Case Study _ O*Net Assignment
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Job analysis is the foundation of an effective staffing system, and depends on data. The U.S. Department of Labor hosts an excellent website discussed in the lecture, known as O*NET. This database contains comprehensive information on job requirements and worker competencies.
Assignment Instructions and Steps
View this website when working on this week's assignment:
O*NET Resource Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Copyright 2013, U.S. Department of Labor. O*NET website used with permission.
Web Navigation Steps
1. Familiarize yourself with O*NET by reviewing the information provided on the About O*NET page: (http://www.onetcenter.org/overview.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).
2. From the About page, click the Content Model link, and review the conceptual model underlying this project: (http://www.onetcenter.org/content.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).
3. Review the O*NET Online Desk Aid found in the Files section.
4. Go to the My Next Move page (http://www.mynextmove.org/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.), and enter an occupation with which you are familiar (e.g., one you have held or hope to hold) in the keyword search box, or use the Industry Search feature or Tell Us What You Like to Do options if you prefer.)
5. Select the Search, Browse, or Start buttons.
6. Select the occupation that best matches what you are looking for (or use other search terms until you find something that interests you) and review all of the data provided for that position.
7. Use the O*NET interest profiler (http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) to determine your skills and O*NET’s suggestion for a match of those skills.
After completion of these navigation steps, proceed to complete the assignment by discussing the learning questions below.
1. What were two occupations O*NET found that fit your skills, interests, and experience level desired? Provide the details regarding the following.
a. Name of the occupations
b. Do you agree that you would be good at or like either of them? If yes, why? If no, why not? Explain using your skills, experience, likes, and interests as support for your answer
c. What states offered above-average opportunities for the position? (List up to three.)
d. What was the average salary listed for the occupation?
2. As an HR professional, how could O*NET be useful in conducting a job analysis? Explain specifically how you would use the data from this site to assist your organization.
3. Name two things you learned about job analysis and/or the job you reviewed that you did not know before reviewing this website.
4. Will you utilize this website in the future when looking for jobs or hiring employees? Why or why not?
Some Tips for Doing Well on This Assignment
· Set aside up to 3 hours to complete this exercise.
· Explore the site fully.
· Answer each question by fully exploring your thoughts. More than yes or no or one-word answers will be needed for full points on Questions 1(b), 2, 3, and 4.
· Avoid copying and pasting information. Give your interpretation of the information you find.
APA formatting is required. Use the template in the Files section, the APA handbook, and tutorial links in the Syllabus, the online librarians, and Tutor Source, or watch the APA guide video (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.below.
Welcome to the APA Style Guide overview! (6th Edition) In this overview we will cover:
· What APA is exactly and why we use it
· The Basic forms of APA that you will use in your writing
· And finally we will show you resources that you can use to properly implement APA citation in your
Part 1: Introductions
Ok, so what is APA? It is method of citation that allows readers to quickly identify and locate the source you use in your documents. It is not a form of writing.
Why is Citation important? Citation and Reference are an address for the information's source and protects you from any cases of Plagiarism. By including the Citation and Reference, your reader can find the Source used in your writing. This helps them if they wish to find more information about the topic you are discussing in your paper. It also helps your reader identify those elements of your writing that were not created by you, eliminating any uncertainty on their part.
APA was created by the American Psychological Association. There are several other forms of Citation out there such as MLA, but for most of your courses here, you only need to be concerned with APA.
When to Cite
So, when should you cite? Whenever you are presenting a quote, idea, opinion or fact that comes from an external source, that is when you should cite. The failure to recognize or properly cite those items could be considered Plagiarism, as essentially, you are presenting ideas that are not your own.
So what do you need to know exactly in regards to APA? Well to use APA properly you need to provide a simple citation in the text of your paper when you use a Source. This citation must have a corresponding Reference at the end of your paper. In the next section, you will learn how to cite properly in your paper, and then Section 3 will go over the creation of the Reference list.
Part 2: Citations
A citation should be used whenever you quote, paraphrase or summarize material from a source. Many writers often forget to cite properly when they paraphrase or summarize, as they are not as clearly distinguished as a quote. Sometimes a writer may feel that because they are using their own words to explain someone else’s idea, that they do not need to cite. Even though you may not be using the exact words from another source, the ideas you are presenting are still not your own. Therefore, a proper citation is needed.
The Elements of a Citation
In its most basic form, every citation you add should have the author’s last name and the year that the source was published.
1. (Smith, 2009)
This is the bare minimum for a citation, but as you will soon see, there will be some variation to this depending on the manner in which you insert the citation or the nature of the source.
There are several methods in which to insert a citation in your text:
1. Integrated, In-text
In this method, you are actually weaving your source author's name into the text you are writing. You are referring to the source by mentioning the author directly. With this method you must include the publication year in parentheses. It should look something like this:
As Jones (1996) explained, the use of sources lend credibility to a paper.
This could also have been written like this:
In 1996, Jones explained that the use of sources lends credibility to a paper.
As you can see, the two essential elements- the author's last name and the year of publication have been included. Citing in this manner can be a good method of citation when writing a summary or paraphrasing a source as you are integrating the citation more fully into your own wording.
2. Non-Integrated In-text
With this method you are not weaving the author into your text. The author is not mentioned directly but referred to, along with the publication year, in parentheses directly following the citation:
The use of sources lend credibility to a paper (Jones, 1996), and is a good practice. The use of proper citation is critical for good writing (A. Jones & P. Jones, 1996).
This method is best for direct quotes but could also be used in summaries and paraphrases. Again, the two essential elements are the author's last name or names and the publication year. The elements are enclosed in parentheses and separated by commas. It is always best practice to include the page on which the reference appears:
(A. Jones & P. Jones, 1996, p. 2).
If no page numbers are used (such as with a website) then a paragraph number would be acceptable, as well, in this format:
(Jones, 1998, para. 2).
Variations on the basic Citation Form
There a dozens of different variations on the form of a citation. This is caused by such variables as multiple authors and the type of source you are using. We could spend hours covering all of them, but, instead, we will just focus on a couple of the most common that you may encounter. A complete list of variations has been included as an attachment to this video.
More than one Author Citations
In some cases, a source will have been written by more than one author. For those cases, the previously mentioned methods still apply, however some enhancement needs to be made with your citation.
1. For citations with two authors, apply the above methods (surname, publication year). However, both surnames should be used in your citations, not just
(Jones & Howard, 1997)
1. For citations with more than two authors, the first citation using that source must contain the surnames of all authors and the publication
(Jones, Jones, Howard and Moore, 1999, p 67).
In subsequent references, only the first author's surname followed by "et al." and the publication year needs to be used.
(Jones et al., 1999)
Special Cases:
Authors with the same Last Name
What if the source has more than one author and they have the same last name?
Well, on those occasions, the authors should be listed by the alphabetical order of their first names, with the first initial followed by a period listed in the citation.
(A. Jones & P. Jones, 1996)
Web References
What about websites? With all of the information available on the web, using Websites for citations is becoming more commonplace. This makes tracking down the source that much more important as there could be multiple sites with similar information. To cite a Website you need to include the URL in your text in this fashion:
APA style is a widely accepted style of documentation, particularly in the social sciences (h (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style). (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Part 3: The Reference List
A reference list goes hand in hand with a citation. Any time you have a citation you MUST have a reference list.
The reference list should be on a separate page at the end of your paper. You must include references for all sources used in your document. You should not include any reference for a source that was not used in your document.
This diagram represents all required elements for a proper reference based on this example:
NOTE: These will both be visuals
Author, A. A. (1996). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Pope, R. L., Reynolds, A. L., & Mueller, J. A. (2004). Multicultural competence in student affairs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Your references need to be listed alphabetically by the author's last name. You only need to list each reference once, no matter how many times you use a citation from a source.
The author information is followed by the year the document was published, in parenthesis, the name of the document and then finally the publisher information which includes the city, state and name of the publisher. Be sure to use a colon before writing the publisher’s name.
The name of the book, periodical, journal, newsletter or magazine, in which the reference is found, should be italicized. If you are using the name of an article or chapter for your reference, this should not be italicized or put in quotes.
The DOI
When using electronic Journal Articles, frequently the publisher may include a DOI. SHOW EXAMPLE
Author, A. A. (2006). Title of work. Doi:xxxxx For no DOI
Author, A. A. (2002). Title of work. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxxx
This is a method for identifying electronic resources. It may be found on the title page of a PDF or in an articles reference information.
For electronic resources, you should use the DOI whenever possible. If you have a DOI for an electronic source, you do not need to provide additional publisher information.
More Examples
Linked to this video will be reference list example template that you can use to help develop your own reference list.
This list includes examples for book references, journal articles, newspapers, & electronic source materials such as web sites.
Part 4: Resources
