1. Welcome to Your Career Unit! Your Goal is to develop….

2. Self Awareness Skill Development Career Awareness Career Exploration Career Preparation

3. Your Options After High School 4 year college or university Community College Technical Schools Work/Career Internships Apprenticeships Military

4. Labor Laws Hours Minors are permitted to work

5. Other Prohibited & Hazardous employment for ALL Minors! Explosives Mining Elevators Flagging Excavating Roofing Fire Fighting Boilers or in engine rooms Earth moving machines Logging Power-driven machines Nurses Aid or Assit.

6. Wages & Breaks Minimum wage in WA State is $8.55. Every January it will increase. May not work more than 4 hours without a 30 minute meal period. Minors must have a scheduled 10 minute break every two hours if scheduled for four hours.

7. What Must an Employer Have on File!!! Proof of Age (birth certificate, driver’s license, Insurance policy) Personal Data (Name, address, phone and SS#) usually on Application Form Employment description Parent/School Authorization form (aka: Minor Work Permit)

8. Now it’s Your Turn… Log onto my class website & click on Links Scroll down to Sr. Experience and click on Professional Portfolio Links Click on Job Application. Fill out your on-line job application for the entry level job that you could obtain right now (barista, busser, courtesy clerk, etc.) Print out your finished,PERFECT, Job Application.

9. QUESTIONS???