This article reviews the current literature relating to occupational Information. It examines the various types of occupational information, the role of occupational information in career education and career counselling, perceptions of end-users and practitioners and the influence of occupational information on career outcomes. The immense amount of literature covers studies in the United States, Australia and United Kingdom, and in the main the studies are concerned with the effect of occupational information on, and its relationship with, tertiary level students.
The review forms part of a study which examined the extent to which occupational information met the needs of users at a critical time of career decision making, that is, when Victorian school leavers were considering changing their preferences for tertiary level courses after receiving their final Year 12 results.
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