Virginia residents wondering what it takes to become a bartender or firefighter have another career-related resource at their fingertips.
A new Web site, created by a team from the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, lists statistics for hundreds of jobs of special interest to Virginians, which will help jobseekers find the employment that suits tem best.
Under a contract from the Virginia Department of Education, Education Prof. Julia H. Martin, director of demographic and work force, and Achsah H. Carrier, a center research assistant, headed a team of five that designed this site.
"This idea was conceived of in 1980, but obviously we had no idea back then of putting this on the Internet," Martin said. "But as time went by, the whole thing just evolved into a Web site."
But the fundamental premise behind the idea still stays true to what was planned over 20 years ago - to compile a comprehensive list of job statistics to help people decide whether a job is right for them.
"Basically, we want to say, 'it's not going to work out' to people who are 190 pounds and looking into being a jockey," Martin said.
The five-person team works on every part of the Web site. They research all the job details themselves by interviewing employers and reading material on the Internet. Carrier said they read as much as possible on the Web to make sure their site is up-to-date.
Although the site's first priority is listing jobs of interest to Virginians, Martin is proud that it has the potential to appeal to people outside the Commonwealth.
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"I believe that this resource will be used by all types of people," Martin said. "There's a huge wealth of information in our database."
Carrier said people should not view the site as designed for Virginians only.
"We list jobs of interest to people in Virginia, yes. But a lot of the information here can apply to a variety of jobs in other parts of the country," Carrier said.
Many occupations listed in their database are listed as "coming soon." Martin said this means the center has researched occupations but have not gotten around to writing about them yet.
"We write and add 10 to 20 more occupations a day," she said. "We could use lots of those yellow 'under construction' signs on our site."
The Web site is available at www.ccps.virginia.edu/career_prospects.
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