Work, Jobs, and Occupations A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (1980) / Chapter Skim
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3 USE OF THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES BY THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
3 USE OF THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES BY THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Pages 31-44
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Each of these users of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles is described in turn. Thoughout the chapter, reference is made to data gathered from site visits to local lithe Employment Service has conducted several surveys of its use of the third edition DOT: in 1967-1968 the Wisconsin occupational analysis field center conducted a four-question, openended survey; a second survey was made in 1973 in nine state ES agencies by the occupational analysis field centers; in 1972 the California occupational analysis field center also conducted a study of DOT use in local ES offices.
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Our observation of local ES offices indicated that even highly experienced Employment Service interviewers may encounter unfamiliar occupational titles. For example, in one local office, committee staff observed a counselor, whose experience was mainly in hotel service occupations, interview an applicant who had recently emigrated from the Soviet Union.
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These codes are used to match job openings in a particular occupation with workers seeking employment in that occupation as well as to report aggregate operating statistics on the types of workers served and the types of job vacancies existing in various local labor markets. The committee staff visited a number of Employment Service offices, both automated and nonautomated.
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The first two of these methods of job search are described in this section; the counseling process is described in the subsequent section. Self-Referral Most local Employment Service offices have set aside a portion of the office as a job information service, which provides job search information.
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In assisting a client in finding employment the interviewer manually searches through job orders and through the job information service microfiche in order to find a suitable job-worker match. Finding such a match, the interviewer sets up an interview for the applicant.
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The national office and the state occupational analysis field centers of the U.S. Employment Service have also engaged in a variety of counseling and guidance support activities.
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Respondents reported less frequent use of the occupational group arrangement, the industry designation, worker functions, and worker trait information. In the 1973 survey, approximately 60 percent of the placement interviewers reported that they never used the worker trait information, and another 37 percent reported that they used it only occasionally.
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In particular, it was observed that order takers, interviewers, and unemployment insurance personnel usually consult the dictionary to locate an occupational title and DOT code; they less frequently use it for other purposes. In visits to offices made while the third edition DOT was still being used, we observed that typically, Volume 1 was consulted; that volume contains occupational titles arranged in alphabetical order, with a definition and a DOT code number for each title.
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In other offices there is no explicit rule, and, occasionally, one observes interviewers using personal lists of DOT codes for common occupational titles, a practice that is more common in nonautomated offices in which ES personnel specialize in a particular industry or a range of occupations. In the 1973 survey, respondents were also asked to assess the usefulness of the various components of the DOT.
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They concluded that the production of career brochures by the national office was poorly directed and not cost effective. In interviews with local Employment Service staff, including job information service unit supervisors, career counselors, and office managers, the Booz, Allen & Hamilton stab did not find anyone familiar with the national career publications.
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. The GATB, published in 1947 after extensive occupational validation and factor analysis studies, measures the vocational aptitudes of individuals who possess basic literacy skills but who have requested help from ES counselors in selecting an occupation.
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Employment Service's Dictionary of Occupational Titles used by placement interviewers and counselors in the Employment Service. Specifically, these Es-produced tests are related to the DOT coding structure, in which occupations are identified by DOT codes.
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Counselors were more likely than placement interviewers to find the worker trait information useful; 75 percent reported using this information in helping clients to explore vocational and occupational options. In addition to its use as a placement and counseling tool the DOT also provides the factual base for a series of career brochures and monthly labor force information publications prepared for use by counseling and guidance personnel in local ES offices.
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The tests are designed to measure occupational aptitudes, clerical skills, and literacy. The use in labor certification is for indexing occupational opportunities for which the demand for workers exceeds the supply of eligible U.S.
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