Introduction
Finding a job is no easy task!! However, learning the skills now will allow you greater opportunities to secure the career of your dreams. It is time to begin dreaming, evaluating, and considering possible adult career choices. Don't despair! While career options are limitless, this project will give you an opportunity to sample several careers.
Overview of Assignment
You are about to identify your personal career interests, research a career, and examine websites pertaining to your chosen career. With this information you will:
Now that you have an idea of what this project will entail, let's get started.
Step 1: Identify your career interests
You will do this by completing the following 2 interest surveys. Take the surveys and record your results. Career Zone gives you all sorts of good information based on your likes and dislikes. The Jung-Myers-Briggs is based on your personality. Create a Powerpoint slide and copy and paste all of your findings. Don't forget to save your work! Please save your Powerpoint presentation to your desktop using your name to identify it.
Step 2: Select a career
Now you need to select one career to research in detail. Check out several options and note the hours, salary, benefits and education and/or training requirements. There is no sense looking at a career that doesn't match your personal needs and wants. The following sites are full of great information. Record your findings on a new PowerPoint slide.
Step 3: Create a job description
Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to guide you in writing your job description. This description should include job duties and responsibilities, skills and abilities required, etc. The description should inform the reader of exactly what the career entails. Add this to your PowerPoint on a separate slide. Make sure to check your spelling!
Step 4: Create a Help Wanted ad
Use the Democrat and Chronicle to guide you in writing a Help-Wanted ad for your career. You will need to look around the site and read several examples before designing your own want ad. Also check out Monster for more ideas. Be sure to include important information such as work hours, education/training requirements, salary, job location, contact info, etc. A clever attention grabber is a must! Put your information on a new slide. Make sure to save your work!
Step 5: Design interview questions
Brainstorm 10 questions that you would ask if you were able to interview a person that works in your career field. Write these questions on a new Powerpoint slide. Even better............find someone to actually interview and record their responses!
Step 6: Import or take digital pictures
Import pictures of appropriately dressed people in your career field OR take digital pictures of appropriately dressed students in your job setting. You will include at least 3 of these in your PowerPoint presentation.
Step 7: What characteristics do you need?
On a separate Power Point slide, make a list of AT LEAST 5 personal characteristics a person needs to be successful in your chosen career field.
Step 8: Design a PowerPoint presentation on your chosen career
This is when you are going to put all of the pieces together. Be very creative! Show what you know! The PowerPoint MUST include:
Step 9: Present PowerPoint to the entire class