1. Chapter 3: Researching Careers Mrs. Tarver College and Careers

2. To gather information about a subject

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

4. A group of careers with similar job characteristics

5. To perform work without receiving payment

6. A synonym for career

7. A source of career information

8. A group of activities done in many different careers

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

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

11. US government agency that organized similar careers into career clusters

12. Career interest area that involves working outside with hands

13. 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

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

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

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

17. Online version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

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

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

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

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