Career Awareness and
Interest Inventory
Granite Oaks Middle School
Counseling/Guidance Curriculum
2013 - 2014
Objectives
 To
encourage students to begin
thinking about career choices/goals,
and make good decisions about high
school coursework
 Complete an Interest Inventory to help
identify your high interest areas
 Explore careers that match your high
interest areas – the selected careers do
NOT have to be the only careers you
explore
Career Bound – Future Found
Your Future is Now!
1. Who Am I?
Interests & Skills
•What do I like and dislike?
(Interests)
•What do I do well? (Skills)
3. How will I get there?
Academic Plan (Classes)
All good roads to your future go
through high school.
2. Where do I want to go?
Life After High School
•There are a lot of “where’s” –
apprenticeships,
career/technical schools,
employment, military
opportunities, colleges and
universities. It’s important to
choose a “where” that fits you.
University
(Doctorate)
Professional
School
Vocational
Technical School
Middle School
Junior
college
High
School
University
(graduate)
University
(Undergraduate)
Military
What is an interest inventory
 self
assessment tool
 used in career planning
 assesses one's likes and dislikes of a
variety of activities, objects, and
types of persons
 The theory behind interest
inventories: people in the same
career (and satisfied in that career)
have similar interests
Pathways to the World of Careers
Instructions
For each item, answer the
question:
Y for YES and N for NO
Complete the entire inventory,
then put your pencils down
Next step
 Scoring
the Interest Inventory:
– Total the number of Y’s that you circled
straight across (horizontally)
Add totals for A - H
 If
you look at the right hand column,
there are 2 scores for each letter.
 Next you will add totals for A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, and H together.
 Put the total on the bottom line next
to the correct letter. See example:
Career Clusters
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Each letter in the
interest survey
represents a career
cluster
There are 8 different
career clusters
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Agriculture, Food and
Natural Resources
Arts, A/V Technology &
Communications
Business Management/
Finance
Science, Technology,
Engineering & Math
Health Science
Hospitality and Tourism/
Transportation
Manufacturing/
Architecture &
Construction
Human Services/ Law,
Public Safety, Corrections
& Security
Next Step to explore your career
 Turn
your paper over and circle the
letter that corresponds to the highest
numbers from the reverse side.
 Then,
pick two careers from each
column that has the highest
numbers.
High School Electives
 Using
your two career choices, find
the closest career cluster match
 Review the classes related to the
career cluster and your career
choices
 Circle three classes for each career
choice --- these classes may be
available as electives for 9th grade
Exploring Careers
The Next Steps/
Important Information
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Use the NAVIANCE to research 1-2 of your circled
career choices. Find out the following
information:
How much education does the career require?
What type of degree/credential do I need for this career?
What is the salary range – does that vary depending on
where I live?
What other skills would be good for me to have besides the
degree/credential?
What is the outlook for this career – is it a growing or
declining industry?
Log into Naviance at
https://connection.naviance.com/graniteoaks
Your user name is firstname.lastname (ex. john.smith)
Your password is your permanent student ID number
On the home page, click on the
“CAREERS” tab
Click on “Explore Careers & Clusters”
Begin exploring!
Search for
careers
by name
here
Browse
careers
by cluster
here
Using your Information
Once you know the education
requirements of your selected career, you
can choose courses in high school that will
help you achieve that goal
 Begin exploring other ways you can
increase the skills needed for your
selected career
 Talk to people already working in your
selected career
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