1. Researching Careers Career Choices
Chapter 3
Researching Careers
Lesson 3.1
Career Choices

2. Which career clusters, or groups of related careers, interest you
Discover
Which career clusters, or groups of related careers, interest you
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3. Discover
Career interest areas, or kinds of activities, that can direct you toward specific careers

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. Key Terms
career clusters
career interest areas

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

7. Career Clusters
The U.S. Department of Education has organized 16 career clusters.
Career clusters are groups of similar occupations and industries.

8. Graphic Organizer 16 Career Clusters 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

9. 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.

10. Graphic Organizer Career Interest Areas 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

11. Critical Thinking Review
Why are social workers and hairdressers part of the same career cluster, human services?
Because both jobs share a common goal, helping make people’s lives easier and more comfortable.
Critical Thinking Q A
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12. Critical Thinking Review
Which career interest area do you think would be most common for doctors?
Doctors can be categorized as investigators, because their work involves scientific processes. Doctors are also considered helpers, because they help people.
Critical Thinking Q A

13. Researching Careers Career Choices
End of Chapter 3
Researching Careers
Lesson 3.1
Career Choices