Unit+1+Career+Choices

= = Resources How to write a cover letter https://youtu.be/P8ci7tnlhEo?list=PLvdeRYvP0yPWuDfZOPMorvnCB7ez69Y83

Resume templates -- lots of cool looks https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-41-best-resume-templates-ever

How to Get Your Dream Job (ft. Emily Graslie)! https://youtu.be/vJahF_1QgOY?list=PLvdeRYvP0yPWuDfZOPMorvnCB7ez69Y83

How to quit your job SHOULD you quit your job, HOW do you quit your job, and is a two weeks notice necessary?! The brilliant Andrew "Gunnarolla" Gunadie ( @http://www.youtube.com/gunnarolla ) tells you how to say "That's it, I quit" without burning all the bridges!

https://youtu.be/8l2iQiBWHvo?list=PLvdeRYvP0yPWuDfZOPMorvnCB7ez69Y83

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 * [|Surprising Tips for Getting a Job Promotion (ft. Hank Green)!]
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 || [|20 Tips to Ace Any Job Interview!] by [|How to Adult] ||>  ||   ||> 5:42 ||
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 || [|How to Write a Resumé (...Like a Wizard)!] by [|How to Adult] ||

Careers, Salaries, Applications and Resumes toc

Week 1: Set stage for class and talk about career choices
Explore questions about goals, salaries, career choices. (PowerPoint format) (Adobe format)

Homework:
Explore some careers by creating an account and doing the "Drive of Your Life" ([|http://driveofyourlife.org]) Sign in as "outside of Indiana" School: homeschool Teacher: Linda Whipker

Complete the drive of your life questionnaire – email me by Wed noon the following items Talk to your parents The PowerPoint that I showed today is on the wiki -- both in a PowerPoint form and in an adobe form.
 * Your 3 letter personality code (and what it means) -- even better if you use the "Snipping Tool" or equivalent!
 * 5 careers (at least 2 or 3 that they chose or add one or two that you liked better
 * For each one send me: Career name, Salary, Education required and whether or not you think it's a potential career for you and why or why not
 * Bonus for snipped photo of your completed car
 * Why did they choose to do what they’re doing now (both parents) -- what was their career/job story?
 * How often did their primary “career” change from the time they were teens until now?
 * Do they consider their current occupation a “career” or a “job”? (Good description of the differences: [] )
 * For the first major career/job they had, what were their motivations for choosing it?

Background
Homework: Drive of Your Lives – what careers, what salaries, what type of working conditions @https://www.driveofyourlife.org/educator/support_materials.cfm

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 * Recognizes that each person is unique, and that one way to explore interesting careers is to take an inventory of personal likes and dislikes, strengths and abilities -- other tests they've done?
 * 48-question inventory and received a three-letter code
 * Description of codes: @https://www.driveofyourlife.org/tutorial/ss15.html
 * COMPUTER TIP: Snipping tool -- take a picture of your car at the end

Week 2: Career Coach
Sally Curry: []

Sally does several types of testing:
 * Highlands Ability Battery
 * Myers Briggs
 * Strong Interest Inventory

Week 3: Job Applications, Resumes
Debrief from last week
 * Helpful?
 * How close to reality?
 * Which made the most sense?
 * Would it be worthwhile to do more?

Debrief from week before
 * Parents' jobs/careers
 * Most helpful thing from Drive of Your Life -- anything interesting?
 * What about the Minimum Wage movie -- thoughts?

What do you think is the hardest thing right now about choosing a career choice? How are you going to go about thinking about it?

This week: looking at job applications, resumes, and service brochures. Probably, one of these will be required before your first significantly paying job.

Job applications:


 * Job applications and resumes
 * Sample resume for teen with no experience: []
 * [] (some experience)
 * Using Word to create a resume (templates)
 * Updating a resume (WSJ)

Whole career section on the WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html?refresh=on

How to tailor your application to the job -- look at job requirements in the paper, online, different ones one can do, what the key words are and how to show it... @http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html?refresh=on here's a student internship job: @http://it-jobs.fins.com/Jobs/127654/AT-T-Part-Time-Student-Intern-I-Columbus-OH?SourcePage=Jobsearch&fromwsj=true

NCSU student job board: @http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/student_jobs/selectjobs.html