the employment needs of an Information society rather than an Industrial society; costs the government and users much less than a printed book would, and is easier to update as new data is collected. The US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) describes the O*NET as: "a database of occupational requirements and worker attributes. It describes occupations in terms of the skills and knowledge required, how the work is performed, and typical work settings. It can be used by businesses, educators, job seekers, human resources professionals, and the publicly funded Workforce Investment System to help meet the talent needs of our competitive global economy. O*NET information helps support the creation of industry competency models." For each job, O*NET provides the following information: Personal requirements: the skills and knowledge required to perform the work Personal characteristics: the abilities, interests, and values needed to perform the work Experience requirements: the training and level of licensing and experience needed for the work Job requirements: the work activities and context, including the physical, social, and organizational factors involved in the work Labor market: the occupational outlook and the pay scale for the work See also Holland Codes References Further reading Mariani, Matthew. "Replace with a database: O*NET replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles." Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online, Spring 1999 Vol. 43, Number 1. Rounds, James, Patrick I. Armstrong, Hsin-Ya Liao, and Phil Lewis & David Rivkin. "Second Generation Occupational Interest Profiles for the O*NET System: Summary." The National Center for O*NET Development, June 2008. "A Database for a Changing Economy: Review of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET)." , 978-0-309-14769-9. The National Academies Press, 2010. External links My Next Move - O*NET partner O*NET Holland Codes Interests matched to careers - Occupational Information Network (O*NET): US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) O*NET Holland Codes Interest Profiler - Occupational Information Network (O*NET): US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) Career guidance in India based on O*NET and cultural variables - Research validating the usefulness of O*NET outside the US Human resource management software Occupations United States Department of Labor Vocational education Public employment service