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1. 1.01 Employment Opportunities

2. Vocabulary • Career cluster – jobs or careers that are closely related. Examples might be RN, LPN, Occupational Therapy, Radiology, Phlebotomist • Career Ladder – a progression of related careers. EG. Orderly, LPN, RN, BSN. • Career Lattice – a chart showing related career opportunities with careers in slightly different subject areas placed horizontally and careers requiring more qualifications placed above them • Job description – a brief explanation of a particular job including duties, qualifications needed and opportunities.

3. Learning Experiences • Cooperative education- technical classroom instruction combined with paid employment directly related to the classroom instruction. School credit is received for both. • Apprenticeship – one of the oldest methods of career preparation, partnership with business, government, industry and school. Training provided in a formal program working under someone else in the field. • Shadowing, job shadowing- short term educational experience that introduces an individual to a career by pairing the student with an employee or agency. Student becomes familiar with duties associated with that occupation

4. LE continued • Service Learning – work based learning strategy that combines community service with career and academic learning goals. Students provide volunteer service to public and non-profit agencies or to civic, charitable and governmental organizations in the local community • Field trip – an opportunity for a class to leave the classroom to see content related experiences off the school campus. Short term visit to business or agency expands the learning opportunities.

5. Types of Pay • Hourly – based on number of hours worked. Good to keep a record. If you don’t work, you don’t get paid (weather, sickness, etc.) • Commission – based on a percentage of the amount of sales. • Salary – set amount of money for performing their duties. Must work til duties complete, do not receive overtime but may be paid for vacation and sick days.

6. Decision Making Process • 1. Identify the decision/problem • 2. Identify alternatives (brainstorm, use various approaches) • 3. Choose the best alternative • 4. Take action • 5. Evaluate the results

7. Personal Characteristics • Ambitious • Patient • Flexible • Productivity • accurate

8. Business Ethics • Punctuality • Honesty • Cooperation

9. Communication • Verbal • nonverbal

10. Section 1.3 Objective: Students will demonstrate job seeking skills Warmup: Poll Everywhere What are some mistakes people make filling out applications? Lets look at some applicationshttp://www.cteonline.org/portal/default/Curriculum/Viewer/Curriculum?action=2&cmobjid=447473&view=viewer&refcmobjid=393426

11. Set the scene: The student/s is/are the owner/s of a business, they need to hire someone as an employee.   • Pass out examples of three job applications (see attachment #1-print out a class set and ask students not to write on them so you may use again), have students work in their think/pair/share groups, list the areas they feel are done well or not so well. Give students about 10 minutes to do this activity. Decide as a large group who they would want to interview for their business and why, writing these reactions on the board.

12. Have students now analyze their own application they brought in as homework according to what the group thought was poor to excellent examples of applications. • Write a paragraph about if they would consider themselves as a potential applicant. This is to be attached to their original application for the teacher to check.

13. Job Seeking Skills • Application • Resume • Cover Letter • Interviews • Follow up letter

14. Application Guidelines • Black/blue ink • Read before writing, think through your answers • Answer everything, N/A • Be neat, white-out if necessary • Spelling!!!! • Personal fact sheet- name, title, address, phone numbers, 3 references, not family

15. Application Video

16. Resume • 1 page only • Typed, standard paper, white or off white, easy to read font • Name and address most obvious • Leave out personal information (birth date, marital status, ssn, height, weight, religious preference • Organize chronologically from most recent back • Use phrases/incomplete sentences that start with action verbs. • Avoid abbreviations, contractions, perfect grammar and spelling

17. Interview behaviors • Go alone • Arrive 10 minutes early (not too early, NEVER late) • Dress well and appropriately for the job • Clean hair, clothes. • Good posture and maintain good eye contact • Show enthusiasm • Firm handshake when meeting • Video example

18. (Cont’d) • Wait until told to be seated • Pay attention to body language/your hands • Emphasize positive things about yourself…brag • Be honest • Preplan some questions of your own • Remain calm and alert • Thank the interviewer • Send a follow-up letter

19. (Cont’d) • Don’t: • Bring anyone • Arrive late • Wear excessive makeup, jewelry or perfume • Ask about the salary (??) • Hesitate to pause and think about what you are going to say • “bad mouth” a former employer • Talk a lot about your personal life or appear to be a know-it-all • Lack confidence

20. Common interview questions • Tell me a little about yourself • Give me an example of a time when you exercised leadership • How do you handle yourself in stressful situations • What is the biggest mistake you ever made? What did you learn from it? • Tell me why I should hire you for this job • What is your greatest accomplishment • Describe your ideal job • What motivates you?

21. Interview Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epcc9X1aS7o

22. Why did you not get hired • Poor personal appearance • Inability to communicate clearly, poor voice, and grammar • Lack of planning for a career...no purpose or goals • Lack of enthusiasm and confidence in the interview • Condemning past employers • Failure to look the interviewer in the eye • Limp handshake • Late to the interview • Does not thank the interviewer for his/her time • Asks no questions • Lack of knowledge about the business or the position

23. Cover Letter • Always send out with resume • Tailor it to the specific company • No typing or spelling errors • Address it to the person who can hire you (networking and research) • Write it in your own words • Show that you know something about the company and the industry • Use terms meaningful to the employer if possible • Limit the use of I, My, Me

24. Follow-up Letter • Should always send after an interview • Thank them for their time • Point out any new information learned • Point out anything unusual about yourself to reinforce yourself to the interviewer • Tell them anything that you forgot to say during the interview • Often the difference between nothing and a second look.

25. Assignment You will develop your own Career Portfolio using the Career Website. www.f4k.org • Make sure you add all info to your profile! You will create( See Directions and Rubric) • Cover letter (see sample on my wiki) • Resume (Enter your info on profile) • Thank you Letter • Letter of Resignation • The Portfolio will due Next Wed September 12th