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What Does Your Future Hold?

What Does Your Future Hold?. Interest Inventory & Career Research. Meet Molly. Molly recently graduated from Cloudyville High School She can’t decide what to do next Should she go to college? What are Molly’s options?. Life after High School. What are you going to do after high school?

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What Does Your Future Hold?

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  1. What Does Your Future Hold? Interest Inventory & Career Research

  2. Meet Molly • Molly recently graduated from Cloudyville High School • She can’t decide what to do next • Should she go to college? • What are Molly’s options?

  3. Life after High School • What are you going to do after high school? • Planning for one’s future is not an easy task • BUT it must be addressed to reach future success

  4. Reading Building & Fixing Things Law Math Science Music & Arts Sports Helping People Managing Money Social Studies Nature Computers What are Your Interests? Identifying personal interests at an early age is important in choosing a future career

  5. Leaving the Ground • Molly is interested in social studies • She logs onto the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Web site: http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm

  6. Choose an Interest • Molly clicks on the Social Studies button to learn more about careers in that area

  7. Pick a Career • Politician looks interesting to Molly…click

  8. Explore the Details • Molly clicks on the links at the top of the page to explore the details of a Politician What is this job like? | How do you get ready? | How much does this job pay? | How many jobs are there? | What about the future? | Are there other jobs like this? | Where can you find more information?

  9. HOW MUCH DOES THIS JOB PAY? Examine the Facts The middle half of all legisl atorsearned between $13,180 and $38,540 a year in 2002. The lowest-paid10 percent earned less than $12,130. The high est-paid 10 perce nt earned more than $69,380. Earnings of public admin istrators range f rom little or nothing for a small town council memb erto $400,000 a year for the President of the United States.

  10. Molly neatly writes down interesting facts about a Politician Job duties Training requirements Earning levels Job availability Employment prospects Record the Findings

  11. Career Exploration Assignment • Explore 3 different careers • 2 Careers – Bureau of Labor Statistics web site • 1 Career – interview an adult • Record information about these careers • Write neatly • Summarize information • Choose a final project option: • Give an oral presentation • Make a brochure • Write a summary paper

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