What will I do now?

Your task is to choose a career that you are interested in pursuing.

Use the Internet as a research tool in order to answer the following questions:

- What would you do in this career choice?  What would a typical day be like?
- What skills and education are needed?
- What kinds of job opportunities exist? What is the average Salary for this career?
- What are the work conditions? (Will you travel, work in an urban or rural environment, work with people, animals, etc?)
- What can you do in order to get an edge in the job market (internships, networking, training, etc)? What are some related occupations that are similar to your choice of career?
- Personal characteristics needed for this position (leadership ability, communication skills, compassion, etc)?

Based on the above information, analyze how it relates to you personally. Do you have the skills or charateristics that are need? Are the salary and work conditions consistent with the type of lifestyle you envision for yourself?

Create a PowerPoint presentation that includes the answers to all of the questions and give specific reasons why you feel that this is the best career for you.

RESOURCES

www.online.onetcenter.org
The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this data and O*NET OnLine provides easy access to that information.

www.dol.gov
US Department of Labor website where you can find job market trends for local, state, and national for many different occupations.

www.flchoices.org
Help your students explore career and education options and track their progress as they create successful plans.

http://www.bridges.com/us/home.html
Help your students explore career and education options and track their progress as they create successful plans. Sign in now to get started.

https://facts23.facts.org/hsplannerplus/userlogin.do
Public middle and high school students map out courses for high school with FACTS.org's ePersonal Education Planner (ePEP). When planning, think about your goals after high school. Whether you want to go to a university, community college, career technical center, or straight to the workforce - you'll need to be prepared by taking the most appropriate and challenging courses. And, you'll need to monitor your progress with the High School Academic Evaluations, which will compare your transcript information to current requirements for graduation, scholarships, and even college admissions.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/studentworkers.htm
Resources for Young Workers

DOL Web Pages on This Topic
The Department of Labor posts special Web pages for young people, both for those old enough to work and those not old enough, that provide information on topics ranging from student volunteerism to job safety.

The federal government, including the Department of Labor, sponsors a wide variety of job training and job placement assistance programs for America’s youth.

The Department's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is the primary agency responsible for such programs.
http://www.doleta.gov/Youth_services/

http://www.hollandcodes.com/teen_career_test.html
As a parent, teacher, or counselor, use teen career test to provide career advice for teen. Teen career tests include career aptitude test for teens and career search for teens. Teen career planning also involves finding the right teen career resource. Use career job test to uncover interests, abilities, skills, and talents. Use career search sites, career development software, and career planning books to provide college major information, career job opportunities, career education requirements, career clusters information, transferable skills sets.