Prospective Career Option on O NET Discussion Paper

List the most important 3-5 relevant tasks and 3-5 knowledge, skills, abilities, and other (KSAOs) [you should have 12-20 total] that you believe would be associated with a leadership role that is linked to your current or projected occupation.

This should be included in your write up as an appendix. Be sure to state what occupation you are referring to.

• Look up this occupation on O*NET’ https://www.onetonline.org/ and use the search bar, and take a look at the hierarchically ordered (from most-to-least important) listing of both the tasks and KSAOs associated with this occupation. List the top 3 tasks and KSAOs (3 per category).

Third, write a brief analysis (no more than 2 pages double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font) comparing and contrasting the list shown for your occupation on O*NET and the list that you created.

If there were discrepancies, why do you believe there are such discrepancies?

Discuss whether you believe there is missing information that would be pertinent to include and should be added to O*NET’s description of the occupation

Discuss your opinion on O*NET’s usefulness as a means of identifying and selecting potential leaders for this occupation.