About Career Kokua
Career
Kokua, the Hawaii Career Information Delivery System, is a computerized system
of career and related educational information. Its mission is to provide localized
current information for career decision making and career planning and quality
localized career information to Hawaii's schools and career development agencies.
Career Kokua can help you can learn about . . .
- 533 local Occupations covering 90% of the employment available in the state
- Self-employment opportunties
- Hawaii's 30 Industries and the services and products they provide
- the Military as an employer and its 140 military occupational specialties
- over 800 Programs of Study and Training in Hawaii and the types of degrees
and certificate programs available
- 100 local licensed and accredited schools and training agencies
- Job seeking and Job keeping strategies
- 200 Community Resources willing to provide first-hand career information
activities and learning opportunities.
Career Kokua provides an excellent start in the career exploration and planning
process. It can give you a better sense of self, your career goals, and the
decisions affecting the achievement of these goals.
Career Kokua includes career assessments which you can use to link your self-reported
preferences to occupations.
- SKILLS is a skills analysis process for listing skills and finding matching
occupations
- WORK IMPORTANCE LOCATOR is a 20-item self-assessment career exploration
tool that allows users to focus on what is important to them in a job.
- INTEREST PROFILER is a self-directed assessment that can help you learn
information about yourself when exploring careers.
- HOLLAND is an activity which will match your personality type to occupations.
See your teacher or counselor if you want to use Career Kokua. If you are not
a student or don't have a counselor, go to your nearest Workforce Development
Office or One-Stop Career Center.
If you are a teacher or counselor and are interested in getting Career Kokua
for your school or agency, please send email to dlir.rs.hcids@hawaii.gov
or contact us at 808.587.5515.

The Career Kokua web site is funded by the State of Hawaii's Department of Labor
& Industrial Relations.

Career Kokua is administered by the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial
Relations' Research and Statistics Office.

Career Kokua is a member of the CIS Network of state-based career
information delivery systems.

O*NET is one of the data sources for the Career Kokua Occupations file. O*NET
is a trademark of the US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration.
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