Useful links
Associations
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American Association of Community Colleges http://www.aacc.nche.edu
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Association for Career and Technical Education http://www.acteonline.org
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California Community College Association for Occupational Education www.cccaoe.org
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California Placement Association http://www.calplacement.org/aboutcpa.cfm
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National Council for Workforce Education www.ncwe.org
Careers
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Career Pro News http://careerpronews.bridges.com provides career-related news, online resources, organizations and more. Quick weekly read providing career development information and labor market articles.
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In Demand Magazine http://www.careervoyages.gov/indemandmagazine-main.cfm Connecting today's students with the careers of tomorrow. Each issue will explore careers in a different high growth industry
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Nontraditional Careers Statewide Leadership http://www.nontrad.info This site provides information and links to other sites about the subject of nontraditional careers and occupations.
Community College Specific
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California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office http://www.cccco.edu
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California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program http://www.cccewd.net
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CCC confer http://www.cccconfer.org
Free services to California Community Colleges faculty, staff and administrators:
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Call Confer: Conference call service.
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Meet and Confer: conference call and internet access to meet, review documents or conduct training.
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Office Hours: Virtual office space. Faculty and students can interact using the phone and the internet for meetings, tutoring or counseling.
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Teach and Confer: Live interactive classroom.
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Community College League of California http://www.ccleague.org
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Community College Times http://www.communitycollegetimes.com
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Legislation Updates http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/grea/grea.htm
Labor market information
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Industry staffing patterns- www.calmis.ca.gov/file/IOMatrix/Staffing-Patterns1.htm This shows what occupations are employed by a given industry OR what industries employ a given occupation.
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Occupational projections, wages etc.
www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/cgi/databrowsing/occExplorerSelection.asp?menuChoice=occExplorer -
LMI help for program decision making
http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/occmisc/LMI-Help-Program-Decision-Making.pdf -
NAICS code definitions
http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm -
O*Net Occupational Information Network for information on occupations and skills
http://online.onetcenter.org
Other Resources
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American Council on Education (www.acenet.edu/NationalGuide) This site helps students/workers, more easily access the information that helps them find college credit workplace training.
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America’s Service Locator http://www.servicelocator.org
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BESAC (Hyper E-Zine) http://www.calbusinessed.org/default.aspx
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California Special Populations http://www.casp.cc
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DataPlace www.dataplaceorg a one-stop source for housing and demographic data about your community, your region, and the nation.
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Herman Group http://www.hermangroup.com is a firm of strategic business futurists concentrating on workforce and workplace issues”. Their newsletters called “Trend Alerts” are archived a http://www.hermangroup.com/archive.html
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Inland Empire Economic Partnership http://www.ieep.com
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State of California’s Eligible Training Provider List http://etpl.edd.ca.gov/wiaetplind.htm
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U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce
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WBL Connections (On the Q-T) http://wblconnections.com