The Career Quarterly Newsletter provides articles about occupational activity in Virginia, career planning, job seeker advice, and more.

 This poster gives helpful tips for preparing for interviews. It is 11" x 17" (tabloid) and can be downloaded and printed.

The Pocket Resume is a PDF form you can fill out with your education, work history, and references, print, cut and fold. This is a handy resource that you can quickly reference when filling out a job application or preparing for a job interview.

The six Career Guide Handouts will help you discover your career interests by learning about career clusters, different careers inside those career clusters, education and skills needed, and how to further research a career you might be interested in pursuing. These Handouts are designed especially for students in grades 5 - 8. UPDATED (1/2024) with latest wage data.

This publication is designed to help young students get a very basic understanding of occupations and careers by correlating their interests with various occupations. Most of these worksheets are for grades 1 and 2, but a few worksheets are advanced enough for grade 3. You can print out and use all the worksheets, or just the ones you think are best suited to the age and skill level of your students/child. (Grades 1-3)

UPDATED 3rd EDITION

The Virginia Occupational Career Resource Guide is produced by Virginia Works to assist students and any other persons who are looking for information to aid them in researching and finding a new career. Information is provided on a variety of career choices, how to plan for a career, education needed to qualify for various jobs, how to apply and interview for jobs, and much more.(The 3rd edition has been updated to include the 2021-2031 occupational projections and the latest wage data from May 2021.)

This flyer provides labor market information on the growth and wages of occupations in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). 

This article analyzes trends of the labor force participation rate and unemployment rate for Virginia and other states since the start of the pandemic to rank the extent of pandemic recovery of each state over the past four years.

This article examines the impact that the national microchip shortage is having on industries in Virginia.

The aim of this paper is to spark a new debate in the literature by conceptualizing structural unemployment in a way that is more nuanced than current research suggests.

The Statewide Economic Analysis (SEA) Report is an annual product from the Virginia Employment Commission.  It explores trends in several economic indicators including labor force demographics, GDP and populations. The report provides information and analysis at both the state and local workforce development areas.

The Career Quarterly Newsletter provides articles about occupational activity in Virginia, career planning, job seeker advice, and more.

 This poster gives helpful tips for preparing for interviews. It is 11" x 17" (tabloid) and can be downloaded and printed.

The Pocket Resume is a PDF form you can fill out with your education, work history, and references, print, cut and fold. This is a handy resource that you can quickly reference when filling out a job application or preparing for a job interview.

The six Career Guide Handouts will help you discover your career interests by learning about career clusters, different careers inside those career clusters, education and skills needed, and how to further research a career you might be interested in pursuing. These Handouts are designed especially for students in grades 5 - 8. UPDATED (1/2024) with latest wage data.

This publication is designed to help young students get a very basic understanding of occupations and careers by correlating their interests with various occupations. Most of these worksheets are for grades 1 and 2, but a few worksheets are advanced enough for grade 3. You can print out and use all the worksheets, or just the ones you think are best suited to the age and skill level of your students/child. (Grades 1-3)

A Quarterly publication illustrating and analyzing key economic indicators including employment, unemployment, and production workers' hours and earnings.

UPDATED 3rd EDITION

The Virginia Occupational Career Resource Guide is produced by Virginia Works to assist students and any other persons who are looking for information to aid them in researching and finding a new career. Information is provided on a variety of career choices, how to plan for a career, education needed to qualify for various jobs, how to apply and interview for jobs, and much more.(The 3rd edition has been updated to include the 2021-2031 occupational projections and the latest wage data from May 2021.)

This flyer provides labor market information on the growth and wages of occupations in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). 

This report provide information on the top five industries within Virginia. The data within the profiles come from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.

This is a catalog showcasing our leading publications. It provides a brief synopsis of each publication to aid you in finding the right one for your needs. Whether you are a workforce professional, student, veteran, or job seeker, there is a publication for you.

Occupations projected to have the highest number of openings along with expected salaries broken down by educational attainment.