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Choices Exploring. A Brief Introduction to Career Planning JHHS CTE – Spring 2012. Logging On. Go to bridges.com Use the “Site ID” tab JHHS Login Info: Site ID: 10000358 PW: E7g9w4D8. Bridges.com. Select “Choices Planner”. Select Interest Profiler. Answer the questions.
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Choices Exploring A Brief Introduction to Career Planning JHHS CTE – Spring 2012
Logging On • Go to bridges.com • Use the “Site ID” tab • JHHS Login Info: • Site ID: 10000358 • PW: E7g9w4D8
Bridges.com Select “Choices Planner”
Answer the questions • Don’t think about “Right now” – think about what you would like to do in the future • When you are done, you’ll see your results • Scroll down to read your top interest areas and top Career Clusters – you’ll include information about these in the email to your teacher
Read about interpreting your results and then browse the results
Careers are listed in alphabetical order! • Because we just did a very basic interest survey, your results are fairly broad • Careers are listed in alphabetical order • Select 5 careers suggested for you, and respond to the questions about this career in your email • You’ll do a more detailed career analysis on one of these five careers on Thursday
Interested in a more detailed career finder? • Ask Mr. Shuptrine or Mrs. Sanchez – we can set you up with more detailed searches that will give you lots more information.
Career Research Activity • Download the Career Research powerpoint template from mrssanchez.com • View the grading rubric • Log back on to bridges.com to access the research materials
Select a career cluster and a career inside that cluster • Look at the details for the career • All the info for the research is included here
Job Outlook • Pay special attention to the “job outlook” section • This incudes information about whether this career is expected to be stable, decline or have growth over the next 10 years • This information is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)