NCcareers Adds Business Listings, New Career Tools

North Carolina's career exploration system adds a Business Listings tool and updated assessments and career clusters.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Job Fairs

Low brick and glass civic building beside a pine woodland under soft overcast daylight, with a single flagpole in a quiet courtyard. — North Carolina's NCcareers system added a Business Listings tool linking occupations with state employers, plus new assessments and updated career clusters. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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NCcareers, the state's career exploration system, has added new tools and features for career exploration. The updates include a Business Listings tool that connects occupation information with North Carolina businesses and industries.

Why it matters

The system serves approximately 1 million North Carolina-based users annually, and the updates aim to link career exploration with the state's employers. Updated career cluster information reflects guidance from NC DPI and the NC Community College System.

NCcareers reports approximately 1 million North Carolina-based users annually and more than 100,000 Career Development Plans created. The new framework reduces career clusters from 16 to 14, and the Business Listings tool is an exploration resource rather than a list of active job openings.

The players

NCcareers

NCcareers is North Carolina's state career exploration system, offering occupation information, assessments and career planning tools to residents.

Data Axle

Data Axle is a data and marketing services company that supplies business information used in the NCcareers Business Listings tool.

The details

The Business Listings tool, with business information provided by Data Axle, lets users compare any occupation with up to two others. Users can also take the new Interest Finder: Motivators assessment, whose scoring places occupations into 'Best Fit,' 'Great Fit,' and 'Good Fit' categories.

Nov. 2, 2026: NCcareers announces the new tools and updated Career Cluster information.

Market Landscape

NCcareers' update follows the Modernized National Career Clusters Framework, which reorganizes occupations into 14 clusters in place of the earlier 16-cluster structure. The move positions North Carolina's state career system to align with that national framework while adding employer-connected exploration tools.

Job seekers and students can use the Quick Start five-question introduction to generate a list of potential occupations. The Business Listings tool helps users identify North Carolina businesses and industries tied to occupations they are exploring.

The takeaway

Using the Interest Finder and comparison tools together can help career explorers narrow occupations before researching local employers. Pairing those results with the Business Listings tool offers a practical path from exploration to identifying potential North Carolina employers.