Researching Careers

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Chapter 3 Researching Careers
Lesson 3.2 Career Research
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Discover

• Key questions to ask about careers that interest
  you
• When to get information about careers

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Why Its Important

• By researching careers, youll get to know as
  much as you can about careers that interest you.
  The information you gather will help you decide
  which careers are right for you.

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Key Terms

• research
• exploratory interview
• job shadowing
• internship
• volunteering

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Key Terms

• service learning
• cooperative program

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Career Research

• Once you identify interesting careers, its time
  for some research.
• When you do research, you investigate a subject
  and gather information about it.

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What to Research

• The following 10 questions will help you gather
  basic information about careers.

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Graphic Organizer
What to Research
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What skills and aptitudes should I have?
What responsibilities would I have?
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What education and training would I need?
Would I be able to move ahead?
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What would my work environment or surroundings be
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What will this career be like when Im ready to
work?
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What hours would I spend on the job?
What does this career pay?
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What kind of work would I do?
What other rewards would this career provide?
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Check Out the Library

• Your school library is a good place to start your
  career research.

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Check Out the Library

• The following publications are especially useful

• Dictionary of Occupational Titles
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

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Check Out the Library

• Guide for Occupational Exploration
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly
• Readers Guide to Periodical Literature

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Search the Internet

• The World Wide Web offers a wide range of Web
  sites designed for job recruitment and career
  research.

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Search the Internet

• For links to online career research resources, go
  the the Exploring Careers Web site at
  exploring.glencoe.com

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Know Your Sources

• No matter where you get your information, its
  always important to check to make sure that it is
  true and still current.

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Talk to People

• An exploratory interview is a short, informal
  talk with someone in a career that interests you.
• Its a good way to get an insiders view of a
  particular career.

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Try This Activity
Conduct Exploratory Interviews

• Talk to People Arrange exploratory interviews
  with people who work in careers and industries
  that you find interesting.

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Try This Activity
Conduct Exploratory Interviews

• Ask Questions
• How did you start in this career?
• What education and training did it require?
• What do you like about your job?
• What do you do on a typical day at work?

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Try This Activity
Conduct Exploratory Interviews

• Take Notes Take detailed notes during your
  interviews. Afterward, write your reflections on
  each interview experience.

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Work!

• The best way to learn about a career from the
  inside is to work.

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Work!

• Job shadowing involves following someone for a
  few days on the job.
• You learn about a particular career by watching
  and listening.

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Work!

• An internship is a temporary paid or unpaid
  position that involves direct work experience in
  a career field.

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Work!

• The value of an internship is the experience and
  the contacts that you make.

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Work!

• You might also consider volunteering, or working
  without pay.
• Volunteering is a great way to explore careers.

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Work!

• A service learning project can also be a useful
  experience for researching careers.

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Work!

• Service learning is a learning method in which
  students learn and develop through thoughtfully
  organized service to the community.

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Work!

• Another option to gain first-hand experience on a
  job is to participate in a cooperative
• (co-op) program.

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Work!

• A cooperative program combines school studies
  with paid work experience.

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Q and A

• I found a chat room about a career Im interested
  in. Several people said there was no future in
  this career. Should I forget about this career?

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Q and A

• Absolutely not!
• Check any information you gather. Find out if the
  information is a fact or one person's opinion.

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Try This Activity
Write Career Critiques

• Select two careers that interest you.
• Research the careers.

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Try This Activity
Write Career Critiques

• Critique Careers Write critiques of the careers.
  Write what you like and dislike about each
  career, and include information on the career
  outlook.

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Attitude Counts

• Flexibility
• Facing change with a positive attitude, in school
  and work, will help you learn new skills and
  adapt to new challenges.

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Investigating Career Clusters
Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications

• Arts The performing and visual arts, including
  dance, theater, painting, sculpture, and graphic
  design
• Audio/Video Technology The technology used to
  present information in sound or pictures
• Communications The transmission of messages

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Investigating Career Clusters
Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications

• Music, dance, theater, literature,
  telecommunicationstheyre all part of the Arts,
  Audio/Video Technology, and Communications career
  cluster. You may enjoy a career in this cluster
  if you are interested in any of these areas.

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Critical Thinking Review

• What can you learn from an exploratory interview?
• Exploratory interviews can give you an insiders
  perspective on a career.

Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking Review

• Why is it always important to gather up-to-date
  information about careers?
• Because the work world is constantly changing,
  you want to base your career choices on the
  latest information.

Critical Thinking
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End of Chapter 3 Researching Careers
Lesson 3.2 Career Research