Creating a Career PortfolioProject 3

Creating a Career PortfolioChallenge

Project 3 Challenge - 1

As a high-school student, you should start to

examine the kinds of career options available to

you. It is important even at this early stage to

start developing a career portfolio that identifies

your career interests and objectives.

How will you achieve a

successful career?

Project 3 Challenge - 2

You must also become better informed about the different job opportunities available to you and their training and educational requirements, and how jobs are categorized to make the search more manageable. Most of this project will be accomplished by having you work on your own personal career plan, rather than as a team member.

Project 3 Challenge Tasks

You will complete the following tasks:• Correlate or match personal job

recommendations to job clusters.• Learn about career interests by taking

various online career self-assessments.• Read at least two prominent theories about

job interests and styles.• Predict the results of the online assessments

prior to receiving test results.• Write a short essay about an “ideal” job.

Project 3 Challenge Tasks

• Develop a list of the most common job ‘clusters’ or categories.

• Research specific careers, first as a general overview, and then in-depth.

• Input researched career information into a database, and use the database’s sorting and reporting capabilities.

• Gather and organize information to create a functional job resume.

Project 3 Challenge Tasks

• Determine current and future career objectives.

• Investigate job interview techniques in order to prepare and participate in a mock job interview.

• Assemble and present a digital career portfolio that incorporates all of the previous learning exercises and information for this challenge.