Researching Careers

Your Goal: Analyze two career areas to see if they fit your own.

What to do: Answer the questions in this activity. You will use the Occupational Outlook Handbook and ILP to complete the activity.

The first career that interests me is:

  1. Skills/Aptitudes
  2. What skills are needed?
  3. What skills do I have?
  4. Education and Training
  5. What education and training are needed?
  6. What education and training will I have when I complete high school? Will you take college prep classes?
  7. What education and training will I be able to obtain after high school?
  8. Work Setting
  9. What is the work setting like?
  10. What type or work setting do I prefer?
  11. Hours
  12. What hours are required?
  13. What hours do I prefer?
  14. Duties and Responsibilities
  15. What are the responsibilities?
  16. What responsibilities do I prefer?
  17. Personality Characteristics
  18. What type of personality would be successful?
  19. What type of personality do I have?
  20. Location
  21. Where is the work located?
  22. What location do I prefer?
  23. Advancement
  24. What are the advancement opportunities?
  25. What advancement do I look forward to?
  26. Job Outlook
  27. What is the job outlook?
  28. Will there be jobs available for me?
  29. Salary
  30. What is the expected pay in this career?
  31. Will this pay match what I would like to receive?

The second career that interest me is:

  1. Skills/Aptitudes
  2. What skills are needed?
  3. What skills do I have?
  4. Education and Training
  5. What education and training are needed?
  6. What education and training will I have when I complete high school? Will you take college prep classes?
  7. What education and training will I be able to obtain after high school?
  8. Work Setting
  9. What is the work setting like?
  10. What type or work setting do I prefer?
  11. Hours
  12. What hours are required?
  13. What hours do I prefer?
  14. Duties and Responsibilities
  15. What are the responsibilities?
  16. What responsibilities do I prefer?
  17. Personality Characteristics
  18. What type of personality would be successful?
  19. What type of personality do I have?
  20. Location
  21. Where is the work located?
  22. What location do I prefer?
  23. Advancement
  24. What are the advancement opportunities?
  25. What advancement do I look forward to?
  26. Job Outlook
  27. What is the job outlook?
  28. Will there be jobs available for me?
  29. Salary
  30. What is the expected pay in this career?
  31. Will this pay match what I would like to receive?

Critical Thinking

  1. Did you frequently match the 10 descriptions of the job? For example, is the location where you prefer? Is the pay what you want? List all the matches
  2. The things about career area #1 that match my needs:
  3. The things about career area #2 that match my needs:
  4. List the differences.
  5. The things about career area #1 that match my needs:
  6. The things about career area #2 that match my needs:
  7. Are there more matches or more differences?
  8. Explain what you have learned about how you and this career match: