External Stakeholders Annual Projections and Real-time Occupational Outlook Handbook Survey

External Stakeholders Annual Projections and Real-time OOH Survey

Intro

Thank you very much for helping us improve the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). The OOH is the Government’s primary source for detailed career information and future outlook (projections) on hundreds of occupations in the United States.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We estimate that it will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

We are collecting this information under OMB Clearance Number 1225–0088. Without this currently approved number, we could not conduct this survey. (Expiration: 10/31/2020)

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact [email protected].

For more information about the OOH, please visit: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/

Click 'Next' to begin the survey.

Please note that this survey is being administered by SurveyMonkey.com and resides on a server outside of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) domain. The BLS cannot guarantee the protection of survey responses and advises against the inclusion of personally-identifiable information—such as your full name, phone number, e-mail address, etc.--in any response.

1. How experienced a user of the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) do you consider yourself to be?

• Extremely experienced

• Very Experienced

• Moderately experienced

• A little experienced

• A novice

Impact of Changing the Interval for Updates to the OOH

2. Occupational profiles (descriptions of occupations), employment projections data, and education and training system assignments in the Occupational Outlook Handbook are currently updated and published every two years. How satisfied are you with the 2-year time interval for updating each of the following?

Extremely Very Moderately Slightly Not at all No opinion/

satisfied satisfied satisfied satisfied satisfied Do not Use

Occupational Profiles

Employment Projections

Education and training system

assignments

Comments (optional)

3. Would you use the Occupational Outlook Handbook more if information in occupational profiles were updated periodically rather than every two years?

• Definitely more

• Probably more

• About the same

• Possibly less

• Don’t know

4. Would you use the employment projections data in the Occupational Outlook Handbook more if it were updated annually?

• Definitely more

• Probably more

• About the same

• Possibly less

• Don’t know

5. Would you use the education and training system information in the Occupational Outlook Handbook more if it were updated annually?

• Definitely more

• Probably more

• About the same

• Possibly less

• Don’t know

Communication

6. Thinking about the annual projections, data in the OOH could be updated every year and on a regular schedule. How important is it to know when regular changes are made to employment projections data in the OOH?

• Extremely important

• Very important

• Moderately important

• A little important

• Not at all important

7. Changes could be made to some written content in the OOH on an irregular schedule, such as the narratives in the What They Do section. How important is it to know when changes to written content are made in the OOH?

• Extremely important

• Very important

• Moderately important

• A little important

• Not at all important

Comments (optional)

8a. As a user of the OOH or employment projections, do you want to be notified when changes to the data or other OOH content are made?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

Comments (optional)

8b. (If yes) What would your preferred method of communication be for receiving updates?

• Email

• Notice on BLS.gov

• Notice on OOH website

• Social media

• Other, specify: _______

User information

9. Which of the following best describes your role when using the OOH?

• Career Development Professional

• Guidance or Career Counselor

• Employee in a Government Agency

• Professor

• Researcher

• Teacher (elementary, middle, or high school)

• Other, specify: ______

10. Which of these products do you use in your work? (Select all that apply)

• OOH

• Employment Projections

• Education and Training System

• Other, specify: ______

11. Which type of customer(s) do you help or serve using the OOH and/or employment projections? (Select all that apply)

• Students

• Job Seekers

• Professionals

• I use the information for my own needs

• Other, specify: ______

Thank you

Please provide any other comments you have about the OOH or the topics in this survey:

______

Thank you for your participation! We value your feedback as an OOH data user.

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