{"id":1753,"date":"2020-04-27T13:19:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=1753"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:35:38","slug":"occupational-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/occupational-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupation Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\"><strong>How can you make more informed career (and education) decisions?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>This webpage is focused on online career research. Your understanding about a given career will be more complete, accurate, and meaningful if it also includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/labor-market-information\/\">Labor Market Information (LMI) research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/get-a-job\/job-openings\/\">Job posting research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/experiential-research\/\">Experiential research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/get-a-job\/strategies\/networking\/informational-interviewing\/\">Informational interviewing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/education-research\/\">Education research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim gcc\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"platforms\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Occupation Research Platforms<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>Look for state and county-level labor market information (LMI), especially when it comes to wages, job growth rates, and occupation sizes. <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ma.cis360.org\/\">MassHire360<\/a> (a.ka. MassCIS) defaults to state-level data. Other platforms default to national-level data.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ma.cis360.org\/\">MassHire360<\/a> \u2014 A career and education research platform (find more information below this list)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zippia.com\/explore\/\">Zippia<\/a> \u2014 Major-to-career pathway maps and occupation profiles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/\">CareerOneStop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/\">O*NET OnLine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1325\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.masscis.intocareers.org\/\"><strong>MassHire360<\/strong><\/a> (previously MassCIS) is free for all Massachusetts residents and highly recommended for: career assessments, occupation research, and education research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>If you are <em>not<\/em> a GCC student<\/strong>, use the \"Massachusetts Resident\" tab to login.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>If you are a GCC student<\/strong>, use the following credentials the first time you log into the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.masscis.intocareers.org\/\">MassHire360 site<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 70px\">Username: <strong>greenfieldcommc<\/strong><br \/>\nPassword:\u00a0<strong>MassHire2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Then fill in the short form to create your own <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.masscis.intocareers.org\/\">MassHire360<\/a> account. This will make it possible for you to save and refer to useful information within the MassCIS360 dashboard. Click 'Yes, it is ok for the school counselor to view my comments.' so GCC Career Readiness Services can do more to assist you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Occupation Exploration Videos<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roadtripnation.com\/search?searchTab=videos&amp;searchPage=1&amp;searchSort=az\">Road Trip Nation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/Videos\/CareerVideos\/career-videos.aspx\">CareerOneStop Career Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stemcareerlab.org\/\">STEM Career Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This webpage is focused on online career research. 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