creating a career portfolio module 2: investigating careers
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Creating a Career PortfolioModule 2:
Investigating Careers
Investigating Careers
Job Categories or Clusters
In-depth Career Research
Career Preparation Training
A Short Introduction to Career Databases
Job Categories or Clusters
• A group of occupations related to an industry or field
• Help to narrow down a job-seekers search
• About 24 common career clusters on most job-search sites
Exercise 2.1: Choosing Fifteen Job Clusters
Exercise 2.2: Matching Job Clusters
• Look back at your recommended job list from Exercise 1.3
• Match your jobs with the job clusters
Six Selected Jobs Job Cluster
Teacher Education
Exercise 2.3: Jobs-Careers Exploration
Job Title:
Brief Job Description:
Education Required:
Salary Range:
Exercise 2.4: Researching a Career
Include the following in your in-depth career research:
• RIASEC code
• Job Cluster
• Job Title
• Job Summary
• Education/Training
Requirements
• Skills Needed
• Average Annual
Salary
• Future Outlook
• Related Job Titles
Exercise 2.5: Researching Educational Training
Career Interest: Accountant
Suggested MajorsRecommended Educational Institutions
Accounting Boston University
Economics Brown University
Exercise 2.6 : Entering Information into a Careers Database
Input the results of students’ in-depth research into the class’ careers database
Careers Database
Exercise 2.7: Sorting Information in a Jobs or
Careers DatabaseHow do you sort and create a report with the
class’ careers database?
Careers Database