Careers Part 1

1. CareersPart 1

2. Strategies for Lifestyle Goals Unit 1 Objective 3.01

4. Career Crossroads

5. What do YOU do when you come to a crossroad? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

6. What job or career choices will you make in your lifetime? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

7. Strategies for Personal Choices B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

8. Individual Interests • Consider key questions when identifying interests • Use career interest inventories • Research careers in clusters based on inventory results • Match career paths with personal interests B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

9. Personality • Identify personal qualities, values, and goals • Choose a career path to match personal qualities • Develop personal qualities that employers seek • Become involved in informal experiences in which qualities for success are learned B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

10. Personal Priorities & Goals • Analyze ideals and principles that are important to you • Identify types of work that would make you feel you are making a difference • Identify types of work where you have developed skills • Identify specific achievements you want to realize • Find work that is enjoyable and challenging B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

11. You Must Realize… • Your career is a life long investment • Quality time invested now will lead to greater job satisfaction later. • Must do the small jobs to get the big job! • Example: Jordan starts out as a loan officer but some day becomes the branch manager.

12. Interest Inventory Part 1 Assignment Complete in a Word Document: • Reflect on who you are: • List 5 interests you have. • Describe your personality in a paragraph. • What are your 5 most important values? • What are your 5 highest priorities in life? (Things you would like to accomplish during your life) • What are your goals for achieving them? (Short-term, Long-Term?) • Go to the following website: www.mynextmove.org • On the far right side where it says “I’m not really sure” click Start. • Complete the interest profiler step for step. • Define: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional. • Which 3 did you score the highest? Do you agree? Why or Why not? • Complete Job Zones Section. • Complete Career Section (Choose 3 Jobs that interest you and for each answer the following): • What are the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Personality needed for each job? • What Technology and Education are needed for each job? • What is the Job Outlook for each job?

13. Strategies for Job and Career Choices B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

14. Job or Career? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

15. Job OR Career? Is there a CAREER in sight? Does anyone see a JOB anywhere? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

16. Job AND Career Thanks for getting me to the hospital on time. I have to assist in surgery at 9:00. I love my job as a taxi driver. It’s been a good source of extra income since I retired. And, it gets me out of the house! B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

17. Job or Career?Part 1 B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

18. Job or Career?Part 2 B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

19. Job or Career? Let’s share our findings! B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

20. Work Strategies- Jobs & Careers • Select jobs for short-term purposes • Plan a career for the long term • Use jobs to supplement income when needed • Use jobs as stepping-stones to careers • Think of a career as a lifetime investment B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

21. What are some of the crossroads you will come to as you plan your career? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

22. Remember to considerall of these factorswhen you reach eachCareer Crossroad.

23. Interest Inventory Part 2 Assignment Complete in a Word Document Go to www.truity.com/test/Holland-code-career-test Answer the 80 question inventory and when complete create an account to save the results. Read Sections I, II, and III then click on “Research Careers NOW” at the bottom. Use the information from Section II to select the appropriate category from the drop down menus at the top. Pick 3 careers that are of most interest to you and answer the following for each of the three careers: Watch the video for that career. List 5 job duties of that career. What is the work environment of that career? What is the work schedule for that career? What education is needed to enter this career? Are there any licenses or certifications required? What are the important qualities you need for this career? What is the average pay for this career? What is the job outlook for this career? What are the job prospects for this career? What are some of the Professional Associations for this career? List at least 2 other occupations that are related to this career?

24. Strategies for Education Choices B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

25. Invest in Your “Human Capital” “Human capital” = the complete set of skills that a person has acquired B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

26. An investment in your“human capital” can increase productivityand increase earnings . . . Ex: Increase Productivity – take a class in microsoft office to be more efficient with paperwork Ex: Increase Earnings – go back to school to get a promotion B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

27. Community College, College & University Programs • Begin planning early for college • Choose a school that satisfies your goals and reasons for going to college • Decide on the size of school in which you would be most successful • Decide how close to home you would like to be • Investigate options for online courses • Consider costs • Consider your high school record and performance • Compare available college/university choices B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

28. Occupational Training Programs • Specialize in a specific field of employment • Consider occupational training programs that • match your talents, skills, and interests • Evaluate carefully the quality and content of any program before enrolling B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

29. Other LearningOpportunities • Investigate internships and apprenticeships • Find out about military programs • Take advantage of opportunities for continuing education B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

30. Career Education Assignment Complete in a Word Document • What Human Capital do you currently have? What skills do you have? What do you do well? • What Human Capital are you going to need for your career of interest? • Use the links below to find a school that has your field of study. For each of the three careers you researched answer the following: • Name and location of institution? • What’s your major and type of courses you will take? • How much will it cost per year? (tuition, room, board, books, transportation, etc) • How long will it take to complete this major? • Is there more than one school that offers your field? Who else? • Which institution seems to be the better fit you? Are you willing to live that far from home? • Write a 75 word reflection on what you have learned from this assignment. • Links for NC’s Universities and Community Colleges as well as Trade School and Military options: • Bachelor’s: www.northcarolina.edu/campus_profiles/index.php • Associate’s: www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/ • Specialty: (ex: UTI, Johnson and Wales) • Military: (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard)