7.3 Choosing a Career (Due 4/13/23 End of Day)

Last updated about 1 year ago

31 questions

Day 1 4/10/23

Required

Day 2 4/11/23

7.3 Choosing a Career (Due 4/13/23 End of Day)

Last updated about 1 year ago

31 questions

In this lesson, you will learn to:
Analyze potential careers based on salary, stability, growth, training, and responsibilities
Explore different career options based on your interests
Understand how to use an informational interview to gather details on a target career
Complete the entire document and use full sentences when prompted for full credit.

Day 1 4/10/23

Required

Would you rather have a job you hate that pays $120,000 or a job you love that pays $40,000? Why?

Which Careers Are the Biggest Gamble?
Stability and pay can be important factors in choosing a career.

Analyze the graph to answer the questions on this Data Crunch.

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Dig Deeper Into  Jobs on the Rise
Some jobs are increasingly in-demand, which may make it easier to find a position and be paid well.

Use the California Colleges websites to research the following questions. If you do not have access to the website, use the a regular internet search to find the info.

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Day 2 4/11/23

How to Choose a Career
Choosing a future career path can be daunting, especially if you’re not sure where to start or what your options are.
Read the article, then answer the questions.

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Summarize: What are five key steps to choosing a career?

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Which Jobs Align with My Interests?
Planning for life after high school can be daunting. In this activity, you will complete an interest assessment and explore different career options.

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	This is a great fit for me	This is an OK fit for me	This is a bad fit for me	Not enough detail to assess
Education and training required
Interests and activities
Abilities and skills
Salary and growth

	This is a great fit for me	This is an OK fit for me	This is a bad fit for me	Not enough detail to assess
Education and training required
Interests and activities
Abilities and skills
Salary and growth

7.3 Choosing a Career (Due 4/13/23 End of Day)

Day 1 4/10/23

Day 2 4/11/23

7.3 Choosing a Career (Due 4/13/23 End of Day)

In this lesson, you will learn to:

Day 1 4/10/23

Would you rather have a job you hate that pays $120,000 or a job you love that pays $40,000? Why?

Which Careers Are the Biggest Gamble?

Dig Deeper Into Jobs on the Rise

Day 2 4/11/23

How to Choose a Career

Which Jobs Align with My Interests?

In this lesson, you will learn to:

Would you rather have a job you hate that pays $120,000 or a job you love that pays $40,000? Why?

Which Careers Are the Biggest Gamble?

Approximately how much does the median musician/singer make hourly?

Explain what it means if a career has a large wage percent increase between 10th and 75th percentiles.

Your friend Jada asked for your advice: should she pursue a career in the entertainment industry? Using the graph, justify why or why not.

Hotel clerks, farm laborers, and nurses all have low variability in wages with less than a 100% wage increase between the 10th and 75th percentile of workers. Give an example of one job that is not listed that likely has wage variability below 100%. Explain your reasoning.

Dig Deeper Into Jobs on the Rise

Why do you think that these 2 careers were affected by Covid-19?

Do you anticipate those careers continuing to grow? Why or why not?

How to Choose a Career

Where are you currently in the process of choosing a career?

What challenges have you faced in that process?

Which Jobs Align with My Interests?

Part I: Reflection

BEFORE accessing the interactive, complete the t-chart with jobs that you would love and jobs that you would hate.

Part II: Interest Survey

Take a screenshot of your results page and upload it below. Here is an example of what your results may look like.

Click “Details” to see more information about the graph labeled “Your Interests”. Based on the graph, which interest area did you score the highest in (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional)?

Read the description of that interest area. Do you think it matches you? Why or why not?

Click “Back to Results” to see the jobs that matched your results. Are you surprised by your top 10 recommended jobs? Why or why not?

What about your 3 choice from the last question interested you?

Undo the filter for “some preparation” and click through the other preparation levels. What is the relationship between preparation level and hourly salary? Justify your response.

Part II: Research Your Top Jobs

What career did you pick?

After researching the job, rate each characteristic in the chart below, based on how well it fits your personality and goals.

What are the core skills for this job? How might those skills be transferable to another position?

What is one other job you’re interested in? Read the Occupation Profile for that job. How does it compare to the first one?

Which job is a better fit for you? Explain your reasoning.

Approximately how much does the median musician/singer make hourly?

Explain what it means if a career has a large wage percent increase between 10th and 75th percentiles.

Your friend Jada asked for your advice: should she pursue a career in the entertainment industry? Using the graph, justify why or why not.

Hotel clerks, farm laborers, and nurses all have low variability in wages with less than a 100% wage increase between the 10th and 75th percentile of workers. Give an example of one job that is not listed that likely has wage variability below 100%. Explain your reasoning.

Why do you think that these 2 careers were affected by Covid-19?

Do you anticipate those careers continuing to grow? Why or why not?

Where are you currently in the process of choosing a career?

What challenges have you faced in that process?

Part I: Reflection

BEFORE accessing the interactive, complete the t-chart with jobs that you would love and jobs that you would hate.

Part II: Interest Survey

Take a screenshot of your results page and upload it below. Here is an example of what your results may look like.

Click “Details” to see more information about the graph labeled “Your Interests”. Based on the graph, which interest area did you score the highest in (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional)?

Read the description of that interest area. Do you think it matches you? Why or why not?

Click “Back to Results” to see the jobs that matched your results. Are you surprised by your top 10 recommended jobs? Why or why not?

What about your 3 choice from the last question interested you?

Undo the filter for “some preparation” and click through the other preparation levels. What is the relationship between preparation level and hourly salary? Justify your response.

Part II: Research Your Top Jobs

What career did you pick?

After researching the job, rate each characteristic in the chart below, based on how well it fits your personality and goals.

What are the core skills for this job? How might those skills be transferable to another position?

What is one other job you’re interested in? Read the Occupation Profile for that job. How does it compare to the first one?

Which job is a better fit for you? Explain your reasoning.