The Road to Career Success

The Road to Career Success

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Deciding what occupations to explore, how to change your career, and where to look for work are challenging issues. Vocational Resource Strategies offers a client-centered approach to facilitate occupational choice and career transitions. Vocational expertise, resources, and planning help clients to make informed decisions!

Vocational rehabilitation counseling is a process in which a vocationally trained expert works with a client to gather information to evaluate their vocational potential.  Counseling can include interviews, vocational testing, situational assessment, record review, research, and resource surveys,  The evaluation will guide the individual to or away from specific jobs, fields of interest or ability, vocational training, courses of study, certifications, or placement.

Services are provided to individuals with disabilities, veterans, transitioning military, career changers, school to work counselees, businesses, and workforce development professionals. 

Services:

  • Vocational Counseling – Learning about your interests, skills, and aptitudes can lead you down the path of choosing a successful career.
  • Consulting– Evaluating the vocational potential of a client after an injury.
  • Workforce Development– Connect transitioning military members with successful civilian careers.
  • Resources – Find free resources to help you find employment.

Phone 412-206-2959 
Email: jim@vocresources.com 
Address:  P.O. Box 12881, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 

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Carl Livermore

I had the good fortune to meet Jim Rossi through a Veterans Administration program designed to assist veterans in finding suitable employment. Jim was very knowledgeable about job opportunities in the region and had numerous contacts in HR departments in large corporations and small companies. He provided exceptional service, methodically identified my strengths and skill set, and composed a unique plan to focus efforts in my job search.

Carl Livermore
Client

Bob Sipp

Jim and I were quickly able to establish a plan to speed my return and success at work. Jim was able to assist me with vital computer training I needed to move into a position that I was capable of performing. Without Jim’s help, direction and concern, I would not be where I am today.

Bob Sipp
Client

Steve Franckhauser

Jim assesses the actual skills used by his clients and candidates and matches those skills to real jobs with real companies in the real world.  Jim depends upon facts gleaned from interviews and field experience in drawing his matches. Research by assumption is not permitted. If you are serious about getting the right person in the right position, Jim should be your first stop.

Steve Franckhauser
Client

Joanne Mueller

Jim's knowledge, professionalism, and expertise expanded my career potential. After many years out of the job market, he opened many avenues I would not have otherwise pursued.

Joanne Mueller
Client

Jack Wagner

Jim Rossi is a dedicated, committed professional that helps individuals utilize their talents and resources to improve their quality of life through employment opportunities. I have witnessed first hand Jim’s genuine concern for others, especially military veterans facing challenges as a result of their service to our country. Jim first develops a dialogue of trust and concern with the individual veteran to let them know they are important and they have a partner in finding gainful employment.

Jack Wagner
Executive Director / Pittsburgh Hires Veterans

ONET For Job Search

O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers. Use the ONET online by clicking the link below: Start with the occupation keyword search located at the top right of the page. For this example, we’ll use “Accountants and Auditors”: Search and select occupation(s) to …

Career Test Resources

Understanding your interests, skills, and values improves career satisfaction and choice. CareerOneStop has resources for career exploration and jobs. An interest assessment will help identify careers that meet your interests through a series of questions about what you like and don’t like to do and match results to jobs. Take …

How to Explore Civilian Careers For Active Military

My Next Move has several features that will allow you to explore careers by similar skills, interest, and values.   Start at https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/  Enter the branch, name, or code of your military classification to find suggested civilian careers with similar work. On the displayed page there are two ways to find civilian …

Career Exploration by College Major

Are you a recent college graduate or adult student transitioning to the workforce? Here’s a good resource to do vocational exploration by the degree you have obtained. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has a good resource for vocational exploration by degree by clicking the link below. https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2021/article/field-of-degree-and-careers.htm This career …

Combat Engineer Case Study

Our client was evaluated after serving as an active duty and reserve combat engineer (Army MOS 12B).  Since leaving the military his worked as a construction laborer, sign hanger and hotel maintenance worker. He had difficulty with conveying military duties, skills and experience  to employers for job he wanted, construction …

Hidden Job Market

I think the term “hidden” job market is misleading. Before the internet we relied on knowledge about employers from professional organizations, such as the Chamber of Commerce, The Rotary Club, or publications such as The Business Times or Journal for information on businesses, who might have jobs that we are …

Job Search

Now that I have found my occupation, where should I focus my job search ? Many occupations, job titles and industries are covered in the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). If you cannot find your occupation search the A–Z index using similar titles: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/. The search feature can develop numerous publications and articles …