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Career Exploration IntroductionName: _______________________________You’ll be using a few online sites to do some career research- all of them are listed on our class website. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING LEGITIMATE SOURCES- if you want to use a different website please run it by me. After your research, you’ll be choosing one career to present back to our classes.Career Cruising Account: EmploymentPassword: CentralOnce you’re in the site, you can register for a plan:Your username: _________________________Your password: _________________________You can make up an email address and name, but please know that if you lose your user name and password, you’ll lose your information. Three careers you’d like to know more about are: Has anyone suggested a career or job for you before? If so, what jobs? Do you think they are a good fit for you? Why or why not? Please do the matchmaker quiz in Career Cruising. List the top 4 suggested careers for you here:1. 2.3.4.Were any of the suggested careers surprising? Were any expected? Why do you think they were suggested? Explain your thinking in a detailed way, using examples from your life to support your ideas.The three jobs I’m going to look into more (not necessarily ones that came up in your assessment) are: Occupation 1: ________________________________I used these websites for the following information (references or sources): Explain this job for someone who might not have any idea what it is. What’s it all about? Don’t assume the reader knows what it it’s about.Why did this career catch your interest? What about it is appealing to you?What core tasks are involved in this job? What kinds of ways of thinking (attributes, mind set) would be good for a person in this career? Education required (or important/good to have/more likely to get you hired) to do this job:3 post-secondary institutions in Canada and specific programs someone could take in order to get this job:Post-Secondary School/InstitutionSpecific Program Choose ONE of the schools above, and list the requirements to get into that program (you will need to go to the school’s webpage and find the entrance requirements Try “Undergraduate Admissions”. It may be tricky and if you get stuck, please ask). Name of school: _______________________________Courses required (list as many as are required): What’s the current percentage average that they require to get in? How much does it cost to go to that school? You can choose a term cost, year cost or program cost, just be clear about which one it is.What are 3 hazards that are connected to this job? Where does the work take place? Are you likely to be working alone or in a group? Please describe a typical work environment.What are the typical working hours?Career path (does the job progress/advance/grow over time? Are there options for promotion? If so, how?)Labour market information: is this job in demand or not? Please provide some facts to support your response like current unemployment rates/ number of people in the industry/ expected demand. Be sure to use CANADIAN facts.What’s the salary or pay range? (Make sure it’s in Canadian $- so use Career Cruising, Yukon WorkFutures, or WorkBC)List 3 related careers: Occupation 2: ________________________________I used these websites for the following information (references or sources): Explain this job for someone who might not have any idea what it is. What’s it all about? Don’t assume the reader knows what it it’s about.Why did this career catch your interest? What about it is appealing to you?What core tasks are involved in this job? What kinds of ways of thinking (attributes, mind set) would be good for a person in this career? Education required (or important/good to have/more likely to get you hired) to do this job:3 post-secondary institutions in Canada and specific programs someone could take in order to get this job:Post-Secondary School/InstitutionSpecific Program Choose ONE of the schools above, and list the requirements to get into that program (you will need to go to the school’s webpage and find the entrance requirements Try “Undergraduate Admissions”. It may be tricky and if you get stuck, please ask). Courses required (list as many as are required): What’s the current percentage average that they require to get in? How much does it cost to go to that school? You can choose a term cost, year cost or program cost, just be clear about which one it is.What are 3 hazards that are connected to this job? Where does the work take place? Are you likely to be working alone or in a group? Please describe a typical work environment.What are the typical working hours?Career path (does the job progress/advance/grow over time? Are there options for promotion? If so, how?)Labour market information: is this job in demand or not? Please provide some facts to support your response like current unemployment rates/ number of people in the industry/ expected demand. Be sure to use CANADIAN facts.What’s the salary or pay range? (Make sure it’s in Canadian $- so use Career Cruising, Yukon WorkFutures, or WorkBC)List 3 related careers: Occupation 3: ________________________________I used these websites for the following information (references or sources): Explain this job for someone who might not have any idea what it is. What’s it all about? Don’t assume the reader knows what it it’s about.Why did this career catch your interest? What about it is appealing to you?What core tasks are involved in this job? What kinds of ways of thinking (attributes, mind set) would be good for a person in this career? Education required (or important/good to have/more likely to get you hired) to do this job:3 post-secondary institutions in Canada and specific programs someone could take in order to get this job:Post-Secondary School/InstitutionSpecific Program Choose ONE of the schools above, and list the requirements to get into that program (you will need to go to the school’s webpage and find the entrance requirements Try “Undergraduate Admissions”. It may be tricky and if you get stuck, please ask). Courses required (list as many as are required): What’s the current percentage average that they require to get in? How much does it cost to go to that school? You can choose a term cost, year cost or program cost, just be clear about which one it is.What are 3 hazards that are connected to this job? Where does the work take place? Are you likely to be working alone or in a group? Please describe a typical work environment.What are the typical working hours?Career path (does the job progress/advance/grow over time? Are there options for promotion? If so, how?)Labour market information: is this job in demand or not? Please provide some facts to support your response like current unemployment rates/ number of people in the industry/ expected demand. Be sure to use CANADIAN facts.What’s the salary or pay range? (Make sure it’s in Canadian $- so use Career Cruising, Yukon WorkFutures, or WorkBC)List 3 related careers: ................
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