Purpose:

Educate students to become productive members of our society

Rationale:

• Students are often encouraged to search for careers but not given time or direction for the search.

• Use speaking, research, and writing in a real life problem solving.

Study Areas:

• Writing a reminiscence of first job aspiration (what I wanted to be when I grew up!)

• Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) You're in the Army now!

• Top 10 jobs (Show me the Money!)

• Ain't Technology Grand? (technology, fax, Powerpoint, multi media)

• Survey spin game (Life's a game, right?).

• Pick a Dream, any dream (Mr. Sandman)

• Budget (You mean I can't spend more than I make?)

• Exploration (Columbus isn't the only explorer)

  1. Library Research (Books, Web, Videos)

  2. Choices (Career Program)

  3. Shadowing (Can you be a mouse in the corner?)

  4. Interviewing someone in the work force

  5. Work-Place Concerns

• Resume (Practice makes perfect)

• Mock Interview ( "Oh no! A real live person will interview me")

Want Help for Writing Research Papers?

• MLA Handbook - 808 Gibaldi (It's a library book!)

• Columbia Guide to Online Style  based on MLA

• Strunk's Elements of Style

Career Web Sites

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kansasjoblink  Job matching/job information Web site.

Top 10 Job Search sites

Kansas Labor Market Information   Employment outlook and wages in Kansas
EntreWorld- Start your own Business.
Job Smart- All you need to know about getting a job.
Career Magazine- The magazine about Careers.
Career Mosaic- Researching everything about jobs.
Nurseweek - a portal for nurses.
Monster Board- Giant Employment Center.
Internet Public Library Careers Page- Guides to: Careers, Colleges and Universities, Test Preparation, Applying for Jobs, and Financial Aid.
Canadian Agricareers (The career resource for Agriculture)
What do they do  Day in the life of what people actually do on 
jobs.

Job Search. Internet Systems for Education and Employment Knowledge

• CareerPlanit
• CareerAdviser
• Careerbuilder  (Formerly Headhunter.net)
• Mayo Clinic Online Career Center
• Career builder. 15,000 listings

Accelerated Reader

      Several books on careers are also on the Jun-Sen Accelerated Reader list.  To find these books, check Athena catalog.  Do an Advanced Boolean search using careers AND Accelerated as search terms.

Reference Books

These Reference sets will be particularly useful:

2006 Kansas Wage Survey

REF 331.7 UNITED  Dictionary of Occupational Titles  

O*Net Online--new automated replacement for Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

REF 331.42 UNITED Occupational Outlook Handbook

REF 331.7 FAR
America's Top Jobs for People without College Degrees

REF 331.7 EXPLORING
Exploring Tech Careers

REF 331.7 ENCYCLOPEDIA
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.