Assess+Yourself



This lesson will help to access your career goals.
 * Activity 1 - ****Assess Your Career Goals **
 * Go to **Careerzone**
 * Click on the third circle at the top of the page that says Assess Yourself.
 * As you scroll over the words in the light green polygons, you'll see the definition for those terms in the center dark green polygon.
 * Choose the three terms that best describe you [choosing the one that describes you the most first].
 * Then click View Occupations in the lower right-hand corner.
 * Once you click View Occupations, you will see a list of jobs that are relevant to the characteristic you chose to describe yourself.
 * Review several of the jobs, before choosing one to study.
 * Save the one job you decide to study to your H drive [the drive with your lunch number]. While you have your job position open, Go to File, Save As, and choose HTML only and click on your directory; it should save your job as a webpage.
 * In MS Word In your own words, explain the job description; how your interest line up with the interests listed for the job, work values, tasks, duties; the types of tools and technology you may utilize at this position, knowledge and education needed and wages, entry level and experienced level.
 * Open a new tab by pressing Ctrl and the letter T [or clicking the box behind the tab that's already open] and go to **[|AJCjobs.com]**
 * Type the name of your job position into the "Search by Keyword" blank and click "Search"
 * Review the options that come up.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the **same MS Word document**, record how many jobs came up for you position, where were they located, how much education and experience did they ask for and how much does it pay.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">In summary, write a paragraph as to why this position interests you and what you learned from this activity about this job [in the same MS Word document].

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which option will work best for you; not sure? Let's take a look, in this activity you will be researching the college, school or institution that will best prepare you for your job.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Activity 2 - College Bound or Technical School? **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Go to Google and type in "Georgia school programs for [type the name of your job position here]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Find and application for your school [save to to your folder, so we can review later].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Determine where your school is located, how much does it cost; to live on campus and off? What is the minimum ACT or SAT score required to enroll? How long does it usually take to finish your course of study?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do they accept the** Hope Scholarship**? **Eligible schools** | **Application**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everyone wants to live the good life, but is that what you're really planning for? This is the time to starting taking matters into your own hands. In this activity, you will begin to make a budget. You've already chosen a job, but is it going to provide the life you want to live? Let's get it started!
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Activity 3 - How You Living? **