Are you worried about the stability of your profession in the current workforce? Want to change jobs, but nervous about the transition? If you want to learn more about the present and future job market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook is an invaluable tool.

This fascinating handbook provides complete profiles for hundreds of jobs in the US today, providing insight into many careers that you may not have even heard of. Career profiles are categorized by occupation groups, from Arts and Design to Legal to Protective Services. These informative profiles describe what each job does, the work environment, the pay rate, and even provides advice about how to get it!

Along with its career profiles, the Occupational Outlook Handbook also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010 – 2020 decade. Using this information, its easy-to-use website then allows visitors to search for occupations by education level, number of new jobs, projected growth rate, type of training, and median pay.

Whether you want to get into a new career or you’re simply interested in the way our country’s workforce is changing, the Occupational Outlook Handbook is an incredibly interesting read.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook [Bureau of Labor Statistics]