Instructions in the attached file
Research a Career Worksheet SLS 1301
Researching a career is an important step in understanding the full picture of what that path entails. This worksheet will guide you through a complete analysis of two careers or jobs of your choice and enable you to compare and contrast.
Please choose TWO different careers and follow the directions in the boxes on the left. Please reference the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), O*Net, professional associations, Eagle Career Network, and more. Please do not use Google or Wikipedia.
| Career 1 | Career 2 | |
| Career: | ||
| Using OOH, summarize what someone in this career field will do: | ||
| Using OOH, typical educational requirements or background for someone in this career: | ||
| Cross reference information with O*Net, provide typical work activities: | ||
| Using O*Net, list the Interests (Holland Code): | ||
| Does the Interests (Holland Code) align with YOUR OWN Holland Code? If yes, where does it overlap? If no, what do you think is the disconnect? | ||
| Using O*Net, discuss your findings about wage and employment trends for this position: | ||
| Using one or more of the salary websites given in the module, what is a typical entry-level pay in this role? What is a mid-career level pay in this role? | ||
| Back to using OOH, what related occupations interest you? | ||
| Choose a professional association in your career field and report new findings that were not available in the OOH or O*NET: | ||
| Use Eagle Career Network to view an entry-level job posting and summarize the duties and qualifications for this entry-level role: (Only use Indeed.com if you cannot locate job title or similar job title in ECN.) | ||
| After reviewing job postings in the career area you are interested in, what majors align with this career? Are these majors that you are considering? If not, where is the misalignment? | ||
| What is your overall reflection about conducting this research and exploring deeper into this career path? |
