Career Planning Choosing Careers & Majors What do I want to do with my life?

Why Plan your Career? Your career affects 1/3 of your life. Your career generates up to $3,000,000 in lifetime earnings. Your career affects your identity as a person. Your career affects your physical & mental well-being.

Career Satisfaction Equals WHO I Am WHAT I Want to Do +

How to Plan? Occupational Exploration: What’s out there? Integrate & Evaluate: What fits me? Self- Assessment: Who am I?

Identify: Who am I Career inventories and your past experiences identify: Interests & Abilities What am I good at? What do I like to do? What skills do I have? What skills do I need? How much education am I willing to complete? Values & Needs What would make a job satisfying to me? Which work environment fits me best? What is most important to me in a career?

Investigate Occupations Use America’s CareerInfoNet ( Occupational Outlook Handbook ( other resources to learn “what’s out there.” Conduct Informational Interviews. Get hands-on experience through internships, part- time jobs & volunteer work. Research job trends & projections: Which jobs are growing/declining? What do they pay? Are there vacancies where I want to live?

“The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be!” Yogi Berra According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 1/3 of jobs available in any given year DID NOT EVEN EXIST five years earlier! The real value of higher education is to prepare students for career possibilities they cannot yet imagine.

Fastest Growing Jobs in the US requiring BA/BS degree or higher America’s CareerInfoNet predicts these jobs to grow fastest from Computers: Software & Network/Database Engineers and Administrators (top 5 jobs), Computer Systems Analysts, Computer & IS Managers Health Care: Physician Assistants, Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists Human Services & Education: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Workers, Spec Ed, Preschool, Kindergarten & Elem Teachers

Highest Paying Jobs in the US requiring BA/BS degree or higher Based on BLS national 2000 median wage data. Anesthesiologists, Obstetricians, Surgeons $70/hr Psychiatrists $57/hr Internists, general $68/hr Family Practitioners $55/hr Physicians, all other $65/hr Chief Executives $54/hr Dentists, all $62/hr Airline Pilots & Flight Eng $53/hr Pediatricians $60/hr Podiatrists $52/hr

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Learning occurs your entire life!

Integrate & Evaluate Compare each career with what you know about yourself. Which major best prepares you? Would you enjoy doing this career every day? Does this career match your personality, needs, wants, abilities? What are the risks? Your chances for success?

Use the Career Planning Unit to Design & Implement Your Plan Make your decision. Set goals to get where you want to go. Implement your plan. Evaluate your plan. Re-focus, if needed. Do it over again throughout your life! Use Ms. B, she can help you!

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.” David Campbell, PH.D. Mr. Stuard Mason Summit High School