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Map Your Future Career!

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Resource:Map Your Future Career!
Provider:Mapping Your Future- CareerShip
Summary:Age Range - 11 and up (Middle & High School)
This website offers a free online career exploration tool for middle and high school students developed by a non-profit organization called Mapping Your Future. Students answer a questionnaire about their interests and find out what careers match them.
Description:Then, they can explore those careers at the site to discover:

*Salary or wages associated with that career
*Future career outlook
*Level of education required
*Knowledge and experience needed
*Skills required
*Tasks and responsibilities involved
*Other similar careers

When you get to the site you'll see 4 icons that include:


*Visit the Featured Career - Find out more about a career that is highlighted at the website.
*Match My Career Interests - Fill out a questionnaire to help match your interest with a career.
*Review Careers by Cluster including:

*Architecture & Engineering
*Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media
*Building and Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance
*Business & Financial Operations
*Community & Social Services
*Computer & Mathematical
*Farming, Fishing, & Forestry
*Food Preparation & Serving Related
*Healthcare Practitioners & Technical
*Legal
*Military Specific
*And many more!

*Career Search - Use the search engine to locate a career of interest.

You'll also find information on job hunting, resumes, and links to free job search listings. There are learning ideas and activities for classroom educators that can be tweaked for homeschool use as well.

The idea behind this site is to empower students and families with the information and services they need to accomplish their career goals.

Enjoy!
Contributed by:Diane Flynn Keith, ©Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Diane Flynn Keith publishes the rave-reviewed ClickSchooling® daily ezine with 12,000+ subscribers. If you're ready to jump-start your homeschooling, save time and money, and have more fun learning with your children, get your FREE subscription to ClickSchooling® now at http://www.homefires.com/free.asp.
C A T E G O R I E S
Orientation:General
Subjects:Reference
Teaching Methods:Online Interactive
I N T E N D E D   F O R:
Ages:11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
Grades:7,8,9,10,11,12
F O R   M O R E   I N F O R M A T I O N
Web Site:http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfm

 


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