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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:
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Identify career interest using on-line
surveys
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Research a career of your choice
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Create a job description
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Create your own help wanted ad
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Develop interview questions
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Draw or take digital pictures of
appropriately dressed people in your job setting
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Design a PowerPoint presentation on your
chosen career
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Present information to the entire class
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:
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Title slide including job title and your name
- 1 slide
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Your results from Career Zone - 1 slide
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Jung-Myers-Briggs Results - 1 slide
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The job description you created - 1 slide
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Hours, benefits, salary, education/training
requirements - 1 slide
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Your help wanted ad - 1 slide
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Your 10 interview questions - 1 slide
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Pictures/photos of appropriately dressed
people for your job setting - 3 picture minimum
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A list of 5 characteristics that you believe
would make someone successful in this career - 1 slide
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Overview of what you learned by doing this
project - 1 slide
Step 8: Present PowerPoint to the entire
class
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