On Labor Day this year, the Department of Labor (DOL) launched the "My Skills, My Future" website (www.myskillsmyfuture.org) through one of their current websites, Career One Stop (www.careeronestop.org). The new website is designed to help users assess current skills for future employment.
The website will enable job seekers to match their occupational skills and experience with the skills needed in other occupations. This is a self-help website to help those individuals who are in transition and want to seek out new opportunities or looking for their next career opportunity. Along with possible education and training in those fields, it also can be used by organizations in an effort to help retain current employees.
Those who work in the public workforce system can already see the direct application of this site with customers who come into their One Stop Career Centers. Helping customers understand and assess transferrable skills and quickly helping them to get either back to work or into training that will lead them back to work will be a huge help.
The site will also have links to job banks and job openings, specific training/education information and links to the skills required for specific jobs. The site will highlight on green and high-growth industries. Connection to the Career One Stop site will be seamless. In future updates, the site will give you the opportunity to customize your own part of the site specifically for your career/job needs.
There is a tutorial video on the site, and plenty of information to get you started. DOL is looking for feedback from users of the site. As you start using it, please feel free to give them your feedback.
