Career Videos for Career Exploration
Train Oregon offers free career videos, focusing on leading Oregon industries – Healthcare, Technology and Manufacturing. Videos are a great resource for jobseekers who are in career exploration phase and want to deepen their knowledge of what a typical “day in the life” of each occupation would be like. Train Oregon is an empowering tool in your toolkit to assist customers bridge the gap between career exploration to training to a new career.
Where are Career Videos located?
Explore Careers –> Career Videos
Quick Link to Videos
https://www.trainoregon.org/trainoregon/career-videos
From Exploration to Training – More Resources
WorkSource + and Premium Content
Sometimes a short course is the key to figuring out if a career or industry is the right fit for an individual. Free, unlimited and concise online courses at Train Oregon are a great way to get a little more hands on during the career exploration phase without financial risk or pressure for the jobseeker. Ensure your customers are signed up for Train Oregon WorkSource + and if they want to deepen their skills and training in an industry, encourage them to Request Access to Train Oregon Premium Content such as Healthcare (Relias Learning and A.D.A.M) and Manufacturing (ToolingU-SME). Technology courses are regular WorkSource + as are many Project Management courses.
Traitify
We recommend Traitify to anyone who is in the career exploration phase. This free, 90 second visual career assessment tool is available at Train Oregon under Explore Careers –> Career Assessment. It’s fun, fast and gives a host of possible career matches that link directly to real time labor market information, education requirements and job search engines like O*Net Online. Note, Traitify requires a separate login.
Career Coaching
The Train Oregon Virtual Career Coach is here to help your customers throughout the entire career exploration phase and beyond. We help jobseekers match career exploration findings to a tailored training curriculum. Contact Us and remind jobseekers they can use the Live Chat feature on the Train Oregon website to chat directly with a career coach or leave a message and we’ll get right back to them!