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Monday, February 22, 2021

Explore Careers and College Majors System On Sale!

 

Explore Careers and College Majors System is a personalized, online,  interactive, self-guided career planning and college planning system.

Click on the interactive graphic to learn about the details of the Explore Careers and College Majors System.

Dashboard

The Dashboard is the control center of the Explore Careers and College Major System

There are five sections in the Dashboard -

  • Self Assessments
  • Explore the Possibilities
  • Take Action
  • Career and Education Planning Results
  • Recommended Tools & Websites
  • Self Assessments

Self Assessment


The Self Assessment section begins with the My Academic Strengths.

The results provide an overview of the following areas -

  • Subjects "I do very well"
  • Subjects "I do alright"
  • Subjects "I don't do well"
  • "I never took this subject"

There are four assessments -

  • Work Interest Assessment
  • Personality Assessment
  • Values Assessment
  • Skills Assessment

There are detailed instructions for each assessment.

Explore the Possibilities

The Explore the Possibilities is the Career Exploration, the College Major Exploration and the College Search sections of the Explore Careers and College Major System.

Career Exploration

In the Career Exploration section,

  • You perform personalized career research.
  • You identify potential careers.
  • You begin narrowing career options.

After completing the interests, skills, personality types, and/or values tests, you can personalized occupations to your results and click on any occupation that interests you. 

Then, you filter and personalize occupations by the following criteria -

  • Alphabetically
  • Job Family
  • Green Job
  • Bright Outlook
  • Salary
  • Saved Occupations

After completing Career Exploration, you will -

  • Match Holland Codes to training programs
  • Perform personalized research to identify potential training programs
  • Use training program search web site to find potential training programs

 
Explore and Occupation


The Explore and Occupation section is designed to help you can access college majors or degree programs. 

One method is to click on the Explore any Occupation link. 

Click on any occupation that interests you.   Then, click on Education Requirements.

 Another college major tool is the Explore Any Major Area of Study That Interests You tool.

College Major Exploration

Click on the College Search tool to use excellent college search resources!.

College Search options include -

  • Type of College
  • Enrollment & Costs
  • Majors Offered
  • Test Scores and Selectivity
  • Location
  • Athletics & Activities
  • Search for colleges by name

Take Action

  

The purpose of the Take Action section is to create a personalized road map of your academic and career development activities.  Take Action serves as an online portfolio.

The areas under the Take Action section are -

  • My Education
  • My Professional Development

My Education covers -

  • My Area of Study: Past, Current and Future
  • My Study Abroad: Past, Current and Future
  • My Awards, Research, Publications, Presentations
  • My Campus Involvement: Teams/Clubs/Leadership

 
My Professional Development entails topics such as -

  • My Internships: Past, Current and Future
  • My Work Experience: Past, Current and Future
  • My Volunteer / Community Service Experience: Past, Current and Future
  • My Network of Contacts
  • My Social Networking, Professional Memberships
  • Resume / Cover Letter / Other Documents

Career and Education Planning Results

Career and Education Planning Results are a summary of your personalized assessment results and saved preferences.

 Recommended Tools & Websites

Recommended Tools & Websites include -

  • Job Boards and Internship Opportunities
  • Links to Resources - including extensive online step-by-step tutorial loaded with downloads and websites

Watch video about the Explore Careers and College Majors System.



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Friday, June 08, 2018

Use Your Summer to Reflect on Career Goals!


Take advantage of your summer! Discover your potential and maximize your purpose!  Use one of the most preferred career guidance systems to identify interests, strengths, skills, careers and majors! 

Do you need help navigating through the career planning process?

Get answers to your most popular career decision making questions -
  • What are my strengths, interests and skills?
  • How are my strengths, interests and skills are linked to occupations and degree programs?
  • What are my occupational options?
  • What can I do with my degree program options?
  • What are the educational paths to those occupations?
  • What courses will I need to take?
  • How long will the degree program take?
  • How much will the degree program cost?
  • What financial assistance is available?
To get answers to your questions,  learn about one of the most preferred career guidance systems!

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

Make Different Career Choices in 2018



Are you looking for solutions to answer the question "How do I make different career choices"?

Use our three career discovery steps to make right career choices.

Step One: Get a Clear Career Goal

The first step in making career choices is setting a career goal.

In order to set a career goal, you have to take inventory of yourself to determine what you can offer an employer.

You need to –
  • Build awareness, knowledge and understanding of our strengths, interests, abilities, and skills
  • List your ambitions, values, education, and experiences
  • Determine your job preferences –job duties, salary, geographic location, and work conditions

Step Two: Explore Career Options

 In order to make a career choice, you will need to career exploration resources to gather the following occupational information –
  • Labor market
  • Work industries
  • Companies, organizations, or agencies
  • Specific careers
Use online career exploration resources to identify potential careers.

 Step Three: Overcome Career Roadblocks

When you are trying to reach your goal, there may be obstacles.  You solve career problems by completing the following steps –
  • Identify educational and career planning obstacles
  • Create solutions or courses of action
  • Set achievable goals
  • Resolve conflicts
  • Commit to reach our goals

Problem solving should take into consideration personal interests, skills, values, and financial resources. Big problems are broken down into smaller, more manageable steps. Achievable goals result in the production of new competencies, attitudes, and solutions.

As an individual, you:
  • Set, formulate, prioritize, and rank goals
  • Clearly state our vocational interests, abilities, and values
  • Derive plans or strategies to implement the solutions
  • Make a commitment to complete the plans
  • Understand decision-making processes
  • Evaluate the primary choice
  • Consider a secondary occupational choice, if necessary

Decision-making processes include:
  • Develop a career plan
  • Identify potential occupations
  • Selecting appropriate educational programs
  • Figuring the costs of educational training
  • Considering the impact of career decisions.

Step Four: Execution
You execute your career plans when you use different strategies –
  • Reality testing
  • Social Media
  • Job Search Strategies – Resume Writing and Interview Preparation

Reality Testing
While implementing and, you translate vocational interests, abilities, and skills into job opportunities. You do reality testing by implementing the following strategies –
  • Informational interviewing
  • Networking
  • Job shadowing
  • Internships
  • Part-time employment
  • Full-time employment
  • Volunteer work

Social Media and Networking Tools
 Networking can help you validate your career choices.  You can use a variety of social media tools to learn and connect with professional associations and potential employers. Major networking social media tools are –
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Facebook
Ready to begin planning for the New Year...  Need help deciding?  Contact us at explorecareers@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

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Career Clusters and Holland Codes






Hotel Clerk


The Career Clusters Resources, the Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Connection is a career cluster resource guide that provides information about Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, Holland Codes, career exploration, career jobs, career salary, career research, and career information.
The Career Clusters, the Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Connection provides information on -
  • Background of Career Clusters and Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes
  • Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration/ GOE Codes, and Holland Codes Cross-Reference Tables 1, 2, and 3
    • Table 1: The Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by Holland Codes)
    • Table 2: The Career Clusters, Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by GEO Interest Area)
    • Table 3: The Career Clusters, the Original Guide for Occupational Exploration Codes (GOE), and the Holland Codes Cross-Reference (Sorted by GEO Interest Area)
  • Internet Guide for Occupational Exploration and Career Cluster Resources
    • State Career Clusters Initiative
    • Career Activity Files
    • Career Click
    • Career Cluster Frameworks
    • Career Clusters
    • Career Clusters & Pathways
    • Career Clusters Series
    • Career Prospects System
    • Career Voyages
    • Career Website for Students
    • Cluster and Career Videos
Holland Codes and Career Clusters Resource Posters Set shows the relationships between the Holland Codes and the Department of Education Career Clusters Structure.
The benefits of the Holland Codes and Career Clusters Resource Posters are -
  • Eye appealing - Is a colorful presentation
  • Easy to use - Facilitates learning through the use of graphics
  • Comprehensive - Shows the relationships between careers, interests, Holland Codes, and Career Clusters
  • Easy to understand - Simplifies the understanding of career exploration, Holland Codes, and the Career Clusters
  • Easy scoring - Sorts quickly according to likes and dislikes
  • Reproducible - Print as many posters as you need
The Holland Code and Career Cluster Resource Posters are used to -
  • Provide career exploration classroom activities for middle school students, children, kids, and adults who learn best using visual resources
  • Identify Holland Codes and Career Clusters
  • Identify characteristics of Holland Personality Types
  • Sort occupations according to Holland Codes and Career Clusters
The Holland Code and Career Cluster Resource Posters comes with -
  • Over 200 colorful, illustrated posters
  • Updated instruction sheets
  • Alphabetized poster list
  • State Career Clusters/ Pathways Fact Sheet
  • Super State Career Clusters/ Pathways Fact Sheet
This Holland Code and Career Clusters resource is an excellent supplement to any career education, counseling, coaching, and exploration program. Use the posters in conjunction with any career cluster or Holland Code resource.

Destiny Discovers Purpose
Activity PAK





Activity Sheet

The printed activity sheets have -
  • Six sections
  • 72 items
The printed activity sheets can be administered to groups and individuals.
For the activity sheets, you use paper-and-pencil.
The estimated time to complete the activity sheets is 30 minutes, and activity sheets are self–scoring.

Color Chart


Color key

The Color Chart provides information about forty-four careers:
  • Job Titles
  • Color Career Group

Detectives of the Bible Club
(DBC)





Detective of the bible Club


Now is the time to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values!
Unlock your potential!
Discover who you really are and KNOW your likes, dislikes, and interests.
Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
Find the right training programs matches your interests.
Succeed in planning a career.

The Detectives of the Bible Club is a fun, interactive way to explore the Word of God.
Each lesson is packed full of activities -
  • Bible stories
  • Bible verses
  • Coloring sheets
  • Crossword puzzle
  • Solving Cases Sheets
  • Bible Word Studies
  • Question and answer sheets

Good for Family Bible Studies!


Learn about some of the heroes from the Bible -
  • Jesus
  • David
  • Joshua
  • Abraham
  • Noah
  • Daniel
  • Mary
crossword puzzle

Good Character Building Curriculum!


The Detective of the Bible Club (DBC) has three areas -
  • Become a Detective of the Bible
  • Learn Hebrew and Greek
    • Flash Cards
    • Coloring Sheets
    • Bingo Cards
  • Seek the Holy Spirit
    • Fruit of the Spirit
    • Building Godly Character
The table of contents from a Detective of the Bible Club lesson covers -

Volume 1: Detectives of the Bible Club Manual
Leaders’ Guide
A Cry from the Heart
Inspector's Pledge of Support
Biblical Guide to Train up a Child
Detectives of the Bible Club Theme Song
Bible Guest - David
Where Is The Story Of David – The Chosen One?
Where Is 1 Samuel 17?
Bible Guest - Jesus Born In Bethlehem
Who Is Jesus?
Where is the Story of a King is Born?
Where Is Luke 2:6 - 7
Bible Guest - Joshua
Where is the Story of a New Leader?
Bible Guest - Jesus at the Age of Twelve
Where is the Story of Boy in the Temple?
Where is Luke 2:46?

The special, illustrated, 383 page PDF Edition comes with -
  • Bible stories
  • Bible verses
  • Coloring sheets
  • Crossword puzzle
  • Solving Cases Sheets
  • Bible Word Studies
  • Question and answer sheets

Faith-Based Career Planning Curriculum


The faith based career planning curriculum covers the following areas -
  • Holland codes
  • Interests, Abilities, and skills
  • Careers
  • College Majors
  • Job Search Resources
Use the career planning curriculum at -
  • Private Schools
  • Homeschool Students
  • Youth Groups
  • Work Force Programs
  • Church Afterschool Programs
  • Bible Studies
  • Retreats
  • Bible Schools
Here is the table of contents from the faith based career planning curriculum -
  • Three Steps Within the Career Planning and Exploration Process
  • Biblical Principles
  • Step One: Awareness, Knowledge, and Assessment
    • Types of Career Planning Resources
    • Examples of Holland Codes Resources
    • Holland Career Personalities
    • Four Personal Styles
    • Biblical Examples for Holland Personality Types
    • Holland Code Assessments
    • Holland Codes Resource Book
    • Activity Sheet for “Holland” Career Assessment
  • Biblical Principles
  • Step Two: Educational and Occupational Exploration
    • Internet Career Exploration Resources
    • Career Book Resources
  • Biblical Principles
  • Step Three: Career Planning
    • Holland Codes and College Majors
    • Resume Writing
    • Resume Writing Web Sites
    • Biblical Principles
    • Preparing for an Interview
Use the curriculum to provide career advice for youth and adults. Career planning also involves finding the right career resource. Use career job test to uncover -
  • Interests
  • Abilities
  • Skills
  • Talents
Use career search sites, career development software, and career planning books to provide -
  • College major information
  • Career job opportunities
  • Career education requirements
  • Career clusters information
  • Transferable skills sets
As you search for college major information, ask yourself the following questions:
  • What are my vocational interests, abilities, skills, and talents?
  • What are the steps that are necessary to develop the interests, abilities, skills, and talents that I possess?
  • What are the career goal setting steps that I need to do?
  • What career tests are available?
  • What college major information is available?

Green Careers and Holland Codes Fact Sheets

Green Careers and Holland Codes Download

Find Holland Codes for more than 200 green careers in these twelve sectors below.
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Trading
  • Environment Protection
  • Governmental and Regulatory Administration
  • Green Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction
  • Renewable Energy Generation
  • Research, Design, and Consulting Services
  • Transportation

Green Careers and Holland Codes Posters

Green Careers and Holland Codes Poster Collection

Use Green Careers – Unlock Your Future posters as a guide to help you:
  • Identify interests and Holland Codes
  • Match Holland Codes to careers
  • Gain awareness of Green Careers
Find Holland Codes for more than 100 green careers in these twelve sectors below.
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Trading
  • Environment Protection
  • Governmental and Regulatory Administration
  • Green Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction
  • Renewable Energy Generation
  • Research, Design, and Consulting Services
  • Transportation

Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents

Children Unlock Treasure Chest, Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children has information on career exploration web sites and books.
There are the different types of Children Unlock Treasure Chest, Exploring Careers Web Sites
  • Curriculum
  • Career Information
  • Career Groups – Science
  • Specific Careers — Science


Career Kid Curriculum Websites

Resource One: Career Cruiser

career cruiser
The Career Cruiser is a career kid site/ guidebook for middle school students. The Career Cruiser has self — assessment activities to match personal interests to careers. The Career Cruiser has information on Holland Codes. Careers are grouped into 16 career clusters. The Career Cruiser has information on occupational descriptions, average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job.
A Teacher’s Guide is also available.

Resource Two: Elementary Core Career Connection



career connection
The Core Career Connections is a career kid collection of instructional activities, K — 6 and 7 — 8, designed by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align directly with state department of education requirements. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers, counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level grade students.

Career Kid Information

Resource Four: Career Ship

career ship
Career Shipis a free online career teen exploration tool for middle and high school students.
Career Ship uses Holland Codes and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools.
For each career, Career Ship provides the following information:
  • Tasks
  • Wages
  • Career outlook
  • Interests
  • Education
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Similar careers
Career Ship is a product a public—service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.

Resource Six: Destination 2020

destination 2020
Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will need to face the many challenges of the workforce.
Skills are linked to –
  • School Subjects
  • Other School Activities
  • Play Activities At Home
  • Work at Home
Through career teen quizzes, activities and articles, students find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future. There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are describing what a day at work is like for them.

Career Kid Career Groups Websites — Science

Resource Eight: EEK! Get a Job – Environmental Education for Kids

Eek! Get a Job
Eek! Get a Job – Environmental Education for Kids is a career kid site/ electronic magazine for children in grades 4 — 8. Eek! Get a Job provides information about –
  • Forestry
  • Hydrogeologist
  • Engineering
  • Herpetologist
  • Park Ranger
  • Wildlife Biologist
  • Park Naturalist
There is a job description for each career, a list of job activities, suggested activities to begin exploring careers, and needed job skills.

Resource Eleven: San Diego Zoo Job Profiles for Kids


San Diego Zoo is a career kid website that has job profiles. Job Profiles discussed jobs for people who –
  • Work with animals
  • Work with plants
  • Work with science and conservation
  • Work with people
  • Work that helps run the Zoo and Park
There are activities listed under each area, for example –
  • What we do
  • What’s cool about this job
  • Job challenges
  • How this job helps animals
  • How to get a job like this
  • Practice Being a …
  • How to Become a …

Specific Career Kid Websites — Science

Resource Fourteen: About Veterinarians

Veterinarian
About Veterinarians is a website that has career kid facts about –
  • What is a Veterinarian?
  • Veterinary Education
  • Roles of Veterinarians
  • Employment Outlook
  • Becoming a Veterinary Technician

Resource Sixteen: Engineering – The Stealth Profession

Engineering
Engineering – The Stealth Profession has a lot of career kid information about engineers –
  • Types of Engineers
  • True Stories
  • Salaries
  • Education Required
  • Work Schedules
  • Equipment Used

Resource Eighteen: Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist?

Volcanologist
Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? provides career kid descriptions of the –
  • Word ″Volcanologist″
  • Daily work
  • Traits for success
  • Education
  • Salaries

ONET and Holland Codes

ONET Model
Benefits
The benefits of the O*NET Codes and Holland Codes Fact Sheets are -
  • Low cost
  • Easy to read format
  • Comprehensive and detailed lists
  • Latest career information
  • Links between Holland Codes and O*NET Codes
  • Summary of information from reliable source - Occupational Information Network
Using the ONET, the Occupational Information Network, Hollandcodees.com is preparing FACT SHEETS that will highlight the relationship between careers, O*NET Codes, Holland Codes, and the following factors –
  • Tasks
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Abilities
  • Work Activities
  • Work Context
  • Job Zone
  • Interests
  • Work Values
Source: O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools
DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration) is the exclusive owner of all rights under U.S. copyright laws and international treaty provisions in the O*NET ™ Career Exploration Tools. Any other copyright notices refer only to Learning for Life Resource Center's original work in the product.
O*NET and O*NET IN IT and logos are trademarks of the DOL/ETA (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration).

Use the O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists to compare the O*NET Codes to the careers listed in the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes. Save time and effort.

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists the -
  • O*NET-SOC Code
  • O*NET-SOC Job Title
  • Holland Codes
  • Description
Alphabetized O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets lists the -
  • O*NET-SOC Code
  • O*NET-SOC Job Title
  • Holland Codes
Educational Levels O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Educational Levels Required for Different Occupations lists the required levels of education from the selected sample. The largest number of people had one of the following levels of education -
  • Less than a High School Diploma
  • High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
  • Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades)
  • Some College Courses
  • Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
  • Master's Degree
  • Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
  • First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession
  • Doctoral Degree
  • Post-Doctoral Training
Ability O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Ability Areas for Different Occupations lists the following Ability Areas -
  • Cognitive Abilities — Abilities that influence the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solvingnformation Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
    • Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
    • Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
    • Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
    • Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
    • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Physical Abilities — Abilities that influence strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination.
  • Psychomotor Abilities — Abilities that influence the capacity to manipulate and control objects
  • Sensory Abilities — Abilities that influence visual, auditory and speech perception
Job Zones, O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Job Zones lists the following Job Zones -
  • Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
  • Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
  • Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
  • Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
  • Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
For each Job Level, there is information about -
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Examples of job skills
  • Examples of occupations
Knowledge Areas, O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Knowledge Areas lists the following Knowledge Areas -
  • Knowledge — Organized sets of principles and facts applying in general domains.
  • Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  • Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
  • Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
  • Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
  • Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
  • Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
  • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  • Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
  • English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
  • Food Production — Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
  • Foreign Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
  • Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
  • History and Archeology — Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
  • Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  • Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  • Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
  • Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
  • Philosophy and Theology — Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
  • Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
  • Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  • Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  • Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  • Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
  • Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
  • Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
  • Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  • Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Skills Areas, O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets

O*NET Codes and Holland Codes FACT Sheets - Skills Areas
Skills may be further divided into basic skills & cross-functional skills -
  • Basic skills, such as reading, facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge.
  • Cross-functional skills, such as problem solving, extend across several domains of activities.
Basic Skills — Developed capacities that facilitate learning or the more rapid acquisition of knowledge
  • Content — Background structures needed to work with and acquire more specific skills in a variety of different domains
  • Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  • Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
  • Process — Procedures that contribute to the more rapid acquisition of knowledge and skill across a variety of domains.
  • Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
  • Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Cross-Functional Skills — Developed capacities that facilitate performance of activities that occur across jobs
  • Social Skills — Developed capacities used to work with people to achieve goals
  • Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  • Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
  • Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
  • Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
  • Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
  • Complex Problem Solving Skills — Developed capacities used to solve novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.
  • Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Technical Skills — Developed capacities used to design, set-up, operate, and correct malfunctions involving application of machines or technological systems.
  • Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
  • Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
  • Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  • Installation — Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
  • Programming — Writing computer programs for various purposes.
  • Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
  • Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
  • Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
  • Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
  • Systems Skills — Developed capacities used to understand, monitor, and improve socio-technical systems.
  • Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
  • Resource Management Skills — Developed capacities used to allocate resources efficiently.
  • Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Management of Financial Resources — Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
  • Management of Material Resources — Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
  • Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Rainbow Career Awareness System

See Rainbow Careers is a fun way to introduce children to careers. Careers are like rainbows. The world is filled with 1000's of careers.
Open your child's eyes to the wonderful world of careers.
Discover your child's career interests. Learn about how careers are broken up into six career groups.
The Elementary School Career Exploration Kit contains the following items -

See Rainbow Careers Career Book, and
iPod/ iPad App


The See Rainbow Careers book is now available at the iTunes store.
The See Rainbow Careers book -
  • Has six sections and 40 colorful pages
  • Provides information about –
    • Career group characteristics
    • Career interest areas
    • Careers
  • Uses vibrant colors, animated graphics, and VISUAL learning techniques to help children build an career awareness
  • Clarifies thoughts, integrates new knowledge, and promotes critical thinking. New concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.
  • Organizes and analyzes information.
  • Improves
    • Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
    • Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
    • Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.

red careers

Children, youth, and adults -
  • See how colors are connected to careers
  • Realize how careers can be grouped and organized
Use the career book at -
  • Home
  • Schools
  • Boys and Girls Clubs
  • YMCA/ YWCA Programs
  • Afterschool Programs
  • Kids Go To Work Days
  • Career Days
  • Summer School Programs
The career book is an career activities for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS and for other people -
  • Who are In ESL/GED programs
  • Who have limited reading ability
  • Who have limited knowledge of English
  • Who are developmentally delayed
  • Who are learning disabled
  • Who have special needs
  • Who have limited access to education
  • Who are chronically unemployed
The See Rainbow Careers is an app listed on the iTunes Store. The See Rainbow Careers book is compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Order the See Rainbow Careers iTunes App at the iTunes store.

Unit Plan, Instruction Sheets, and Question and Answer Sheets


Reference Materials include Unit Plan, Instruction Sheets, and Question and Answer Sheets.
The Unit Plan covers -
  • Standards
  • Performance Goals
  • Academic Content Area(s)
  • Unit Assessment
  • Brief Summary
  • References
The Instruction Sheets provide the step-by-step for using -
The Question and Answer Sheets is an excellent review for the information covered in the See Rainbow Careers book. Summarize key information concurrently, or use the sheets as a review.

Activity Sheets


Activity Sheet

The printed activity sheets have -
  • Six sections
  • 72 items
The printed activity sheets can be administered to groups and individuals.
For the activity sheets, you use paper-and-pencil.
The estimated time to complete the activity sheets is 30 minutes, and activity sheets are self–scoring.


Color Chart


Colorkey

The Color Chart provides information about forty-four careers:
  • Job Titles
  • Color Career Group

Posters






kid career test


Over three hundred (300) posters feature graphics, interest areas, and careers. The posters are easy scoring. You sort the posters quickly according to likes and dislikes. At the end of the poster sorting exercise, you will have your Holland Code. The posters are an excellent way to explore careers. The poster shows you’re the relationship between Holland Codes and careers.

Bingo Cards Sets

The purpose of the Bingo Cards are to help the students:
  • Discover their interests, abilities, and skills.
  • Find out what makes their personality tick.
  • Explore careers with middle school students, children, and kids.
  • Link careers to interests, abilities and skills.
The Bingo Cards have -
  • Bingo Card Set
  • Bingo Master
  • Bingo Master Cutouts
  • Bingo Instruction Sheet

Rainbow Career Awareness System

Entire Career Awareness System contains -
  • Unit Plan
  • Instruction Sheet
  • Question and Answer Sheets
  • Activity Sheets
  • Bingo Cards
  • Color/ Career Chart
  • Posters
Book (iPhone/ iPad App) sold separately at the iTunes store.

Unlock Your Treasure Chest

New Unlock Your Treasure Chest

Find the right career!


Now is the time to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values!
Unlock your potential!
Discover who you really are and KNOW your likes, dislikes, and interests.
Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
Find the right training programs matches your interests.
Succeed in planning a career.

unlock treasure chest


The Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys! Guide to Career Planning is a step-by-step guide to explore careers and college majors. Use the guidebook to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values.
  • Discover who you really are and KNOW your likes, dislikes, and interests.
  • Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
  • Find training programs that are a match to the careers that they are interested.
  • Succeed in planning a career.
Parents, you have a motivational tool to guide your teen or young adults as they explore careers and college majors.
Teachers, you have a classroom activities that is the resource for preparing career and college major exploration classes.

The Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys Guide to Career Planning is used in conjunction with the My Career Profile. Dr. Frank Minor, CEO of Career Dimensions has endorsed the Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys. Guide to Career Planning.

The Unlock the Treasure Chest has 4 sections –
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent and Teacher Guide
  • Guide to Career Exploration and Planning
  • Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens
  • Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook
awareness

Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent, Teacher, and Adult Guide outlines the process of selecting a career assessment. The selection process includes –
  • Introduction to Career Planning
  • Steps to Self Awareness
  • Tools To Assess Self Awareness
  • Selection of a Career Assessment or Test
  • Career Test Checklist
  • Features Of Career Self Assessments Tests
The Guide to Career Exploration and Planning is for teens or adults who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of career planning process.

career planning map



The topics included in the Guide are -


  • Career Planning Map
  • Self-Analysis, Self Awareness, or Self Assessment
  • Self Awareness
  • Tools to Awareness
    • Interests Inventory
    • Values Inventory
    • Skills Inventory
    • Personality Styles Inventory
    • Career Match Making Using Interests, Values, Skills, and Personality Styles
  • Career Exploration
    • Database of 1200+ careers
    • Research A Career Tool
    • Career Profile
    • Research career information
Each career profile has the following information –
  • Overview
  • Skills
  • Values
  • Outlook
  • Earning
  • Interest Profile
  • Working Conditions
  • Contact Info
  • Areas of Study
  • Search for Schools

college exploration

The College Major Exploration section has -
  • Database of 6000+ Schools
  • Career Exploration Tool
  • College Majors Exploration Tool
Each school profile lists the following information –
  • Location of School
  • Majors Areas of Study
  • Name of School
  • Size and Cost
  • Region in the USA
  • Type of School
Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens include additional information from the following areas –
  • Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
  • Career Exploration Sites
  • College Majors Exploration Resources

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The Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook are an additional bonus for teachers and counselors. These screenshots are excellent for group presentations. The screenshots present the concepts covered in the Guidebook. With each purchase, you will receive PDF and Powerpoint versions of the Visual Aids. The Unlock the Treasure Chest. You Have the Keys. Guide to Career Planning is a toolkit for teachers or counselors preparing students for graduation and transition into post-secondary training programs.

Get the keys from our download library.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Top Career Web Sites for Children and Teens

Career assessments and tests help you explore who you. Career books and web sites give you a glimpse of the world of work. Free career information is available on web sites. Some writers have written facts for children and teens. We would like to share some information with you. These web sites use graphics, multimedia presentation, activities, and other techniques to expand our knowledge of careers. We have written information on seventeen (17) web sites.

Here are the four different types of exploring careers web sites:
Curriculum
General Career Information
Science Career Clusters
Specific Science Careers

Curriculum Web Sites

Curriculum web sites provide activities, tests, guidelines, as well as career information.

Resource One: Career Cruiser Source: Florida Department of Education

The Career Cruiser is a career exploration guidebook for middle school students. The Career Cruiser has self assessment activities to match personal interests to careers. The Career Cruiser has information on Holland Codes. Careers are grouped into 16 career clusters. The Career Cruiser has information on occupational descriptions, average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job.

Teacher's Guide is also available.

Resource Two: Elementary Core Career Connection Source: Utah State Office of Education

The Core Career Connections is a collection of instructional activities, K to 6, and 7 to 8, designed by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align directly with the Utah State Core. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers, counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level grade students.

Career Information Web Sites

Some web sites provide excellent career information. Some web sites list facts about job tasks, wages, career outlook, interests, education, and more.

Resource Three: Career Voyages Source: U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education

The Career Voyages web site is a Career Exploration web site for Elementary School students. The Career Voyages web site has information about the following industries:

Advanced Manufacturing
Automotive
Construction
Energy
Financial Services
Health Care
Hospitality
Information Technology
Retail
Transportation
Aerospace and the "BioGeoNano" Technologies

Resource Four: Career Ship
Source: New York State Department of Labor

Career Ship is a free online career exploration tool for middle and high school students. Career Ship uses Holland Codes and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools. For each career, Career Ship provides the following information:

Tasks
Wages
Career outlook
Interests
Education
Knowledge
Skills
Similar careers

Career Ship is a product of Mapping Your Future, a public service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.

RESOURCE FIVE: Career Zone
Source: New York State Department of Labor

Career Zone is a career exploration and planning system. Career Zone has an assessment activity that identifies Holland Codes. Career Zone provides information on 900 careers from the new O*NET Database, the latest labor market information from the NYS Department of Labor and interactive career portfolios for middle and high school students that connect to the NYS Education Department Career Plan initiative. Career Zone has links to college exploration and planning resources, 300 career videos, resume builder, reference list maker, and cover letter application.

Resource Six: Destination 2020
Source: Canada Career Consortium

Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will need to face the many challenges of the workforce.

Skills are linked to:

School Subjects
Other School Activities
Play Activities At Home
Work at Home

Through quizzes, activities and articles, they might actually find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future. There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are describing what a day at work is like for them.

Resource Seven: What Do You Like
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

What Do You Like is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Career web site for kids. The web site provides career information for students in Grades 4 to 8. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook,a career guidance publication for adults and upper level high school students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations. Careers are matched to interests and hobbies. In the Teacher's Guide, there are twelve categories and their corresponding occupations.

Science Career Clusters

Some organizations have created web sites that feature science careers.

Resource Eight: EEK! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids
Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Eek! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids is an electronic magazine for kids in grades 4 to 8. Eek! Get a Job provides information about:

Forestry
Hydrogeologist
Engineering
Herpetologist
Park Ranger
Wildlife Biologist
Park Naturalist

There is a job description for each career, a list of job activities, suggested activities to begin exploring careers, and needed job skills.

Resource Nine: GetTech
Source: National Association of Manufacturers, Center for Workforce Success, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S Department of Labor

Get Tech is a educational web site that provides CAREER EXPLORATION information.
Get Tech has information about the following industries:

New Manufacturing
Information Technology
Engineering and Industrial Technology
Biotechnology and Chemistry
Health and Medicine
Arts & Design

Within each area, there are examples of careers.

Each career profile gives:

General description
Salary
Number of people employed to job
Number of jobs available in the future
Place of work
Level of education required
Location of training programs: University Pharmacy Programs.
Courses needed

There is a Get Tech Teacher's Guide.

Resource Ten: LifeWorks
Source: National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education

LifeWorks is a career exploration web site for middle and high school students. LifeWorks has information on more than 100 medical science and health careers. For each career, LifeWorks has the following information:

Title
Education required
Interest area
Median salary
True stories of people who do the different jobs

LifeWorks has a Career Finder that allows you to search by Name of Job, Interest Area, Education Required, or Salary.

Resource Eleven: San Diego Zoo Job Profiles for Kids
Source: San Diego Zoo

San Diego Zoo Job Profiles discussed jobs for people who:

Work with animals
Work with plants
Work with science and conservation
Work with people
Work that helps run the Zoo and Park

There are activities listed under each area, for example:

What we do
What is cool about this job
Job challenges
How this job helps animals
How to get a job like this
Practice Being a ...
How to Become a ...

Resource Twelve: Scientists in Action!
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior

Scientists in Action features summaries of the lives of people involved in careers in the natural sciences:

Mapping the planets
Sampling the ocean floor
Protecting wildlife
Forecasting volcanic eruptions

Resource Twelve: Want To Be a Scientist?
Source: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of the Agriculture

Want To Be a Scientist is a career exploration web site for kids about 8 to 13 years old. Want To Be a Scientist has a series of job descriptions, stories, and other resources about what scientists do here at the ARS.

These stories include information about:

Plant Pathologist
Chemist
Soil Scientist
Entomologist
Animal Scientist
Microscopist
Plant Physiologist

Specific Science Careers

The last group of web sites is dedicated to providing information on specific science careers, for example veterinarians,

Resource Thirteen: About Veterinarians
Source: American Veterinary Medical Association

About Veterinarians has facts about:

What is a Veterinarian?
Becoming a Veterinarian
Making a Career Decision
What Personal Abilities Does a Veterinarian Need?
What Are the Pluses and Minuses of a Veterinary Career?
Veterinary Education
General Information
After Graduation From Veterinary School
General Information
School Statistics
Preparation Advice
Preveterinary Coursework
Where Most Schools Are Located
About School Accreditation
The Phases of Professional Study
The Clinical Curriculum
The Academic Experience
Roles of Veterinarians
Private Practice
Teaching and Research
Regulatory Medicine
Public Health
Uniformed Services
Private Industry
Employment Outlook
Employment Forecast
The Advantage of Specializing
Statistics
Greatest Potential Growth Areas
Other Professional Directions
AVMA Veterinary Career Center
Becoming a Veterinary Technician
Your Career in Veterinary Technology
Duties and Responsibilities
Career Opportunities
Education Required
Distance Learning
Salary
Professional Regulations
Organizations
Further Information

Resource Fourteen: Aquarium Careers
Source: Monterey Bay Aquarium

Aquarium Careers features careers information. For each Staff Profiles, there is Educational Background and Skills Needed. The Staff Profiles include:

Aquarist
Education Specialist
Exhibits Coordinator
Exhibit Designer
Research Biologist
Science Writer

The Aquarium Careers web site answers the following questions:

What should I do now to prepare for a career in marine biology?
Where can I find a good college for marine biology?
What should be my college major?
How do I pick a graduate school?
I'm not sure of my area of interest. What should I do?

Marine Science Career Resources include information on:

Marine Advanced Technology Education
Marine Mammal Center, California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California
Scripps Library
Sea Grant
Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Resource Fifteen: Engineering The Stealth Profession
Source: Discover Engineering

Engineering The Stealth Profession has a lot of information about engineers:

Types of Engineers
Aerospace Engineering
Ceramic/Materials Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical/Computer Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Other Engineers
True Stories
Salaries
Education Required
Work Schedules
Equipment Used

Resource Sixteen: Sea Grant Marine Careers
Source: Marine Careers

Sea Grant Marine Careers gives you facts about marine career fields and to people working in those fields. Sea Grant Marine Careers outlines information on:

Marine Biology
Oceanography
Ocean Engineering
Related Fields

In each area, there is a detailed description of the type of the work that the scientists do. There are feature stories for different scientists in the career field.

The career profiles include information on:

What is your current job and what does it entail?
What was the key factor in your career decision?
What do you like most about your career?
What do you like least about your career?
What do you do to relax?
Who are your heroes/heroines?
What advice would you give a high school student who expressed an interest in pursuing a career in your field?
Are career opportunities in your field increasing or decreasing and why?
What will you be doing 10 years from today?
What is the salary range?

Resource Seventeen: Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist?
Source: Volcano World

Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? provides the following descriptions:

The Word Volcanologist
Daily work
Traits for success
Education
Salaries

Career web sites help you build awareness of the different aspects of careers: the tasks, wages, career outlook, interests, education, knowledge, and skills. We know that you will be fun exploring careers.

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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Teachers and Counselors, Help Your Students Become Career Explorers

As teachers and counselors, you help students explore careers.

You aid your students as they search for meaning, purpose, and direction.
You see their talents.
You know their interests, abilities, and skills.
You help students plan for the future.

You understand students. You know that students -
  • Are curious
  • Love colorful, multimedia presentations
  • Use their senses and imaginations in career exploration
You have searched for tools that will help you unlock their potentials.

Tips for Finding the Right Career Tool

Career tools help your students explore who they really are. Career tools include career tests, assessments, games, web sites, and books. Career tests answer the question "Who am I?" Career assessments point out your students' likes, dislikes, or interests. Kid career tools should be fun, educational, and not boring.

Search for the resource that meets your students' needs. Look at the benefits. Find tests, assessments, games, web sites, and books that are -
  • Eye appealing
  • Easy to use
  • Full of resources
With the right resource, students are ready and willing to -
  • Explore
  • Investigate
  • Learn
  • Ask questions
  • Enjoy discovering who they are
  • Gain knowledge, wisdom, and understanding
An effective career tool motivates your students to explore careers. Creative career tools build a foundation for more detailed career exploration.

Step One: Select a Career Test

How do you choose the right career test? Look at 3 major areas -
  • Format, e.g. Printed, CD-ROM, or on-line
  • Cost -$10, $12, $15, $20 or more
  • Resources - Information on interests, skills, and careers
When you look at a career test, ask yourself the following questions -
  • What do your students prefer? Printed or on-line career test?
  • What is your budget for the tests?
  • What resources do you have? Do you have a computer lab?
Find career tests that your students are interested in and that provide valuable information about careers and your student's interests. Look at career tests that use well-known career models. Match students' interest clusters to career or job codes. Use newer color-coded career tests that simply career models. The use of colors improves attention span, concentration, memory skills, and understanding. As students grow older, continue to use career models expand their knowledge of careers and college majors. There are a variety of career tests for youth, college students, and adults.

Step Two: Explore Career Web Sites and Books

Career tests prepare students to explore careers. Gather information about fun, informative, and attractive career exploration web sites and books. Look for web sites and books that provide career information about -
  • Tasks
  • Wages
  • Career outlook
  • Interests
  • Education
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Similar careers
Examples of kid career explorationweb sites and books are -
  • Career Ship
  • What Do You Like
  • Eek! Get a Job
  • GetTech.org
  • LifeWorks
  • Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Career Ideas for Kids Book Series
  • I Want To Be Book Series
Career exploration is a process. As teachers and counselors, use resources that make your journey enjoyable, educational, and effective. Plan successful kid career exploration expeditions.

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