What Does Your Future Hold? Interest Inventory & Career Research

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 2 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Meet Molly Molly recently graduated from Cloudyville High School She can’t decide what to do next Should she go to college? What are Molly’s options?

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 3 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Life after High School What are you going to do after high school? Planning for one’s future is not an easy task BUT it must be addressed to reach future success

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 4 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona What are Your Interests? Reading Building & Fixing Things Law Math Science Music & Arts Sports Helping People Managing Money Social Studies Nature Computers Identifying personal interests at an early age is important in choosing a future career

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 5 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Leaving the Ground Molly is interested in social studies She logs onto the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Web site:

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 6 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Choose an Interest Molly clicks on the Social Studies button to learn more about careers in that area

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 7 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Pick a Career Politician looks interesting to Molly…click

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 8 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Explore the Details What is this job like?What is this job like? | How do you get ready? | How much does this job pay? | How many jobs are there? | What about the future? | Are there other jobs like this? | Where can you find more information?How do you get ready?How much does this job pay?How many jobs are there? What about the future?Are there other jobs like this? Where can you find more information? Molly clicks on the links at the top of the page to explore the details of a Politician

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 9 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Examine the Facts HOW MUCH DOES THIS JOB PAY? The middle half of all legisl ators earned between $13,180 and $38,540 a year in The lowest-paid 10 percent earned less than $12,130. The high est-paid 10 perce nt earned more than $69,380. Earnings of public admin istrators range f rom little or nothing for a small town council memb er to $400,00 0 a year for the President of the United States.

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 10 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Record the Findings Molly neatly writes down interesting facts about a Politician Job duties Training requirements Earning levels Job availability Employment prospects

2.1.3.G1 © Family Economics & Financial Education – February 2006 – Get Ready to Take Charge of Your Finances – What Does Your Future Hold? – Slide 11 Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Career Exploration Assignment Explore 3 different careers 2 Careers – Bureau of Labor Statistics web site 1 Career – interview an adult Record information about these careers Write neatly Summarize information Choose a final project option: Give an oral presentation Make a brochure Write a summary paper