Creating a Career Portfolio Module 2: Investigating Careers

Job Categories or Clusters In-depth Career Research Career Preparation Training A Short Introduction to Career Databases

Job Categories or Clusters A group of occupations related to an industry or field Help to narrow down a job-seekers search About 24 common career clusters on most job-search sites

Exercise 2.1: Choosing Fifteen Job Clusters

Exercise 2.2: Matching Job Clusters Look back at your recommended job list from Exercise 1.3 Match your jobs with the job clusters Six Selected JobsJob Cluster TeacherEducation

Exercise 2.3: Jobs-Careers Exploration Job Title: Brief Job Description : Education Required: Salary Range:

Exercise 2.4: Researching a Career Include the following in your in-depth career research: RIASEC code Job Cluster Job Title Job Summary Education/Training Requirements Skills Needed Average Annual Salary Future Outlook Related Job Titles

Exercise 2.5: Researching Educational Training Career Interest: Accountant Suggested Majors Recommended Educational Institutions AccountingBoston University EconomicsBrown University

Exercise 2.6 : Entering Information into a Careers Database Input the results of students’ in-depth research into the class’ careers database Careers Database

Exercise 2.7: Sorting Information in a Jobs or Careers Database How do you sort and create a report with the class’ careers database? Careers Database