Career Research

What career plans do you have? This is a very important question considering that if you work an 8-hour day every week from the age of 22 to 62, you will spend 400,000 hours at work. Consider how long those hours will be if you are miserable because you don't like what you are doing. That is just one reason why it is very important to make sure you carefully choose a career.

This project will help you gain some perspectives on planning for your future. It is important to recognize what path you are on today as well as where you want to be in a given number of years. In completing the project activities, you will find valuable information that will help you make informed decisions about your future.

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Step One: Take the Career Matchmaker Survey

  • Click on Assessment Results >> Career Matchmaker Survey
  • Save your results to your EDP
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Step Two: Create your EDP

  • Create a new EDP - use your CHS login and password
  • Make sure you save your EDP
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Step One - Take two assessments to find what careers you are best suited for:

Keirsey - screen shot results

Career Cluster Interest Survey - screen shot the results

 

 

Step Three: Career Research

Research three careers from your matched careers list and complete this career information handout for three different careers. One career must be a four year degree and the second a 1 or 2 year training and/or degree and the last career is a unique job.

  • Caution: Rephrase. Do not plagiarize. Improving your writing skills will pay off.

You can also check out http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

 

 

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Step Four: Explore Colleges and Universities

 

 

Step Five: Create a Career Datasheet

The last step of this project requires you create a career data sheet containing information about one of the careers you researched.

  • "What They Do" section: The first and second paragraphs of your career data sheet must provide details about your career.
    • Include the information you recorded on your Career Information handout. If you need more information, complete additional research so you can give the reader a clear picture of what it is like working in your selected career field.
  • "Education and Training" section: The third paragraph of your career data sheet must provide information about how to receive the training necessary to work in your selected career.

Step-by-step directions and sample

 
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