Career Search

RESEARCHING CAREERS

Introduction:

This lesson will help students with the third and fourth steps in the career decision-making process:

Identify your career choices
Gather Information

Students will identify several careers that they believe will fulfill their needs and wants. Then they will research these careers to see if they match their life-style goals and personal resources.

Goals:

Discuss how exploring career areas can help you identify
careers you want to research.

Describe what to look for when researching careers.

Find information on careers.

Objectives:

Students will understand the importance of exploring
          career possibilities.
Students will define Career Interest Areas found in chapter 3,
          Succeeding in the World of Work, and briefly describe each
          area.
Students will determine the career interest areas that are
          compatible with their interests, aptitudes, and abilities.
Students will brainstorm a list of five to ten careers that they might
          be interested in knowing more about based on the career
          interest areas.
Students will read and discuss the nine factors to consider when
           researching any career.
   Students will use the Internet to research possible careers.
   Students will be given specific Internet addresses to use when
            researching careers.

Internet Resources:

Career Seach

Career Search is a way to find out about jobs and careers.

If you already know what you want to do, go ahead and browse the list of Career Categories.

Select a career to learn what to expect from a job and what to do in school so that you can work toward the job you want.

You'll find out about training and qualifications, what earnings to expect, and what the future holds for each occupation.

Holland's Career Interest Game

This is a game designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers.

It is based on John Holland’s six personality types.

This will help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers.

Come play along and see what happens!

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Government's premier career reference book on occupations and tomorrow's job market.

Exploring Careers

This page is designed to provide
occupational information to help students become aware of their potential career options.