Assignment #3

Web Assignment

Spring 2017

Due Date: 5/3/17

To complete this third assignment, follow the steps below about career research:

Step One: Think for a moment about a job that you might enjoy doing after high school. Think about what you say when someone says, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Use your answer to complete the following research:

1.  Use Career Information Systems (CIS) on the WHS webpage to conduct your research.

2.  WHS webpage/Academics/College & Career/CIS (on the right hand side of the page)

2.  Once you are on the CIS website, log-in using the following Username and Password:

a.  WHS Username: Wilsonville

b.  WHS Password: wildcats

3.  On the green bar at the top, hover on “Occupations” and then, under “Explore Occupations”, select “Occupations”

4.  Using the alphabetical listing, find the job or occupation that you are interested in

5.  Once you find your Occupation, read the following sections: Overview, At a Glance, Preparation and Helpful High School Courses

6.  Write and turn in a paragraph that summarizes what you learned.

Step Two: Now that you have learned about a particular job and you know what type of preparation/education is required, use CIS to find three Oregon schools that offer the specific type of training/education.

1.  Return to the Overview of your Occupation and on the right hand side, click on Programs of Study

2.  If necessary, under Programs of Study, click on an Occupation that is more specific

3.  Once you have narrowed your Occupation, on the right hand side under Related Information, click on Oregon Schools

4.  Report the schools that offer the program of study or training.

Step Three: Now, pretend that you are about to graduate from one of the colleges that you found in Step Two. By using one of the websites below, try to find a job in the field that you identified in Step One. Conduct a job search:

1.  Use http://portland.craigslist.org/ or http://www.careerbuilder.com/ or another job search engine

2.  Use the search function to find three jobs that relate to “what you want to be when you grow up”

3.  Print out and turn in each of the job descriptions