1. Chapter 3 Exploring Careers
Section 3.1 Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.2 Learning About Careers

2. Section 3.1 Narrowing Your Career Choices

3. Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Main Idea
You need to narrow your career choices before you can make a career decision.
You can narrow your career choices by learning about the 16 career clusters.

4. Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Key Terms
career cluster
business
management
training
finance
health science
hospitality and tourism
information technology
manufacturing
marketing
engineering

5. Narrowing Your Career Choices Means Picking Options
Section 3.1
Narrowing Your Career Choices Means Picking Options
There are thousands of occupations you can choose.
You can narrow your choices by learning about careers.

6. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
career cluster
A group of related occupations.
You can narrow your career choices by choosing a career cluster you are interested in.

7. Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
The 16 Career Clusters
Architecture
and Construction
Education and
Training
Human Services
Manufacturing
Arts,
Audio/
Video Technology,
and Communications
Finance
Hospitality and
Tourism
Marketing, Sales,
and Service
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Government and
Public Administration
Information
Technology
Science,Technology,
Engineering, and
Mathematics
Business,
Management,
and Administration
Health Science
Law,
Public Safety, and Security
Transportation,
Distribution, and
Logistics

8. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
The agriculture, food, and natural resources career cluster includes jobs that involve farming, food, and other natural things.

9. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Workers in the architecture and construction career cluster design and build buildings and other structures.

10. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Workers in the arts, audio/video technology, and communications cluster work in visual and performing arts and communications media.

11. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
business
Selling goods or services
The business, management, and administration career cluster includes jobs running businesses.
The goal of business is to make a profit.

12. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
management
Making decisions and planning.
Management is a big part of business.

13. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
training
Education in a specific skill.
Many of the workers who work in the education and training career cluster work at schools.

14. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
finance
Managing money.
Workers employed in the finance career cluster help people and businesses use their money wisely.

15. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Workers in the government and public administration career cluster perform the tasks that keep the government running.

16. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
health science
Helping people stay healthy and recover from sickness.
Many health science workers work in hospitals, labs, and medical offices.

17. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
hospitality and tourism
Services for people who are traveling.
Hospitality and tourism workers are involved in lodging, food and beverage management, travel planning, and entertainment and recreation.

18. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Human services are services that improve people’s lives.
Human services workers help people in all kinds of ways.

19. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
information technology
Designing and using computer systems.
Workers who work in the information technology career cluster design, develop, set up, operate, and support computer systems.

20. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
People who work in the law, public safety, and security career cluster protect people and property.
They prevent crimes and help during emergencies.

21. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
manufacturing
Making products by hand or machine.
Manufacturing workers use tools, machines, and computers to make a variety of goods.

22. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
marketing
Deciding which goods and services people will want to buy.
The marketing, sales, and service career cluster includes jobs in marketing and selling goods and services to consumers.

23. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
engineering
Using science and mathematics to make things that help people.
Workers who work in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career cluster conduct research and solve practical problems.

24. Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Narrowing Your Career Choices
Section 3.1
Career Clusters Are Groups of Occupations
Workers in the transportation, distribution, and logistics career cluster move and plan the movement of people and things.

25. Section 3.2 Learning About Careers

26. Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
Main Idea
You can learn about careers by reading, by talking to people, and by working.

27. Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
Key Terms
research
Internet
informational interview
job shadowing
part-time job
cooperative education
service learning

28. Your Next Step Is to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
Your Next Step Is to Research Careers
research
Collecting information.
Once you have a list of occupations that you think you might like, it is time to do research.

29. Your Next Step Is to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
Your Next Step Is to Research Careers
Research the answers to these questions about the occupations that interest you:
Duties
Work Hours
Education and Training
Job Outlook
Working Conditions
Skills and Talents
Career Path
Pay

30. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
There are three ways to research careers:
Read
Talk with people
Try jobs yourself

31. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Books are good sources of career information.
Larger libraries usually have a career section that includes books related to work, occupations, careers, and jobs.

32. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Internet
A worldwide network of computers.
You can read about careers on the Internet.

33. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
informational interview
A discussion with a person who has a job that interests you.
Another way to learn about specific occupations is to talk to people.
You can do this by conducting an informational interview.

34. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
job shadowing
Spending time with a worker on the job.
Job shadowing is a good way to learn about careers.
You learn what a job is really like.

35. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
You can research careers by trying the work yourself. This can help you to learn:
if you like a certain type of work.
if your personality is a good match.
whether you want to continue.

36. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
part-time job
A job where you work up to 30 hours per week.
One way to get work experience is to look for a part-time job.
Part-time jobs are usually entry-level jobs that require very little training.

37. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
cooperative education
A program that combines school with a part-time job.
A cooperative education program can also give you work experience.
In these programs, you can work at a job while you are going to school.

38. There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
There Are Three Ways to Research Careers
service learning
A program that combines school with volunteer work.
Volunteer (unpaid) work is another kind of work experience.
Service learning is a type of volunteer work.

39. Communicating with Adults at Work
Learning About Careers
Section 3.2
Communicating with Adults at Work
When you start to look for a job, you will also have to communicate with adults a lot of the time. It is important to show respect for anyone who might be your boss, your customer, or your co-worker. This will show them that you are mature.
The world of work is a great place to learn how to talk with different kinds of people. It will help you become confident in your communication with adults.

40. Exploring Careers Chapter 3 Review
Define career cluster. Explain why learning about career clusters can help you make a career decision.
A career cluster is a group of related occupations. When you learn about career clusters you learn about many kinds of work instead of having to learn about every single occupation. This helps you narrow your career choices and helps you make a career decision.

41. Exploring Careers Chapter 3 Review
List the eight categories of questions that you should ask when you do career research.
The eight categories are job duties, working conditions, work hours, skills and talents, education and training, pay, career path, and job outlook.

42. Exploring Careers Chapter 3 Review
Describe how to find career information in books and on the Internet.
You can find career information in books by looking up the occupation or career cluster that interests you. You can find career information on the Internet by entering in a Web site address or by using a search engine.

43. Exploring Careers Chapter 3 Review
In your own words, define informational interview and job shadowing.
An informational interview is a talk with a person who has a job that interests you. Job shadowing is spending time with a worker on the job.

44. Exploring Careers Chapter 3 Review
Name three ways to gain work experience.
Part-time jobs, cooperative education, and volunteering and service learning are good ways to get work experience.

45. Chapter 3 Exploring Careers
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