1. Name of Career Cluster: Pathway: Your Name Slide #1
Include picture or graphic related to your career
Name of Career
Your Name
Cluster:
Pathway:

2. What They Do (Job Description)
Slide #2
What They Do (Job Description)
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
The general activities and duties of this job?.
( List FIVE Bulleted items)
These are daily tasks that you would do on a regular basis if you worked in this career.

3. Where & How they Work (Work Environment)
Slide #3
Where & How they Work (Work Environment)
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
What is the environment like?
(List FOUR bulleted items)
Examples of things you could mention on this slide: What are the physical surroundings, work hours, and mental and physical demands of this type of work?

4. Education & Training ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
What training and educational background is needed for this area of employment?
(List FIVE bulleted items)
Some examples of things you could mention are:
What types of classes do you need to take?
What special skills or talents must your have?
How many years of schooling beyond high school would you need?

5. Earnings (Salary or Wages)
Slide #5
Earnings (Salary or Wages)
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
The starting and advanced salaries for your occupation
(List TWO Bulleted Items)

6. Job Outlook (Future Demand)
Slide #6
Job Outlook (Future Demand)
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
By what percent will this job increase/decrease? In other words, are there going to be more jobs created which would make your chances of getting a job in this field better?
What will cause this increase/decrease?

7. Type the name of the school you chose as the title of the slide
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
General Information about the school you selected such as:
(List FIVE bulleted items)
the location of the school
History of the school
Programs of Study offered
Clubs or Organizations available
School mascot, colors
Anything that you find that interests you about this school

8. Admissions Requirements
Slide #8
Admissions Requirements
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
What do you need to do to get accepted into this school. (List at least THREE Bullets)
Examples of items that you could list include:
Application or Fees
What tests do you need to take? (SAT or ACT)
What HS classes should you take in order to get accepted into this school?
Graduation Rank
GPA (Grade Point Average)

9. Cost of School ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
List the UNDERGRADUATE costs such as:
Room and Board
Tuition
Books
Other Expenses
TOTAL:(Add up all of the expenses)

10. Reality Check—(Type name of City you selected)
Slide #10
Reality Check—(Type name of City you selected)
ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
ALL of your expenses from the items you Selected by using the “Reality Check” website
Insert a table and then copy/paste your results into the table.
Resize it to fit on the slide as necessary

11. Final Thoughts ON THIS SLIDE LIST:
Compose a SENTENCE response to each of the following questions:
What things did you like about the career you chose?
Are you still interested in pursuing this career? Why or Why not?
Is there anything that you didn’t like about the career you researched? What is it?
Will you be able to live on the salary for your occupation? Why or why not? (Compare the starting salary from Slide #5 with your Reality Check results on Slide #10)

12. Slide #12
Sources Used
List alphabetically ALL of the sources where you found information and pictures. (Should have at least 5 sources.)
Use the Citation Machine website to assist you in formatting each source.
Make sure to include ALL sites where you found any information. This can include the following:
Naviance website
O’Net website
Achieve Texas
BLS (Occupational Outlook Handbook) website
All pages on your college website
Anywhere you took pictures to put on slides with the exception of clip art

13. Career Research Project Guidelines
Follow the guidelines on the previous slides to complete your own career research PowerPoint Project.
Use the titles on this template as the titles on your slides with the exception of Slide #7.
Use Naviance, O’Net, Achieve Texas or the OOH (Bureau of Labor Statistics) websites to conduct your research for Slides 1-6
Use the collegeview.com website or Naviance to help you locate a college. Then use the college’s website to find information for Slides 7-9
Use the Reality Check website for Slide 10
Use the Citation Machine website to correctly cite your sources for Slide 12