Name_________Nate Wendling__________________________________________ Date_________________
Period_________
Industry Sector Identification
The U.S. economy consists of a variety of industries. Each industry sells a particular set of related goods or
services. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports nonfarm employment using 11 industry sectors. Read each
description below and write the name of the industry sector on the corresponding line. Use each sector one time.
Industry Sectors
▪ construction
▪ education and health services
▪ financial activities
▪ government
▪ information
▪ leisure and hospitality
▪ manufacturing
▪ mining and logging
▪ other services
▪ professional and business services
▪ trade, transportation, and utilities
1. Includes coal mining,
quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction
2. Includes insurance,
investments, banks,
and real estate
mining and logging
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___Financial activities
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5. Includes stores,
warehouses, airlines,
shipping companies,
and electricity
6. Includes publishers,
broadcasters, music,
film, and data
processing services
7. Includes educational
services, hospitals,
clinics, and mental
care facilities
8. Includes accounting,
legal, engineering,
management, and
administrative tasks
___information
________________
education and health
services
__government
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Trade transportation, util
3. Includes production
of clothing, paper,
vehicles, chemicals,
and furniture
4. Includes the creation
of nonresidential and
residential buildings
and projects
__Construction_________________
Manufacturing
9. Includes public
services provided on
behalf of the nation,
state, county, or city
10. Includes sporting
events, museums,
restaurants, hotels,
and recreation
11. Includes activities
not categorized in
other sectors
___leisure and
hospitality
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____Professional and
business services
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____other
services_______________
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Career and Industry Exploration Activities
Name___________________________________________________ Date_________________ Period_________
Career and Industry Categorization
A person’s career is his or her long-term occupational path; for example, an accountant. A person can pursue his or
her career in a variety of industries (sectors that sell specific goods or services). For example, an accountant
employed by a bank works in the financial industry, while an accountant employed by an amusement park works in
the leisure industry.
Directions: Read each example listed in the box below and categorize it as a career or as an industry. Use each
example one time.
Examples
▪ business services
▪ chemist
▪ computer programmer
▪ construction
▪ education
▪ electrician
▪ engineer
▪ food manufacturing
▪ health services
▪ mining
▪ payroll specialist
▪ police officer
Careers
Industries
• Salesperson
• health services
• Chemist
• Construction
•
• Food manufacturing
•
Computer programmer
teacher
•
Mining
• Electrician
• engineer
•
• Education
payroll specialist
• Business services
•
• Police officer
•
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▪ salesperson
▪ teacher
▪ transportation
▪ utilities
Transportation
Utilities
Career and Industry Exploration Activities
Name___________________________________________________ Date_________________ Period________
Career and Industry Brainstorming Activity
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is the difference between a career and an industry?
__________An industry is a field or a subject area whereas careers_are the type of work that is done by an
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individual______________________________________
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2. In what career(s) are you most interested? Why?
Customer service is a career I am interested in, just because of the fact that I get to make people smile doing a job that
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I am interested in and like to do.________________________________________________________
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3. In what industry sector(s) are you most interested? Why? ____I am mostly interested inthe food service industry
because I like being a part of a team and learning how to be precise and the most efficient at the same
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time.____________________________________________
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4. Are you more intent on getting a job related to your desired career or your desired industry? Explain. __Industry,
because it broadens the options for places I can get a career in, in the field I wanted____________
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5. Do you think it would be harder to change industries in the beginning or later stages of your career? Explain.________
_later in your career for sure, solely because of the fact that you've spent most of your career in the same industry, it
wold be hardto adapt to the new industry so late into your career.
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6. Would you be willing to change industries to pursue your career goals? Explain. ______________________________
___yes I would, if there is a job I would like to pursue, I would change industries to get to my
goals.______________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. Do you think it would be harder to change careers or to change industries? Give an example._____________________
___I think it would be harder to change careers, because the new career is most likely going to be completely different
than what you did before.
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