Researching a career ' ' '

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Researching a career . . . From Reading to
Writing In John Cheevers short story The
Opportunity, Elise envisions a career as an
actress, but her mother chides her to get this
idea of going on the stage out of your head.
Career decisions are among the most important
decisions people make.
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Researching a career . . . You can begin
thinking about your own career by researching
jobs that interest you. Writing a career search
report can help you examine your goals and
uncover facts about a particular career.
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B a s i c s i n a B o x
RUBRIC
Standards for Writing
A successful career search report should

• discuss your career goals
• describe your talents, skills, and interests
• focus on one or more specific careers
• report on factual aspects of each career

• mention sources of factual information
• examine the advantages and disadvantages of each
  career and weigh their importance to you

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Writing Your Career Search Report
Go to your local library and browse through the
Occupational Outlook Handbook to find out about
careers you are interested in. This book contains
information on hundreds of job titles. After you
have found one or two careers to research, follow
these steps.
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Planning Your Career Search Report
1. Examine your goals. Take a good look at
yourself. What are you looking for in a job or
career? What are your most important goals? 2.
Examine your talents, skills, and interest. What
do you do well? What activities do you enjoy
most? Make a list of your skills, and then think
about which skills youd like to use on the job.
For which of the jobs and careers you choose to
research are your skills most suited?
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Planning Your Career Search Report
3. Research the careers. Use any of the following
methods

• Browse through books such as the Occupational
  Outlook Handbook to learn more about the careers
  that interest you.
• Interview people in the careers that you are
  exploring.
• Contact professional, trade, or union
  associations that represent each career. These
  groups often produce brochures about job
  opportunities.

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Planning Your Career Search Report

• 4. Record your findings. Make a chart in which
  you list the pertinent information about each
  possible career
• responsibilities
• education or training required
• outlook for employment
• salary range
• advantages and disadvantages

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Planning Your Career Search Report
5. Match careers with your goals and skills. How
well do the careers that you identified match
your goals and skills? Choose the career that
best suits you and use it as the subject of your
report.
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Writing Your Career Search Report

• Begin your report by presenting information about
  yourself or by identifying the career you are
  considering. You may wish to include your career
  goals, skills, and interests.
• Present the basic facts you learned about your
  career.

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Writing Your Career Search Report

• Examine the advantages and disadvantages of the
  career in light of your goals and skills.
• Sum up what you learned about yourself, the
  career, and its suitability for you.

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Writing Your Career Search Report
Target Skill LOGICAL ORDER OF DETAIL As you
revise your career report, check to see that the
ideas in each paragraph are presented in an order
that makes sense. Use transitions such as next,
since, in contrast, and on the other hand to show
clear relationships between ideas.
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Writing Your Career Search Report
Target Skill CORRECT VERB FORM Using incorrect
verb forms in your career search report can
confuse your message. When you proofread, check
each verb to make sure you have used the correct
tense and form.