Chapter 3: Researching Careers Mrs. Tarver College and Careers

To gather information about a subject

Interest area that includes activities such as problem solving and experimenting.

A group of careers with similar job characteristics

To perform work without receiving payment

A synonym for career

A source of career information

A group of activities done in many different careers

Interest area that includes activities involving numbers, written information, and routine.

Observation of someone’s work life to learn about someone’s job responsibilities and daily routine.

US government agency that organized similar careers into career clusters

Career interest area that involves working outside with hands

Publication that provides general information about hundreds of careers, including what workers do in each career, what education and training workers need in each career, and predictions about the future of those careers

A short, informal talk with someone in a career that interests you

If someone works with livestock on a cattle ranch, their occupation would fall under this career cluster.

The career interest area for someone who enjoys being a leader.

Online version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Career cluster that describes the jobs of those people who work for the Department of Labor

Temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field

When you collect as much information as you can about a career, then write what you like and dislike about the career

The career cluster for someone who works installing home closets and cabinets