One Stop Career Center Personnel Work4Women offers strategies and tools to help One Stop Career Center Personnel and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) state plan developers provide career information about high-wage nontraditional jobs for women and connect to local support service and employment training providers. Nontraditional occupations for women (NTOs) are jobs in which women comprise less than 25% of the workforce (U.S. Department of Labor). If you are a One Stop Career Center staff person or involved in WIA state plan development Work4Women can help you: Obtain career information about high-wage jobs for women that lead to economic self-sufficiency Locate local support service providers that address challenges women customers face when obtaining and retaining high-wage employment Locate local employment training providers that prepare women for high-wage nontraditional careers Find Other Resources Available at Work4Women 1. Obtain career information about high-wage jobs for women that lead to economic self-sufficiency These sections provide career information on high-wage nontraditional occupations (NTOs) designed to help women and girls explore high-wage career options that lead to economic self-sufficiency and independence. Visit: Definition of NTOs (Nontraditional Occupations) to understand what are NTOs Benefits and Challenges to learn about the numerous ways women and girls can benefit from NTOs Myths and Facts to learn the realities about women working in NTOs Statistics and Research to review the latest statistics about women and nontraditional work and to learn how to find data to support your efforts to increase women's and girls' access to these high-wage career options Occupational Overviews to review profiles of highlighted nontraditional occupations that include a list of typical tasks, training and career advancement paths, earning potential, examples of women working in the field, related employers, unions, books and more Cool Careers for Girls to find career exploration web sites, games, forums, books, and profiles of working women designed especially for young women: Cool Jobs for Girls—Overview Cool Jobs for Girls—find careers that match your interests Cool Jobs for Girls—online communities and forums Cool Jobs for Girls—books, magazines, videos, multimedia Cool Jobs for Girls—profiles of women working in cool jobs Presenting NTO Career Options to learn strategies to interest women and girls in high-wage nontraditional careers-including finding and working with role models Assessment Tools to learn how to effectively use common and alternative tools that assess women's employment aptitude and interests so that they can find high-wage nontraditional careers that match their skills and interests Resource Clearinghouse to find books, videos, web sites and other resources that can help you and your participants learn more about NTOs Internet Guide to help your customers learn how to use the Internet to obtain and retain high-wage careers and how to get online for free Multimedia Gallery to find photographs, graphic art, and videos of women working in high-wage nontraditional occupations to incorporate in career exploration activities and materials Events Calendar to find upcoming career exploration and professional development workshops, conferences and other events and to list your event on Work4Women Virtual Communities to join an electronic mailing list for workforce development professionals to exchange best practices on increasing women's and girls' access to and retention in high-wage careers Return to top 2. Locate local support service providers that address challenges women customers face when obtaining and retaining high-wage employment These sections provide information to help you connect women and girls with the supports and networks they may need to obtain, remain and advance in high-wage nontraditional occupations. Visit: Support Services to learn the common barriers that women entering NTOs and the national organizations that can refer you to local resources that address these barriers Support Groups to connect your women customers with other women entering or working in high-wage, male-dominated careers, list a support group and start a support group Return to top 3. Locate local employment training providers that prepare women for high-wage nontraditional careers These sections provide information to identify the employment training programs that prepare women for high-wage nontraditional careers. Visit: Introduction to Training and Apprenticeships to learn about the types of training options for nontraditional employment including apprenticeships Database of Nontraditional Employment Training Programs to locate training programs for your participants, to network with other One Stop Career personnel working with women and girls and to list your training program on Work4Women Events Calendar to find upcoming training workshops, job fairs and other events and list your event on Work4Women Multimedia Gallery to find photographs, graphic art and videos of women working in high-wage nontraditional occupations to incorporate in employment training presentations and materials Return to top 4. Find Other Resources Available at Work4Women About Work4Women to learn more about Work4Women and related projects to increase women's and girls' integration in high-wage nontraditional careers that offer self-sufficiency wages Contact Us to share comments, ask questions and submit information to list on www.Work4Women.org Events Calendar to find upcoming related workshops, conferences and other events Internet Guide to learn how to harness the power of the Internet to obtain and retain high-wage careers and how to get online for free Return to top     | Home | Contact | Search/Sitemap | User Guides | Events | Internet Guide | Email Lists | Copyright © 1998, Wider Opportunities for Women, All Rights Reserved.