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Job Description Tool
Here is a simple activity that youngters can use to describe what they are doing for a service project. Job title, specific skills needed, time committment, and job responsibilities are all listed.
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Name That Job!
Can you name the job that involves scholars, classes, and grades? If you guessed teacher, you just won a round of Name That Job! The second lesson in a five-part college and career readiness unit has career seekers team up and go head to...
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Cameras and Careers
Applying photography basics they learn for this project, first graders take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. After making a career book that includes photos and...
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Searching for Your Perfect Career
Here is a very comprehensive activity that spans several weeks and allows learners to fully explore career clusters. They take aptitude tests, list career options, then research one career choice. They create PowerPoint presentations...
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Preparing for Job Entry through Enhancement of Employment Skills
Students explore the world of work and the opportunities that exist in today's world. They identify specific careers and colleges that match their interests and abilities and investigate various corporations and businesses that employ...
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Exploring Career Choices
Students complete a self-analysis exercise and choose a career to research based on the results. Students research their career using various resources including interview and internet research. They use the information gathered to...
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Job Search: Steps to Completing a Job Application
Filling out a job application can be a confusing and overwhelming task for a young adult. Take some time and provide your class with practical advice and experience by filling out a real job application. Each learners fills out the...
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Pet Care Professions
Students explore pet care professions. In this pet care lesson, students research print and Internet sources regarding pet care occupations. Students write job descriptions for the professions they research.
Workforce Solutions
On the Job
Four lessons spotlight a variety of professions while boosting listening and observational skills and making inferences. Lesson one challenges pupils to group cards based on a commonality then justify the relationship they see....
Workforce Solutions
Customized Resumes
Resumes are key to the job search process. Class members examine sample job postings and critique sample resumes to understand how to craft a strong resume.
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Worksheet for Researching Occupations
In this careers learning exercise, students research jobs they are interested in and then fill in a graphic organizer with details about the career.
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Visual Arts Careers
What kind of careers are there in the art field? Create an arts occupation book with your class while investigating several art careers. Students include samples in their book of the types of art each career produces.
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Career Exploration
Students investigate possible career paths in forestry they may pursue. In this vocational lesson, students discover the many careers possible in the world of science by researching teacher approved career websites on the Internet....
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Art Careers
Students explore art careers. In this career education lesson, students explore three different learning stations which simulate several art careers. Students construct a career book after this activity.
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Brainstorming Job Ideas
High schoolers brainstorm ideas for different kinds of jobs. From this list of ideas, each student chooses one job or career to research further. They use written resources, read a variety of texts in making their choice.
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Exploring Careers
Fourth graders explore various careers and research the education and skills required, the job location and description, and the tools/instruments used.
Missouri Center for Career Education
Mock Trial Jury Worksheet
What is the role of the judge in a trial? What schooling is required to be a judge? How much do judges typically earn? Class members research the job descriptions, education required, and salaries of law-related occupations including...
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Job Descriptions
In these job descriptions worksheets, match the jobs and descriptions, complete the crossword puzzle about jobs, and then rewrite the sentences using he or she for the various jobs.
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Careers in Ag Engineering
Students examine various careers in Ag Engineering both globally and locally. They analyze work sites, compare/contrast working conditions and define skills needed by employers. They prepare short speeches and present them, accurately...
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Hey, Get a Job! A Teen Guide for Getting and Keeping a Job
Learners research the job marketplace and try to find a job for themselves. In this job search instructional activity, students make a list of possible job sites, read the Child Labor Laws, and complete the application process for a job....
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Career Research Project
In this career research worksheet, students research jobs they are interested in and then respond to 17 short answer questions related to the careers.
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A Perfect Fit: Finding the Right Career for You
Class members explore possible career paths and consider their own passions and interests by researching job openings, career descriptions, and skills, as well as reading the success stories of experienced entrepreneurs.
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Dream Jobs
Second graders explore the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" In this careers instructional activity, 2nd graders let their imagination go as they think of what job they would like, then complete a worksheet about...
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Dream Job
Students explore aspects of their dream job. In this career exploration lesson, students are encouraged to either choose an existing job, or create one, and write about it on an accompanying worksheet. Extension activity ideas also...