Oklahoma Career Information System
Your one-stop shop for in-depth information about careers, career planning, education and training, and more. Now open to all.
Oklahoma Career Information System
The Oklahoma Career Information System is an easy-to-use one-stop shop for in-depth information about careers, career planning, education and training, resume writing, job search and more. When you're coming from OKCareerPlanner.com, you won't need a log-in to use the information in OKCIS. To create a portfolio and save information for your next visit, you'll still need log in credentials from your school, Workforce Oklahoma center or other subscriber agency or organization.
OKCIS Open to All Oklahomans: How to EnterOKCIS entry used to require a login from Workforce Oklahoma, a school or other institution. Now it's open to all Oklahomans. There are three ways to get into OKCIS: Just browsing. If you don't care to save any information in an OKCIS electronic portfolio, CLICK HERE. Returning users. If you already have Username and Password from your school or Workforce office, enter them at http://okcis.intocareers.org/. New users. If you would like to create your own electronic portfolio where you can build and save a resume, save assessments and store other information as you use OKCIS, enter your zip code HERE. |
Career Exploration
- Assess your aptitudes and interests with an array of outstanding tools.
- Use the Reality Check tool to see how much income you need to support your chosen lifestyle.
- Look up U.S., Oklahoma, and, in some cases, individual city pay ranges for hundreds of jobs.
- Pick an occupation and see a brief video showing the job and the skills required.
- Get details on work activities, working conditions, preparation, high school courses to take, hiring practices, demand outlook, advancement opportunities, and other information for thousands of occupations.
- Find out about more than 100 military employment specialties.
Training Programs and Schools
- Link straight from occupations to education and training recommendations.
- Link from those recommendations directly to Oklahoma schools with relevant programs.
- Use School Sort tools to zero in on your school by major, location, size, tuition, and other factors.
Finding Financial Aid
- Find answers to financial aid questions.
- Use Financial Aid Sort to find scholarships and loans that match your plans, abilities and background.
Getting a Job, Changing Jobs
- Use the Skills Assessment tool to match your skills to potential occupations.
- Develop a complete job search plan, from choosing an occupation to employer contacts and staying positive to creating your resume and saving it online.
- Get job-keeping tips on developing good habits, getting raises and promotions, dealing with problems, and more.
- Explore possibilities for working for yourself.
Featured Occupation - Machinist
Machinist
Machinists use machine tools to produce precision metal parts.
Machinists play a central role in building solar-system exploring spacecraft that send back spectacular photos of the moon, Mars and other planets. Many machinists work in the aerospace industry, cooperating with engineers and computer software, to make complex, one-of-a-kind parts from titanium and other metals.
Activities – study blueprints, calculate cut locations, run and care for machines, make precision metal parts …
Conditions – usually indoors, often in teams, must be very exact, meet strict deadlines, repeat physical activities …
Skills and Abilities – specific communication, problem-solving, visualization, and management skills; ability to solve math problems, work with people and work with machines and gauges …
Prep – high school diploma or GED, two years training, four-year apprenticeship …
Wages – $25,050-$39,010 a year, median is $32,180 …