Career Research Paper
● Using What’s Next Illinois, The Occupational OutlookHandbook (), and any other career-related sources, you will gather information about ONE career that you are interested in pursuing. I must approve the career and only one career per person - final career selections will happen by1/12 - come with multiple options. If absent, you risk the chance your career will be taken. MUST BE PRESENT TO MAKE CHOICE. ORDER DETERMINED AT RANDOM.
● You must address all bolded bullet points listed below in your paper in order to receive full points. See rubric.
● Your paper must be typed in 12pt font, Times New Roman or Arial, double-spaced, 1” margins, and broken up into paragraphs by each numbered section. (some paragraphs will include more than one bullet point addressed). Minimum of 5 pages. It must be a GoogleDoc titled: Career Research Paper - Your Full Name and Period # (example: Career Research Paper - Brett Byron Period 7/8). It must be created through your school’s gmail account. If you don’t know how to access it, you have until 1/16 to go to the library and get help re-setting up your account. You will then share the paper with me at
● EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN OWN WORDS! Do not cut and paste material. You must not plagiarize!
● Include a reference to the sources you used in correct MLA format on both.
Your paper MUST include the following sections and information:
-Title Page: includes the following information centered: (doesn’t count toward 5 page minimum)
Career Research Paper
Title of Career
Name
English III
Period
1.-Introduction: Your career plan and the reasons for your interest (what kind of skills, activities and interests have you had up to this point in your life that lead you to believe you’ll enjoy and be good at the career you’ve chosen? How does this career match with your personality type?
2.-Job Description - Be specific
3.-Job Tasks/Duties - Be specific
4.-Hours of work ordinarily required-Is there anything unusual about the number of hours or nature of the work schedule which might relate to this job field?
● Work Environment - Be specific
5.-Transferable/Workplace Skills Needed
6.-Training/Education Needed - What specific training do you need? What is the rationale for this? How long does it take? Do you need to enroll in continuing education? Etc.
● License/Certification Needed - What types? Qualifications? Description? Any test required to get?
7.-Starting Salary, Average Annual Salary and Experienced Salary
-Employment Statistics-How many people are currently employed in this field?
-Job Outlook/How difficult is it to get a position in this career?
8. Job Market: Who offers careers in your field? What is the job market like for this career?
● 3 Colleges or Trade Schools that offer a major in that field: What are their programs like?
● 3 Companies that offer a job in the specific field
9.-Identify and explain jobs you can do while in high school AND college that might build skills you need for the career
● Identify career areas one might branch off and into from this career
10. - Action Plan: Starting right now, what steps do you need to take to start and keep your career on the right track?
● What courses should you take to prepare for your career goal?
● Your network: Who do you know that would be helpful to contact in your job search and why would they be helpful? - Be specific.
● After high school do you plan to take any additional courses or training? Where?
● When do you plan to enroll?
● What certifications do you plan to obtain and when?
● What do you plan to accomplish next year, in two years, etc.?
● What are your future career goals?
11.Typical Day: What is a day in the life of someone with this career like? Are there advancement opportunities?
12.-Conclusion: Reflection: After studying this career in depth, state why you would or would not be interested in making this your own career objective and why.
Due dates:
- Online research checkpoint: 3/23
- Library/Computer Lab research checkpoint: 4/9
- Completed Draft – must be printed and bring 2 copies to class on 4/10 or cannot do conferences and get feedback from me on draft.
- Final Draft is due on Tuesday, May 1st - No extensions will be given.
Submit Final Draft to turninit.com
Must get C or better on paper to receive credit for this Semester of English III