Career Video Challenge for America's Job Seekers

The Challenge is on! Submit your video by November 1, 2010!

The Career Videos for America's Job Seekers Challenge ("the Challenge") invites members of the public to produce and submit short (1 to 3 minute) videos focusing on the daily activities, necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), and career pathways of one of the 15 occupations. For more information on each occupation, you may click the occupational links on the left side of this page, or visit O*NET Online.

Interested in the Challenge? To participate:

1.) Select an occupation from the fifteen occupations listed on the left side of this page.

2.) Go to http://online.onetcenter.org/ and research the knowledge, skills, and abilities related to your selected occupation.

3.) Produce a one to three minute video which shows the daily activities, necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), and career pathways for your video.

4.) Fill out the Contest Release Form.

5.) Email the completed Contest Release Form to: dol.challenge@dol.gov or fax to: (202) 693-3015.

6.) Upload your video to YouTube.com or Vimeo.com.

7.) Register for this site by clicking Submit in the upper left corner of this page

8.) After registering, copy the YouTube or Vimeo video link and post it to the www.dolvideochallenge.ideascale.com site.

DOL will screen all video submissions and select the top three in each occupational category. The public will then have the opportunity to review these videos and vote for the best ones in each category. Submitters of videos which receive the most votes in each occupational category will be awarded the $1,000 prize and the chance to be used on DOL sites.

SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO BY NOVEMBER 1, 2010 TO BE ENTERED IN THE CHALLENGE!

Find the complete contest rules at http://www.dolvideochallenge.ideascale.com/