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Project Title:
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Review of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
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PIN:
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CNST-I-08-03-A
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Major Unit:
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
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Sub Unit:
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Committee on National Statistics
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RSO:
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Hilton, Margaret
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Project Scope
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The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) is convening an expert panel to conduct a top-level review of the O*NET program and the electronic database access program that supports it, to document the important current and potential future uses of O*NET in business, labor market functions, job matching systems, and human resource management, and to consider future directions for the program. The panel's investigation will be aided by the conduct of a workshop. The product of the study will be a final report with recommendations that will focus on means of strengthening the program and future directions for O*NET.
The panel will develop an inventory and evaluation of the uses of O*NET, in order to gain an understanding of the extent to which O*NET has become embedded in business, labor market functions, human resource practices, job matching systems such as Monster, HRMIS systems, and in international applications.
The linkage of the O*NET system with the Standard Occupational Classification system, a key tenet of the program since its inception, will be documented and explored. The expert panel will use this information to assess the extent to which the opportunities for linking O*NET with employment, wage, demographic, and other occupational data have been realized.
Based on its assessment of the state of the system, the panel will seek to identify opportunities to take O*NET to a new level. This will involve mapping out a system for the future that builds on O*NET successes and seeking ways to improve it, while maintaining the high quality standards and level of validity it has attained. Some of the areas for which the panel will consider opportunities for enhanced functionality and improvement will be currency (how to capture changing and emerging skill needs in the economy and labor market with certainty and speed); efficiency; cost-effectiveness; use of new technology and collaborative approaches (to include Web 2.0 or 'wiki' type processes in which those who provide input into the system are able to add to and update some items interactively online); means of capturing/documenting emerging skill changes and new and emerging occupations; and ways to foster seamless integration with the development and updating of industry competency models. It is expected that this review will lead to recommendations for potential cost savings and increased speed in turnaround time from identifying an occupation to being able to use the data in applications and in the field.
The study is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. The approximate start date for the project is November 18, 2008. A report will be issued at the end of the project.
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Project Duration:
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14 months
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