Career Day

Career Day

Career Day Requirements

Friday, April 3rd

Along with dressing in your career attire, bringing 2-3 artifacts/items that relate to your chosen career the day you give your presentation, please also create a poster.

The poster should be on a Poster Board/Tri-Fold and include: 

• Job Title and your Name
• Big Idea Paragraph explaining your career
• 5 other paragraphs with icons of your choice (include pictures)

  Due Wednesday, April 1st

Artifacts/costume is due Friday, April 3rd

(See Sample below)

       

Career Research Resources for Career Day

O*NET- www.onetonline.org

Great site to explore careers

Click “Advanced Search,” then “Interests” to search by Holland Code.  Can also search by Values, Skills, Tools & Technology used, etc.

Look for careers in Job Zone 3, 4 or 5 to find occupations that require at least 2 years of college.

At the bottom of each career report, in the Wages section, if you select California from the pull-down list, it will bring you to a website that has CA earnings data and usually a great career video.

Occupational Outlook Handbook- http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

This is a great site for detailed career information and links for where to find more resources.  Go here when you have a specific career you want to research.

Explore Health Careers- http://explorehealthcareers.org

            Excellent source of information for all health professions.

Resources For Middle Schoolers

CA Career Zone- http://www.cacareerzone.org

To search for careers by Holland Codes, click “Assess Yourself,” then “Quick Assessment”

What Do You Like? http://www.bls.gov/k12/

Exploring career information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics- Can search by broad interest areas

Kids.GOV Jobs section- http://kids.usa.gov/teens-home/jobs/index.shtml 

This site has career related videos, fun games, and an alphabetical listing of careers.

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