Workforce Development Summer Conference
Raleigh, North Carolina
July 1996

Technology is the Light around which We tell our Stories. Laurie Anderson Performance Artist

Government Links - Public Schools of North Carolina and Workforce Preparedness Pages - North Carolina Department of Commerce - Federal Department of Education - School To Work Pages - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commssion Educational Research and Literature - E.R.I.C. Resources - E.R.I.C. Database - Current Awareness (from Public Schools of North Carolina & The Landmark Project) Relavant Links Resources Loosely Directed toward Family and Cosumer Education Participants Some Internet Search Sites Yahoo Lycos WebCrawler InfoSeek Excite Alta Vista MetaCrawler HotBot Advertising Law Internet Site - good resource for advertising and marketing laws. Consumer Law - The Consumer Law Page contains articles on topics of interest for consumers and the Plaintiff's Bar. Sponsored by The Alexander Law Firm Values And LifeStyles (VALS) Program - from SRI Consulting Consumer Information Center Consumer World Internet Advocacy Center The EnviroProducts Directory - This directory should help eco-conscious consumers find companies that they will feel comfortable doing business with. Resources Loosely Directed toward Industrial Education Coordinators Center on Education and Work - Conducting research/development projects, publications, conferences and technical assistance on education-for-work topics: school-to-work, Tech Prep. Yahoo's linkes to education funding sources Tech Prep at Pitt Community College Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) National Tech Prep Network Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Federal Government's economic and statistical data. Career Magazine - Articles and information on finding a job, career, resume preparation, etc. Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) Index - Alphabetical index to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) revised fourth edition, 1991, as supplied in electronic format by the North Carolina Occupational Analysis Field Center. It is the latest edition of the D.O.T. now available. 1996-97 Occupational Outlook Handbook - Job outlook & descriptions of more than 300 occupations, covering about 85 percent of all jobs in the U.S. America's Job Bank - America's Job Bank computerized network links the 2,000 state Employment Service offices across the nation, providing job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities anywhere.