Life After High
School
UNIT
Career – long goal
Bridges to a career
College Timeline
World of Work
Career – The Long Goal
Life After High School
Learning OBJECTIVES
The student will
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implement a research process for evaluating a career
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identify the costs and benefits of a career, based on different aspects of an
occupation.
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explain how to determine if someone is suited for an occupation.
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explain how a career interest survey helps students identify careers for which they
may be suited.
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identify sources of information for finding a job.
What is a career?
• having a sense of direction in terms of
possible careers is an important
factor in building financial
independence.
• making a choice about a career can
determine how much income a person
can earn, what they can buy, where
they might live, and how comfortably
they can live.
• the type of career also may impact a
person's happiness or satisfaction
and sense of fulfillment.
Career
Planning in
High
School?
What Career Interests You?
Why?
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Group
Search
Select
Occupation
Occupations
Resources
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Summary Page
Quick-facts table; this feature summarizes key information about the occupation
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Median pay
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Entry-level education
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Work experience in a related occupation
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On-the-job training
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Number of jobs in the base year
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Job outlook
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Employment change
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What They
Do
Definition of the
occupation
Typical duties
Specialties within the
occupation
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Work Environment
Number of jobs in
the base year
Work setting,
including potential
hazards and
physical, emotional,
or mental demands
Work schedules,
including information
on hours worked
and seasonality of
work
Employment by
largest industries
Injuries and
illnesses (if relevant)
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How to
Become One
Typical entry-level education requirements
Important qualities that are helpful in per forming the
work
Typical on-the-job training needed to attain
competency in the occupation (if relevant)
Licenses, certifications, and registrations (if relevant)
Work experience in a related occupation (if relevant)
Other experience (if relevant)
Advancement (if relevant
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Professionl
/ Doctorate
Masters
Degree
Bachelors Degree
Associate Degree
Certification / Diploma
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Median annual or hourly wages
Top 10 percent in wages earned
Bottom 10 percent in wages
earned
Wages earned in top-employing
indus tries
Chart showing median annual or
hourly wages in the occupation in
comparison with median annual
or hourly wage for all occupations
Work schedules
Pay
Union membership (if relevant)
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Job Outlook
Projected change in level and
percentage of employment, including a
discussion of the following factors
affecting occupational employment
change
Industry growth or decline
Technological change
Demand for a product or service
Demographic change
Change in business patterns
Chart showing projected rate of employment growth in the occupation in
comparison with the projected rate of
growth for all occupations
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Job prospects
Expected level of competition (if
applicable): number of applicants versus
number of positions available
Factors that may improve job
prospects
Table showing employment projections
data for the occupations covered in a
profile, with a link to a spreadsheet that
details employment by industry for those
Job Outlook
occupa tions
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State and Area
Data
Links to sources for employment,
wages, and projections data by
state and area
• Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) program annual
employment and wage estimates
for more than 800 occupations
• Projections Central contains
state em ployment projections
developed by Labor Market
Information (LMI) or by individual
state Employment Projections
offices
• CareerOneStop includes
occupational profiles with data by
state and metro area
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Similar Occupations
List of similar occupations, with
summaries of their job duties,
typical education level needed to
enter the occupation, and median
pay
Similar occupations are selected on
the basis of similar work performed
and, in some cases, on the basis of
the skills, education, and/or training
needed to perform the work at a
competent level
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More Info
List of outside associations, organizations, and government agencies that provide
career information for specific occupations. Sources are listed as a service to
readers but are not endorsed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Links to O*NET, which provides comprehensive information on key characteristics
of workers and occupations
Occupational
Profile (4.1)
Go to the Occupational Outlook
Handbook and complete the profile of
an occupation
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Occupational
Profile (4.1)
Cost – Benefit
Analysis (4.2)
What would be the costs and benefits of this
career?
• What they do
• Work enviromment
• How to become one
• Pay
• Job Outlook
Career Cluster Inventory
Circle the items in each box that best describe you
Could be all, could be none – its ok
Add up each box
Homework
Homework
1. Choose a career from the
results of your career
clusters survey:
• Consider ccupation Profile
• Submit Cost – Benefit
Analysis
Homework
2. Complete
Exercise Why Some
Jobs Pay More than
Others