Method and device for career selection

Claim 1

A device to simplify the ascertainment of the characteristics of various careers contained in and selected from a reference manual wherein each career is identified by a numbered occupational title, digested within a numbered occupational division having a plurality of numbered occupational titles thereunder and further digested within a numbered occupational category having a plurality of numbered occupational divisions thereunder, said device comprising: a front plate having a set of concentric bands peripherally located thereon and divided into a plurality of first arcuate segments, wherein each said concentric band relates to one of the numbered occupational categories and each said first arcuate segment represents a career field, said front plate being further provided with a window; a rotatable plate underlying said front plate and having indicia thereon divided into a corresponding number of truncated segments as said concentric bands, wherein each said truncated segment has a second arcuate segment containing one numbered occupational category, and has the related numbered occupational divisions therebelow, said indicia being arranged so that all of the numbered occupational divisions related to a given occupational category may be selectively viewed through said window in said front plate; a rear plate and a fastening means for rotatably mounting said rotatable plate between said front plate and said rear plate.

Claim 2

A device to simplify the ascertainment of the characteristics of various careers contained in and selected from a reference manual wherein each career is identified by a numbered occupational title, digested within a numbered occupational division having a plurality of numbered occupational titles thereunder and further digested within a numbered occupational category having a plurality of numbered occupational divisions thereunder, said device comprising: a front plate having a set of concentric bands peripherally located thereon and divided into a plurality of first arcuate segments, wherein each said concentric band relates to one of the numbered occupational categories and each said first arcuate segment represents a career field, said front plate being further provided with a window; a rotatable plate underlying said front plate and having indicia thereon divided into a corresponding number of truncated segments as said concentric bands, wherein each said truncated segment has a second arcuate segment containing one numbered occupational category, and has the related numbered occupational divisions therebelow, said indicia being arranged so that all of the numbered occupational divisions related to a given occupational category may be selectively viewed through said window in said front plate; a rear plate and a fastening means for rotatably mounting said rotatable plate between said front plate and said rear plate.

Claim 7

A method for using a career selecting device having a front plate with a plurality of occupational categories thereon and having a window therein, a rotatable plate with a plurality of numbered occupational categories and a plurality of numbered occupational divisions thereon, a rear plate with numbered clsssification material thereon and means for rotatably fastening said rotatable plate between said front and said rear plate, to ascertain the characteristics of various occupational titles from a reference manual divided into numbered, occupational categories, divisions and titles, comprising the steps of: selecting an occupational category from the front plate, rotating the rotatable plate between the front and rear plates until the desired numbered occupational category and divisions appear in the window of the front plate, selecting a numbered occupational division and first accompanying numeral from the window, looking through the reference manual and locating said first numeral therein. selecting a specific occupational title and second accompanying numeral from the reference manual, turning the career selecting device over, and translating said second numeral into characteristics of the selected occupational title from the numbered classification material thereon.

Claim 8

A method for using a career selecting device having a front plate with a plurality of occupational categories thereon and having a window therein, a rotatable plate with a plurality of numbered occupational categories and a plurality of numbered occupational divisions thereon, a rear plate with numbered clsssification material thereon and means for rotatably fastening said rotatable plate between said front and said rear plate, to ascertain the characteristics of various occupational titles from a reference manual divided into numbered, occupational categories, divisions and titles, comprising the steps of: selecting an occupational category from the front plate, rotating the rotatable plate between the front and rear plates until the desired numbered occupational category and divisions appear in the window of the front plate, selecting a numbered occupational division and first accompanying numeral from the window, looking through the reference manual and locating said first numeral therein. selecting a specific occupational title and second accompanying numeral from the reference manual, turning the career selecting device over, and translating said second numeral into characteristics of the selected occupational title from the numbered classification material thereon.