The 2010-11 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries were released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Handbook and the Career Guide can be accessed online at www.bls.gov/oco and www.bls.gov/oco/cg, respectively. The print version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook is expected to be available in the spring of 2010.
Considered the Government's premier source of career information, the Handbook and Career Guide profile hundreds of occupations and dozens of industries, respectively. Both publications provide comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable labor market information that has helped millions of people plan their future work lives. In addition, this information has proven invaluable to counselors, students, jobseekers, career changers, education and training offi- cials, and researchers.
These publications reflect the Bureau's latest employment projections, which cover the 2008-18 decade. The 10-year projections of industry and occupational employment are revised every 2 years. They were made available through a news release on December 10, 2009, accessible at www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.toc.htm. Detailed information on the 2008-18 projections appears in five articles in the November 2009 issue of the Monthly Labor Review, accessible online at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm. A graphic presentation of the highlights of the projections appears in the Winter 2009-10 Occupational Outlook Quarterly, accessible at www.bls.gov/ooq.