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= = = = =**Career Clusters Research Project**=

The purpose of this activity is to help you:


 * Learn how careers can be grouped together into clusters based on common characteristics
 * See how these career clusters can be used to discover and explore new career possibilities
 * Learn about some of the commonly used ways of grouping occupations

Go to www.careercruising.com. Enter your personal My Plan username and password in the spaces provided, and click on Log In.

Log in to Career Cruising and click on Careers, then click on the 16 Career Clusters tab. Select a cluster that interests you, and then click on the Related Careers tab. (Optional: To further filter your results, you can select the level of education that you are planning on pursuing— high school, 2-year college or technical training, or 4-year college/university). Scroll through the list and click on a career that interests you.

Career:

1. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions: What do people in this career do?

What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)

2. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following: What salaries do people in this career earn?

How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move along the Sample Career Path)?

Click on Related Careers. Click on a career that interests you. Career:

3. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions: What do people in this career do?

What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)

4. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following: What salaries do people in this career earn?

How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move along the Sample Career Path)?

SUMMARY – YOUR VIEWS 5. Now that you have learned a little about these two related careers, answer the following questions: What is similar about the two careers?

Which career do you think you would like more and why?

=**Discovering Your Work Skills**=

The purpose of this activity is to help you make links between your daily activities and work skills. In particular, you will:
 * See the importance of your curricular and extracurricular activities
 * Gain a better understanding of your skills
 * Learn about career options related to your skills














 * STEP 1: A DAY IN MY LIFE**


 * Fill in the A Day In My Life chart (see above). In the Activities column, write down the**
 * things you do in a typical day. (You will answer these questions on your blog).**
 * Be sure to include all classes, sports, social events, clubs, hobbies, chores,**
 * after school jobs, etc. (You may use the Activities and Work Skills chart as a reference.)**
 * Using the Activities and Work Skills chart, match your activities with the related work skills.**
 * Now go back to your A Day In My Life chart and write down the work skills that match your activities**
 * (put the work skills beside each activity, in the right-hand column).**
 * 1. Write down the work skill that appears most often in your day:**
 * Work Skill #1:**


 * 2. Write down the work skill you would most enjoy using in a job:**
 * Work Skill #2:**


 * 3. Write down the work skill you think would be most important in getting a good job:**
 * Work Skill #3:**


 * STEP 2: USING CAREER CRUISING/WORK SKILL #1**


 * Log in to Career Cruising and click on Careers, then click on the Start Career Selector button.**
 * Go to the Core Tasks section and select the work skill/core task that appears most often in your day**
 * (Work Skill #1 above).**
 * Click on the blue View Results button. Career Cruising will show you a list of occupations where people**
 * use the skill you selected.**


 * STEP 3: RESEARCHING THE CAREER**


 * Scroll through the list and click on a career that interests you.**
 * Career:**


 * 4. Click on Job Description. Write down examples of how people in this career use the work skill you**
 * selected.**


 * Click on one of the two interviews.**


 * Person’s name:**


 * 5. Click on A Day In The Life. Write down examples of how the person uses the skill you selected in**
 * his/her workday.**


 * Now click on the other interview.**


 * Person’s name:**


 * 6. Click on A Day In The Life. Write down examples of how this person uses the skill you selected in**
 * his/her workday.**


 * STEP 4: USING CAREER CRUISING/WORK SKILL #2**


 * Use your browser’s back button to return to the Career Selector screen. Go to the Core Tasks section.**
 * Deselect the work skill/core task you chose before (i.e. click on it once to delete the checkmark).**
 * Now select the work skill that you would most enjoy using in a job (Work Skill #2 above).**
 * Click on View Results.**


 * Scroll through the list and click on a career that interests you.**


 * Career:**


 * 7. Read the Job Description and each of the interviewees’ A Day In The Life. Write down examples of**
 * how people in this career use the work skill you selected.**


 * STEP 5: USING CAREER CRUISING/WORK SKILL #3**


 * Repeat Step 4, except this time select the work skill that you think would be most important in getting a**
 * good job (Work Skill #3 above).**


 * Career:**


 * 8. Read the Job Description and each of the interviewees’ A Day In The Life. Write down examples of**
 * how people in this career use the work skill you selected.**