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Jim's Bio
Jim Cassio is a career information and workforce development
consultant who has been commissioned to conduct hundreds of labor
market studies and has published numerous occupational resource books.
Jim specializes in green workforce issues, as well as industry,
occupation, and skills research, analysis, and resource product
development.
Recent publications include:
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Career Pathways Handbook
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Your Guide to the Top 100 Careers
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Green Careers Resource Guide
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Green Careers: Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future
Jim is an experienced trainer and workshop facilitator and has
designed and coordinated research and development projects for
federal, state, and local agencies, including O*NET pilot projects.
Jim is a frequent trainer for the California Career Development
Association and a consultant to many workforce development boards as
well as private corporations.
Professional Profile
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Skilled and experienced in social and
economic research, data analysis and technical writing with
significant expertise in career, labor market and workforce
information.
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Analyst, writer, editor, webmaster and
publisher of research reports, resource publications, annual
reports, and online systems/content. Responsible for operating and
managing more than 40 research projects which were part of the
California Cooperative Occupational Information System (CCOIS).
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Writer of career guidance publications,
including the Career Pathways Handbook, Your Guide to the
Top 100 Careers, and Green Careers: Choosing Work for a
Sustainable Future (New Society Publishers).
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Human resources consultant specializing
in job, skills, and compensation research and analysis.
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Economic development consultant
specializing in industry and occupation research, industry cluster
studies, and lay-off aversion initiatives.
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Resource product development consultant
specializing in the design and content development of public and
private database-driven information systems, including O*NET,
SkillsMatch, the Skill Matrix Network, CareerDNA, and LIfeskins.
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Coordinator of research and development
projects for federal, state, and local agencies, including O*NET
pilot projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and the
California Employment Development Department’s Labor Market
Information Division. (O*NET is the nation’s largest and most
comprehensive database of occupational characteristics data.)
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Recent industry cluster studies that I
have designed/authored include the hospitality and tourism industry
in Napa Valley (California), commissioned by the Napa County
Workforce Investment Board, and the manufacturing industry in the
East San Francisco Bay Area, commissioned by the Workforce
Development Board of Contra Costa County.
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Writer and publisher of the Green
Careers Resource Guide – a free e-book that has now been used by
tens of thousands of people interested in green jobs and careers.
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Most recent research project was a study
of employment opportunities in the fields of clean energy and green
building, commissioned by the NOVA Workforce Board of Silicon
Valley.
Clients Include
California Employment Development Department;
California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee;
California Solar Energy Industries Association; CareerDNA; Community
Partnership Agency; Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board;
East Bay Works; Los Rios Community College District; Mindsteps,
Inc.; Monterey County Workforce Investment Board; Napa County
Training and Employment Center; North Bay Employment Connection;
NOVA Workforce Board of Silicon Valley, Private Industry Council of
San Francisco; Sacramento County Office of Education; Sacramento
Employment and Training Agency/Sacramento Works; Santa Cruz County
Career Works; Solano County Private Industry Council; Sonoma County
Human Services Department; Sonoma State University; U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers; U.S. Department of Labor; Western Job Training
Partnership Association/California Workforce Association; Western
Renewables Group, Inc.; What Now Media; Yolo County Department of Employment and
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