BAXTERCareer Exploration
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How Career Exploration works

What it does

You start with 923 careers from the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database. Three kinds of choices narrow the list:

  • Preparation. Careers are kept if their typical preparation level (O*NET Job Zone) is one you're willing to pursue. "Open to any" keeps them all.
  • Career areas. Every federal career area (SOC 2018 major group) starts selected. Only areas you deselect are removed.
  • Working conditions. A career is set aside only when you mark a condition Unwilling and the career typically involves it.

A career is set aside when O*NET's average for typical workers is closer to the condition you ruled out than to the level below it. This is a simple, consistent rule, not a validated measure of career fit. Open, Unsure, skipped questions and missing data never set a career aside.

What it doesn't do

It doesn't measure aptitude, ability, interests or personality, and it doesn't rank or recommend careers. Lists are alphabetical. Preparation choices are about what you're willing to pursue, not what you can achieve or afford.

Your report

Each career in your report includes the O*NET description; national pay and job outlook from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 wages, 2025–35 projections); typical preparation and entry training; programs of study linked in the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk; and typical working conditions. When BLS doesn't publish a career on its own, the report says so or shows clearly labelled figures for the broader group that includes it. Those figures are never used to narrow your list. All figures are national. Typical paths are not requirements, and licensing and certification rules vary by state and are not shown.

One exploration, one report

You can change any answer until you generate your report. Then your answers and list are locked. Your purchase includes 24 hours of access on the browser you buy with, starting when payment is confirmed. Within that time, complete the exploration, generate your report and download the PDF — generating doesn’t add time. When you choose Finish and Exit (or the 24 hours pass), the report is permanently deleted; we don’t keep a copy.

Methodology ce-filter-1.0 · data ce-data-1.0 (O*NET 31.0; BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35; NCES CIP 2020). Built for BAXTER Admissions Consulting by Tall Pine Labs.