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What's New—Fall 2011

1. Shorter Interest Inventory

The UNIACT Interest Inventory has been shortened from 90 items to 72, so users can complete the inventory in less time. Our research shows that these 72 items provide the same insightful results as the longer version.

2. Interactive World-of-Work Map

Inventory results are now displayed on a dynamic World-of-Work Map. An individual's results are marked on the Map by colored rectangles (yellow for Interests, pink for Abilities, and blue for Values). Users can click on a letter to see a list of occupations within that Career Area. This personalized presentation conveys the same information with fewer words and makes the Map more meaningful to the user.

3. World-of-Work Map Streaming Videos

The World-of-Work Map now has videos to illustrate its six career clusters and 26 career areas. These videos help users understand the parts of the World-of-Work Map and what they mean.

4. Streaming Videos for Some Occupations

Occupation videos have been incorporated into DISCOVER to offer users an audio/visual view of approximately 400 of the 555 total occupations listed.

5. Additional Occupational Information

For all occupations, the Related Occupations section now contains more information about specialties within the field. This additional information about specialty occupations helps users think more creatively about how to combine their interests and skills, and helps them find less common occupations that may interest them.

For all occupations, salary information was revised based on data from a number of sources. The numbers of workers in each occupation and the Hot Occupations for Highest Salary, Fastest Growing, and Largest Number of New Openings were also updated based on the data released in 2010 from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

6. Majors Descriptions Revised

The 2010 edition of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) included some significant changes and about 240 new majors. As these changes were incorporated into DISCOVER, one major was deleted (Area, Ethnic & Cultural Studies, Other) and one major was added (Arts & Entertainment Management). Most of the 448 majors in DISCOVER received significant revision, and the new specialty titles are reflected in the descriptions.

In the Schools section, all questions about majors now refer to the new longer list of titles (1510 majors). As schools begin to offer these new majors, they will become more visible in DISCOVER.

7. Schools Information Updated

Each year schools are asked to respond to a questionnaire to provide us with their information for the Schools section of the program. The number of schools in DISCOVER increased slightly.

The number of schools in each file is:

Type of SchoolNumber of School
Undergraduate5,924
      Career/Technical Schools3,683
      Two-year Colleges2,580
      Four-year Colleges2,444
Graduate Schools1,816
Schools with Distance Degree Programs479

For all schools, web addresses were verified as of May 2011.

8. Sample Interview Streaming Videos

In the Job Search section, under Interviews, there is a new feature called "Sample Interviews." These sample interview videos include 8 people who are applying for different types of jobs. For each applicant, there are 8 short video clips of the interview, then the interviewer faces the camera for 8 clips and explains what he or she was thinking while talking to the applicant. Users who are facing a job search should find these videos helpful.

9. Other Information and Web Addresses Updated

Job Search, Internships, Military Information, and all other information files have been reviewed and corrected as needed. Websites were checked and all web addresses in the program were valid as of June 2011.