Presentation to Rocky Hill Job Group.

1. Targeting Career Options
(using AARP WorkSearch and other online tools)

2. Agenda
AARP– http://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/
AARP Online Access to– Job Search Strategies, Career
Counseling, Social Networking, Assess yourself, polish
your resume, sharpen/update skills, etc
WorkSearch Assessment System–
http://www.aarpworksearch.org/
Other Tests– Free online tests
Next Steps– To Do List

3. AARP offers support to age 50 plus (and others as site is available to anyone )
http://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/

4. Online Access to:
•Job Search Strategies
•Re-careering and Job Search Webinars
which offer tips and advice from
psychological, financial and pragmatic
search perspectives
•National Employer Team who identify
those employers who are hiring older
workers

6. Online Access to:
•Career Counseling
•Worksearch tool to evaluate interest
and abilities that can lead to skills
assessments and online training and
then ultimately to local job openings

7. Online Access to:
•Social Networking
•“The Water Cooler” online community

8. Online Access to:
•Senior Community Service which
assists low income, older workers to
reenter workforce
http://www.aarpworksearch.org/pages
/SCSEP.aspx

16. http://www.aarpworksearch.org/Pages/ApplicationIntro.aspx

17. The following is a list of NBSA Essential Skill Courses that
are available free to registered WorkSearch users:
Essential Bookkeeping Skills
Essential Computer Skills
Essential Customer Service Skills
Essential Interpersonal & Teamwork Skills
Essential Interviewing Fundamentals
Essential Job Search Fundamentals
Essential Math Skills
Essential Medical Office Skills
Essential MS Excel
Essential MS Word
Essential Office Skills
Essential Reading and Comprehension
Essential Reasoning Skills
Essential Resume Fundamentals
Essential Sales Skills
Essential Telephone Skills
Essential Time Management Skills

23. Other Tests
• Several free tests on the web that can help
you devise a career path.

24. O*NET OnLine: an interactive application for exploring
and searching occupations (US Govt sponsored site)

25. OSCAR: The Occupation and Skill Computer-Assisted Researcher
...a friendly self-assessment tool designed to help you find a good occupational match
based on your interests and skills. It includes values, interests, and skills
inventories. (Louisiana and Texas are open to all users, but Arkansas asks out-of-
state users to register.)

26. Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II (KTS®-II)
http://keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx?partid=0

27. The Jung Typology Test, or the TypeFocus Personality
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

28. The Testing Room...a collection of free
assessments offered by Psychometrics Canada
Ltd., a developer of assessments for career
counselors. You must register to use the tools,
but this only means providing your name, email
address, and gender, and their privacy policy is
good. You then have access to their Personality
Index, the Career Values Scale, the Career
Interests Inventory, and the Career Competency
Explorer (skills inventory). Each of these also has
an extended component and report, available for
a nominal fee.
http://www.testingroom.com/

29. Next Steps
• Explore AARP site.
• Try out free tests.
• “Informational Interviewing” to explore career
options:
– What do you like best about your job?
– What do you like least?
– What does it take to get into this line of work?
– And then ask for additional names…..