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1. CM4.01: Apply career research skills to access accurate, current, and unbiased career information. Free Powerpoint Templates

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3. Benefits: Financial help in time of sickness, old age, disability, or the like. Bias: To prejudice or present information in a slanting manner. Career outlook: The number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future. Dictionary of Occupational Titles(DOT): Book that describes thousands of jobs in detail. CM004 Terms

4. Entrepreneur: A person who runs a business; a self-employed person. Entrepreneurship: The ownership, organization, and management of a business. CM004 Terms

5. F4K: A web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support. Accessible at http://students.f4k.org. Free enterprise system: Allows private ownership; profit motive; competition, and freedom of choice. CM004 Terms

6. Guide to Occupational Education (GOE): Book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests. Inflation: A sharp increase in the costs of goods and services. Informational interview: Talking to a person about his/her job. CM004 Terms

7. Long-term goals: Those things that a person wants to accomplish that may take several months to several years to accomplish (long term goals generally refer to those goals which will take one year or more to accomplish). Mentor: A trusted advisor. CM004 Terms

8. Mentor: A trusted advisor. NCCareers.org: Website which contains career information specific to North Carolina. Helps match interests with possible occupations. Accessible at www.NCCareers.org. CM004 Terms

9. Nontraditional occupations: Occupations in which men/women compromise 25 percent or less of the work force. CM004 Terms

10. O*Net: The Occupational Information Network (O*Net) is a comprehensive, interactive database developed by the US Department of Labor to identify and describe important information about occupations, worker characteristics, work skills and training requirements. The on-line system is available at http://online.onetcenter.org. CM004 Terms

11. OOH: Occupational Outlook Handbook; leading guide for national occupational and career information from the US Department of Labor. It describes the nature of work, earning, outlook, education, and job requirements, and related occupations for approximately 200 occupations. Predicts future needs for employment. This resource is available in book format or at www.bls.gov/oco/. CM004 Terms

12. Promotion: Advance an employee earns by being productive, cooperation, dependable, and highly skilled. Recession: A period of declining economic growth. Short-term goals: Those things that a person wants to accomplish in a small amount of time (generally less than one year). CM004 Terms

13. SIC: Standard Industrial Classifications System; US department of Labor identifies career information based on industrial classification. Located at http://www.osha.gov/ SOC: Standard Occupational Classification System; provides information based on broad occupational definitions. CM004 Terms

14. Telecommute: To work at home using a computer connected to the network of one’s employer. Trade and professional journals: Publications which contain information regarding trends, industrial innovations and training opportunities for specific professions. CM004 Terms

15. Transferable Skills: To carry, move, or shift a proficiency or ability. Trends: A direction of movement. Video/voice conferencing: Can be used as an option to replace travel. CM004 Terms

16. Working conditions: Information about hours, environment, and safety in regards to an occupation. CM004 Terms

17. List in your journal what you know about your chosen career. Title: CM4.01 Journal Entry #1 Journal Entry #1

18. A Career Cluster is a group of jobs that are similar to one another..

19. Read Compare Career Groupings Journal Entry #2 Title: CM4.01 Compare Career Groupings – Journal Entry #2 Your comments about Compare Career Groupings. Write the following statement: I have read “Compare Career Groupings”. Date and Signature Career Groupings

20. The main purpose of studying the sixteen career clustersis to explore the wide range of jobs within a career area.

21. A TV announcer is a job in the Arts, audiovisual technology and communications cluster.

22. Careers in the Scientific research/engineeringcareercluster are highly technical and require firm backgrounds in math and science.

23. Read Career Information Guides and check out the links! Dictionary of Occupational Titles Occupational Outlook Handbook Guide for Occupational Exploration SIC – Standard Industrial Classification System SOC – Standard Occupational Classification Systems See next slide for directions Career Research Skills

24. Title: CM4.01 Career Information Guides– Journal Entry #3 Your comments about Career Information Guides The Links you “checked out” Write the following statement: I have read “Career Information Guides”. Date and Signature Journal Entry #3

25. Occupational Outlook Handbook is a book that describes various careers and the future for those careers.

26. A book that describes thousands of jobs in regards to duties and work characteristics is the Dictionary of Occupational titles/O*NET

27. The book that lists twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests is Guide to Occupational Education

28. When researching careers, it is best to start byUsing O*NET and the OOH

29. The Occupational Outlook Handbook is an excellent career resource because it lists the same information about every job

30. Readers’ Guide to Periodic Literature is NOT a career information guide.

31. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System includes Production Occupations.

32. Read Internet Resources and check out the links! American Career InfoNet Occupational Info Network (O*NET) DOL Employment and Training Administration America’s Learning Exchange NC Careers CFNC F4K See directions on next slide Career Research Skills

33. Title: CM4.01 Internet Resources– Journal Entry #4 Your comments about Internet Resources A List of the links you “checked out” Write the following statement: I have read “Internet Resources”. Date and Signature Journal Entry #4

34. NC Careers is a North Carolina resource that will help you match your interests with possible occupations.

35. College information specific to North Carolina can be accessed at CFNC.org

36. A North Carolina resource for career information is NCCareers.org

37. Two Internet resources with specific North Carolina career information include nccareers.org and cfnc.org

38. O*NET is the Internet resource that is replacing the DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles)

39. Visit the Career Voyages Web site http://www.careervoyages.gov, sponsored by ED and the Department of Labor Offers a wide range of information and advice for students, parents, career changers, and career advisors, including in-depth profiles of many occupations and related educational requirements and resources.  See next slide for directions

40. Title: CM4.01 Career Voyages – Journal Entry #5 Your comments about Career Voyages Write the following statement: I have read “Career Voyages ”. Date and Signature Journal Entry #5

41. A career consultation is a discussion for seeking career advice.

42. One way to research careers information is to talk to friends and family about their job.

43. A trusted advisor might be called a Mentor.

44. Researching a career to find out whether jobs will be available in that field in the future can help determine a career outlook.

45. A school counselor or Career Development Coordinator (CDC) can assist students in their career planning by Helping them explore their career interests

46. When a student is identifying people and resources to assist with career plans, reliable resources should be considered.

47. A person with a lawn-mowing business has an outdoor work environment.

48. When evaluating a specific career, consider working conditions.

49. The US Department of Education Career Clusters include Health Science.

50. The US Department of Education Career Cluster that provides basic human needs is Agriculture and Natural Resources.