative resource for all Cougs. As an international student at WSU, you may find yourself in a unique situation where you are unsure how to …
Are you ready to take your professional development to the next level? Are you looking to connect with internships while studying in the US? With hundreds of thousands of internships being offered on Handshake, knowing how to utilize the resources …
You may know that internships are a great launching point for your career, giving you a leg up in the application process, professional experience, job skills, and more. But when do college students need to do an internship? Is it …
When employers attempt to hire an international applicant they are required to confirm that this person is eligible to work in the united states. E-Verify is a online system that the Department of Homeland Security uses to help both employers …
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.)
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Top Employers
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Technical Skills
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Core Competencies
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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.