Career Research Outline, Poster & Presentation Project
Outline & Poster: You will create a poster (real one this time) about a career you are interested in. The
poster will focus on the following important aspects:
 Educational requirements
o Does this career require a college or technical degree?
o How many years of school?
o What are good colleges to attend for this career?
 Required Skills
o What skills does the career require?
o Do you have to have these skills in order to have this career?
 Salary
o What is the annual salary or hourly rate?
o Does it stay the same or does it increase annually?
o What is the least you could make? Most?
o Does education make a difference in salary?
 Job Duties & Type of Work
o What is the job description?
o What hours/days are required to work?
o Is this a career that can be found in any city?
o Is this work done inside or outdoors?
 Job Benefits & Job Drawbacks
o What are the benefits of this career?
o What are some things that may not be so great about the career?
Presentation: You will be presenting your poster. You may use note cards as guides, but DO NOT
READ FROM THEM!!! See the oral presentation rubric for complete details.
**Use the rubric when making the outline, poster and presentation, as guidelines for the project.
Name_______________________________
Points
Rubric for Career Research Outline
Ideas & Content( 30 points) :
The outline …
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 Has a Thesis Statement
 Has completed I, II, III, IV, V in complete sentences
Organization (15 points):
Sentence Outline Format
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 Uses the correct outline format

Roman numerals, letters, and numbers
Correct, Accurate Copy (10 points):
 Spelling, grammar, & punctuation
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 Typed, 12 font, Times New Roman, MLA Heading and page
requirements
_____ Works Cited (15 points)
Rubric for Career Research Project Poster
Appearance & Creativity (20 points):
 neatness
 use of color
 use of whole board
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 pictures
 charts
 data or objects
_____
Content (30 points):
 Educational
requirements

Job Duties &
Type of Work

Required Skills

Job Benefits &
Job Drawbacks
Oral Presentation (30 points) *see rubric
TOTAL FOR PROJECT (150 points)
Comments:
150

Salary
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Rubric for Career Research Project Poster
Appearance & Creativity (20 points):
 neatness
 use of color

 pictures
Content (30 points):
 Educational
requirements
_____

Job Duties &
Type of Work

charts


Required Skills

Job Benefits &
Job Drawbacks
use of whole board
data or objects

Salary