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Researching Careers

Researching Careers. Chapter #2. Chapter Objectives. Identify methods to research careers such as traditional resources, the Internet, and informational strategies. Explain how part-time work can help you gain insight in making future career plans.

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Researching Careers

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  1. Researching Careers Chapter #2

  2. Chapter Objectives • Identify methods to research careers such as traditional resources, the Internet, and informational strategies. • Explain how part-time work can help you gain insight in making future career plans. • Formulate key questions to ask in assessing a career opportunity. • Understand the characteristics of a career profile.

  3. Career Clusters • The U.S. Office of Education divides careers into 16 clusters, including: • Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. • Architecture and Construction. • Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications. • Business, Management, and Administration. • Education and Training. • Finance. • Government and Public Administration. • Health Science. • Hospitality and Tourism. • Human Services. • Information Technology. • Law, Public Safety, and Security. • Manufacturing • Marketing, Sales, and Service. • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. • Transportations, Distribution, and Logistics.

  4. Research– It’s Right Before Your Very Eyes • You can research careers informally by: • Being aware of the world around you • Talking to friends and family • Using media resources.

  5. Formal Research • You can research careers formally by: • Using books, magazines, and other printed matter. • Examples: • Dictionary of Occupational Titles. • Occupational Outlook Handbook. • Guide for Occupational Exploration. • Audio and video recordings. • Computerized job resources.

  6. Internet Job Services • You can obtain up-to-date career information on the Internet. • Internet Job Services: • Web sites, newsgroups, and bulletin boards created by trade organizations, companies, and individuals designed for job recruitment and career research. • Ohio Career Information System (OCIS)

  7. Exploratory Interviews • You can research a career and then interview someone who works in that field. • Exploratory Interview: • A short, informal talk with someone who works in a career that appeals to you.

  8. Part-Time Work • You can obtain part-time work in many different ways: • Through Educational Programs • Cooperative Program: • When local corporations team up with schools, hiring students to perform jobs that are taught in their high school classes. • Job shadowing: • Involves following a worker for a few days on the job. • Volunteering • Internships: • A more formal position and usually requires a longer-term commitment than volunteering. • Service Learning: • Community service becomes part of schoolwork.

  9. What to Research? • Consider whether the values that a career reinforces match your values. • Investigate exactly what tasks and responsibilities a career entails. • Look for a career that balances working with data, people, and things in a way that suits you. • Evaluate the work environment a career offers. • Work Environment: • Your physical and social surroundings at work. • Find out if scheduling flexibility is possible within a career. • Flextime: • Workers construct their work schedules to suit their lives.

  10. What to Research? • Determine what aptitudes and abilities you have that a career requires. • Investigate the education and training you need for a career. • Many career resources describe the salary ranges of different careers. • Benefits: • Employment extras. • Consider whether the number of people working in a career is expected to increase or decrease in the future. • Consider careers in the growing global economy.

  11. Homework Assignment • Read Chapter #14: “Researching Careers” (pgs. 263- 275) in the “From School to Work” textbook. • Answer Questions #1- 14 under the “Fact in Review” section on pg. 276.

  12. Bibliography • Kimbrell, G., & Vineyard, B. (2006) “Succeeding in the world of work.” Glencoe McGraw-Hill; New York.

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