Today is the first day of the rest of your life. What do you want to spend your time doing? Are you going to take the time to plan your life or are you going to do whatever comes along? Is money the most important factor in deciding your choice or is spending your time doing something you enjoy the most important factor. Today you will begin your journey toward making one of the biggest decisions in your life.
Utilizing the resources in our school's media center, the public library, and on the Internet, you will research a career of your choice. You will take on the perspective of the employer trying to market his career field to perspective employees.You will develop a job description and a marketing strategy for persuading perspective employees to enter this career field.You will also take the position of a future employee trying to get hired in this career field. You will need an up to date resume that will sell you to the employer.You will need to be ready to answer interview questions concerning why you are the best candidate for this job. You will create a presentation for the class both as the employer and the perspective employee.
You will be using print and electronic resources to locate information on your career.
Internet sites to search:
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Federal government site for the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Contains information on specific occupations.
Maryland's Job Bank - Lists 74,000 job openings form 10,000 employers. Includes an electronic resume, keyword searching, and occupational trends.Career Web - The employment guide's career web.
The Riley Guide - Information on where to find jobs.
USA Jobs - The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
CareerNet - Maryland's CareerNet with information for every county. Includes resume services, exploring careers, and career planning.
America's Job Bank - Connects people and jobs across the U.S. Has a database of 1,059,726 available jobs.
Career Mosaic - Includes career opportunities abroad, search jobs and a resume writing center.
Job Hunt - A meta-list of online job search resources and services.
Netscape Career Center - learn which careers are best for you through the question & answer guide. Direct compare guide allows you to find specific careers & compare them side by side. Includes tough interview questions & answers.
America's Career InfoNet - Information is organized in four main sections: occupational information, job search aids, job & resume banks, and relocation information.
Career Center - Great tips for writing resumes.
BLS Career Information - Look for jobs by subject areas that interest you.
Business Etiquette - Information on business etiquette, tips, & resumes.
Mississippi State University - Interviewing & resume information from Mississippi State University's Cooperative Education Program.
You may also want to do a career search on one of the following search tools or use your favorite search tool:
Videos available from Clear Spring High School Media Center: Click here
Books that are available from CSHS's Media Center: (Check on an OPAC station for availability.) Click here
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- Working individually or with a partner, you will decide on a career to research.
- Using print, electronic, and Internet resources you will research your career choice. You will need to turn in a bibliography of all sources that you use.
- Information you should find on your career will include: a job description, education/training requirements, average salary, future employment expectations, special equipment/dress, and any other pertinent information that will enhance your presentation as employer and employee.
- You will create a resume selling yourself to the employer. Your resume can be an online resume, a powerpoint presentation, a portfolio, or another medium of your choice. When you create the resume, project what your resume will look like when you are 25 years old, assuming that you have completed all training/education requirements for the position.
- You will create a classified ad advertising for perspective employees for this job. The ad can be done as a poster, newspaper ad, an internet posting, or another form of your chosing.
- You will take on the role of the employer and present your job to the class. Remember you are trying to sell this job to your classmates and get the most qualified applicants.
- You will take on the role of the perspective employee and try to sell yourself as the best candidate for this job to your classmates.
You will be doing a self evaluation as well as an evaluation by your instructor using the Careers, Decisions, Careers rubric.
Upon completion of this WebQuest you should:
- Be knowledgable about the different aspects of your career choice, both as the employer and the employee.
- Know how to write a resume.
- Know how to do research in your library and on the Internet.
If you have decided after researching your career that you are no longer interested in this career field, you may go back to the resources and investigate some other careers. After all, this will be one of the most important decisions that you will make in your life.
