Choosing your Career Path (Careers Unit One)

Name ______

Core Content:
VS-H-CAEP-S-1
Students will analyze and evaluate why people need to work and how a person’s career choice impacts life-long earning potential, career opportunities, and job satisfaction
VS-H-CAEP-S-2
Students will explain how jobs/careers reflect both individual and societal needs by:
·  comparing and contrasting the many factors (e.g., family, environment, location) that must be considered when selecting and preparing for employment or a career path
VS-H-CAEP-S-4
Students will create an educational plan that can impact their future career opportunities by:
a)  accessing and evaluating resources for locating job/career information career paths related to interests, aptitude (e.g., academic skills), and abilities
b)  updating and maintaining an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) to explore self-knowledge and academic aptitude and understand that career paths should relate to your individual traits (e.g., interests, abilities, learning styles, achievements, career goals)
Learning Targets (I Can’s)
I can identify reasons why that I need to start thinking about my career choice in relation to my interests, aptitudes, academic skills, etc.
I can also compare and contrast factors (family, environment, location) that must be considered when selecting and preparing for a career path.
I can identify reasons why people work. I can also give examples of informal and formal methods of research that I can do to help me make a career choice.
I can understand the differences when working with different races, ethnicities, and cultures at a job.

1. What are some reasons why people work?

a. b. c.

2. How does a person’s career choice impact the following?

a. Their lifelong earning potential –

b. Their career opportunities –

c. Their job satisfaction –

3. Explain how the following types of Informal Research can help you in your career search:

a. Job informational interview –

b. TV shows, magazines, video games –

4. Explain how the following types of Formal Research can help you in your career search:

a. Libraries –

b. The Occupational Outlook Handbook -

c. The Guide for Occupational Exploration –

d. Business Week, Occupational Outlook Quarterly -

5. Explain how the following ways can help you learn about a career by Learning from Experience:

a. Temporary work –

b. Cooperative program –

c. Internship –

d. Service learning –

e. Mentors –

6. Explain how that each of the following (aptitudes and abilities) can be used to develop your career goals:

a. Career Interest Inventory –

b. Learning Styles Inventory –

c. Career Aptitude Assessment –

d. Job Shadowing –

e. Academic experiences/grades -

f. Extracurricular activities -

7. How do jobs vary at the following different levels?

a. local level –

b. state level –

c. national level –

8. What are career clusters and give an example: