1. Word Wall Terms Key Terms
Career Clusters Career Interest Areas Research Exploratory Interview Job Shadowing Internship Volunteering Service Learning Cooperative Program (Co-Op)
Career Pathway
Experience
Business Industry
Preparation
Investigate

2. Researching Careers Career Choices Part 1
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3. What are career clusters
Discover
What are career clusters
Which career clusters, or groups of related careers, interest you
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4. Why It’s Important
By looking at career clusters and career activities, you’ll get an idea of the kinds of careers you might enjoy. Exploring all kinds of career possibilities now will help you make career choices later.

5. Career Choices
There are more than 28,000 different careers to choose from.
Do you know what you want to do for a living?

6. The U.S. Department of Education has organized 16 career clusters.
Groups of similar occupations and business industries
Help you discover your interest
Help you to plan for the future
Divided into career pathways

7. Career Pathways Career Pathways
Groups of careers requiring similar skills and education.
Provides students with an outline of career information

8. Career Clusters Overview
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Career Clusters Industry & Occupations
Career Pathways Skills & Education

9. Did You Know?
Students graduating from high school need highly technical skills to be
competitive in the job market.
Up to 85% of all jobs will require at
least two years of education
beyond high school.

10. Graphic Organizer 16 Career Clusters Architecture and Construction
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Architecture
and Construction
Education and
Training
Human Services
Manufacturing
Arts,
Audio/
Video Technology,
and Communication
Finance
Hospitality and
Tourism
Marketing, Sales,
and Service
Agriculture, Food,
and Natural Resources
Government and
Public Administration
Information
Technology
Science,Technology,
Engineering, and
Mathematics
Business,
Management,
and Administration
Health Science
Law,
Public Safety, and Security
Transportation,
Distribution, and
Logistics

11. Key questions to ask about careers that interest you
Discover
Career interest areas, or kinds of activities, that can direct you toward specific careers
Key questions to ask about careers that interest you

12. Career Interest Areas
Career interest areas are another way to discover different kinds of careers.
Career interest areas are general kinds of activities people do in many different careers.

13. Graphic Organizer Career Interest Areas Creators are…
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Creators are…
Creative thinkers
Investigators are…
Logical thinkers
Organizers…
Love working with information or numbers
Influencers are…
Likely to be out in front, in charge, and leading others
Doers…
Always seem busy
Helpers…
Tend to think of others before themselves

14. End of Part 1 Researching Careers
Career Choices
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15. Career Research Career Choices Part 2
Textbook Reference: Chapter 3

16. Why It’s Important
By researching careers, you’ll get to know as much as you can about careers that interest you. The information you gather will help you decide which careers are right for you.

17. Career Research
Once you identify interesting careers, it’s time for some research.
When you do research, you investigate a subject and gather information about it.

18. What to Research
The following 10 questions will help you gather basic information about careers.

19. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Graphic Organizer What to Research
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What skills and aptitudes should I have?
What responsibilities would I have? ? ?
What education and training would I need?
Would I be able to move ahead? ? ?
What would my work environment or surroundings be like?
What will this career be like when I’m ready to work? ? ?
What hours would I spend on the job?
What does this career pay? ? ?
What kind of work would I do?
What other rewards would this career provide?

20. Question: Career Research
What are four places or ways to find career information?

21. #1 Check Out the Library
The following publications are especially useful:
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Guide for Occupational Exploration
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature

22. #2 Search the Internet
The World Wide Web offers a wide range of Web sites designed for job recruitment and career research.
For links to online career research resources, go the Exploring Careers Web site at exploring.glencoe.com

23. Know Your Sources
No matter where you get your information, it’s always important to check to make sure that it is true and still current.

24. #3 Talk to People
An exploratory interview is a short, informal talk with someone in a career that interests you.
It’s a good way to get an insider’s view of a particular career.

25. #4 Work!
The best way to learn about a career from the inside is to work.
Job shadowing involves following
someone for a few days on the job.
You learn about a particular career by watching and listening.
An internship is a temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field. The value of an internship is the experience and the contacts that you make.

26. Work! (Continued)
You might also consider volunteering, or working without pay. Volunteering is a great way to explore careers.
A service learning project can also be a useful experience for researching careers.
Another option to gain first-hand experience on a job is to participate in a cooperative education (co-op) program.
A cooperative program combines school studies with paid work experience.

27. What are four places or ways to find career information?

28. End of Session Career Research
Career Choices
Textbook Reference: Chapter 3