© Thomson South-Western Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley Investigating Your Career Your Internal Career Design

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CHAPTER 6 Your Internal Career Design  Explain why you need to make a career decision now.  Describe the decision-making process.  Identify the benefits of making a good career decision.  Examine possible career decisions.  Choose your Internal Career Design.  Create a plan to fulfill your career decision.  Monitor the progress and success of the decision.

© Thomson South-Western Understand That You Need to Decide Now In your classes and activities, you are mastering skill sets that give you flexibility in pursuing various careers. Now you can begin developing the specialized skills needed for a specific career. The secret to choosing a satisfying career is to make your choice based on your talents, passions, and personal goals.

© Thomson South-Western The Decision-Making Process Understand that you must make a decision Identify the benefits of making a good decision Consider all possible decisions Make a decision Create a plan to carry out your decision Monitor the success of your decision.

© Thomson South-Western Identify the Benefits of a Good Career Decision You will have a sense of accomplishment You will live a more satisfied life. You will see a career as a way to earn money and as an important, positive part of your life. Continued on next slide

© Thomson South-Western Identify the Benefits of a Good Career Decision Use your P*A*T*H to Success to find a fulfilling career: Passion is what you feel when something fascinates you. What made you happy as a child? What do you love to do now? Attitude is an emotion; for example, a positive attitude will make you feel as though you can accomplish anything. Talents are those abilities that allow you to do something well. Heart refers to what you feel is important about a career. Continued from previous slide

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: PATH Using WordArt insert words that describe your passions, attitude, talents and heart For the attitude and heart sections, use the words from the slides that follow the PATH slide

Passions -Inside the P write all of your interests Attitudes - Inside the A write your Personality Traits Talents - Inside the T write your Skills/Strengths Heart - Inside the H write all your values Charting the Course to the Right Career Path for: Susan Nelson

Passions -Inside the P write all of your interests Attitudes - Inside the A write your Personality Traits Talents - Inside the T write your Skills/Strengths Heart - Inside the H write all your values Charting the Course to the Right Career Path for: Your Name

© Thomson South-Western Attitudes Agreeable Argumentative Suspicious Outgoing Tolerant Intolerant Sarcastic Helpful Tenacious Generous Kind Sincere Trusting Cynical Loving Quiet/Reserved Nurturing Considerate Organized Adventurous Friendly Conscientiousness Confident Optimism/Hopeful Serious Humorous Cheerful Grateful Humble Punctual Openness Shy Authoritative

© Thomson South-Western Heart: Values Rest/Relaxation Security Service Simplicity Solitude Spirituality Spontaneity Structure Teamwork Wealth Honesty Humor Independence Leadership Logical Peace Playfulness Professionalism Recognition Respect Achievement Adventure Creativity Education Enjoyment Family Friendliness Happiness Health Helpfulness

© Thomson South-Western Consider All Possible Career Decisions The starting point for your decision Self-understanding, a true knowledge about yourself Assessment results Career clusters Career cluster—a group of careers in one broad area Many different types of careers are included within a cluster. Careers in a cluster have some common interest and skill requirements. Careers in a cluster vary in the amount of education and training needed, the work setting, and other factors.

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Make a Decision to Create Your Internal Career Design Decide which career cluster is the best match for you. Explore various careers within the cluster you chose. Select the career that best suits your unique qualities.

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Career Clusters Part 1 Open from the Shortcut & Save to your Class Folder: Self- Assessment: Career Clusters (Excel) Answer the items honestly and when finished look at the results sheet Screen Shot your results (be sure to include all the scores) Paste your Screen Shot to this PowerPoint Go to my Webpage and Career Clusters section Read about your top cluster(s) Copy and Paste Screen Shots of information about your Career Cluster to this PowerPoint

Results from Excel Self-Assessment: Career Clusters

Screen Shots from Career Clusters Brochures for My 2 Top Ranked Clusters

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Career Clusters Part 2 Research your top ranked Career Clusters (long list on the left side) Go to Missouri Connections (link off Careers Class page) Click on Guest, choose city, Saint Joseph and zip of Click on Occupations Click on Career Clusters Click on one of your top 3 Clusters Screen shot your related occupations and paste it to this PowerPoint It may take two screen shots to get the entire list of jobs Be careful to include the name of the cluster that you selected

Missouri Connections: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Clusters

Missouri Connections: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Clusters

Missouri Connections: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Clusters

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Career Clusters Part 3 Research your top ranked Career Paths (short list on the right side) Go to New York Career Zone on the web Click on one of your top ranked Career Paths Screen Shot your related occupations and paste to this PowerPoint You may have 20 or more pages to look at, scan them and pick the two pages that have the jobs you like the best

New York Career Zone: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Path

New York Career Zone: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Path

New York Career Zone: Careers Related to my top ranked Career Path

© Thomson South-Western The Next Step Research careers that interest you. Narrow your choice of careers within your career cluster. Find the future trends predicted for the career. Investigate earnings and possibilities for advancement. Look into the education and training needed for entry-level and higher-level positions. Start an inventory of your skill sets.

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Career Clusters Part 4 Investigate careers from both of your lists: Career Clusters and Career Paths Using MO Connections, research: 4 jobs that sound interesting 1 job that sounds weird to you For each job, include the: Job Description Education/Training Salary Future Employment Outlook Helpful High School Courses Pictures (you can also use google images)

Interesting Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path (Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook, HS Courses & Picture)

Interesting Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path (Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook, HS Courses & Picture)

Interesting Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path (Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook, HS Courses & Picture)

Interesting Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path (Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook, HS Courses & Picture)

Weird Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path (Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook, HS Courses & Picture)

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: My Dream Project Students will brainstorm what information they need to know about their dream job Together the class will combine their lists and this will become the criteria needed for their Dream Job Research Project This slide will be posted to the shortcut folder for students to copy into their class folder on their server Students will research their Dream Job and design a PowerPoint slideshow to present to the class

© Thomson South-Western Dream Job What do I need to know? What websites can I use to find out this information?

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: My Dream Job Project Part 2 Compare your Dream Job to your PATH Slide From your Class Folder Open your Slide: PATH Copy & Paste this slide into your Dream Job PowerPoint Underline, change the color, shadow, glow to make the item stand out in your PATH that match Dream Job

Passions -Inside the P write all of your interests Attitudes - Inside the A write your Personality Traits Talents - Inside the T write your Skills/Strengths Heart - Inside the H write all your values Charting the Course to the Right Career Path for: Susan Nelson

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: My Dream Job Project Part 3 Find the High School Course Plan that matches your Dream Job Open the link on the web to: SJSD Programs of Study (Course Catalog) Find your Dream Job’s 4 year High School Plan Screen Shot and paste it into your Slide: Dream Job Crop if necessary Circle your career using Shapes

4 year High School Plan (circle your career)

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Life Goals Watch Video Clip from Lou Holtz Use SmartArt or a bulleted text box to create a list of life goals for yourself (be creative !)

© Thomson South-Western Monitor the Success of Your Decision The career you choose now is probably the first of eight to ten careers you will have during your lifetime. Your Career Portfolio Builder Check your progress

© Thomson South-Western Your Career Portfolio Builder Your Career Portfolio Builder stores the evidence of your achievements. Use your Career Portfolio Builder whenever you need to explain your talents to others. Use your Career Portfolio Builder to help you plan your career.

© Thomson South-Western Check Your Progress Monitor, or keep track of, the success of your decision. Does my career choice match my passions? Do I feel positive about my career choice? Are my goals part of my plan? Am I meeting my time lines? Does my career decision still match my P*A*T*H to Success ? Develop career maturity, using the path you created to make an informed career decision. Experience career satisfaction, the pleasure that comes from working in a career that allows you to use your passions.

© Thomson South-Western Career Portfolio: Saving your Folder You may bring in a jump drive and save your Career Portfolio

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Class Activity: How to Become a Millionaire Take the quiz, “How to Become a Millionaire”

How to Become a Millionaire

# 1 TrueFalse # 2 TrueFalse # 3 TrueFalse # 4 TrueFalse # 5 TrueFalse # 6 TrueFalse # 7 TrueFalse # 8 TrueFalse # 9 TrueFalse # 10 TrueFalse How to Become a Millionaire

Do you know how to become a millionaire? How many did you get right?

© Thomson South-Western Summary I can explain why I need to make a career decision now. I can describe the decision-making process. I can identify the benefits of making a good career decision. I can examine possible career decisions. I can choose my Internal Career Design. I can create a plan to carry out my career decision. I will monitor the success of my career decision.

© Thomson South-Western Class Activity: Wild America Watch the DVD, “Wild America” Discuss the boy’s PATH to Success