Below are the links to use for your career presentation. Don't forget to cite your sources in MLA format.
Career Cruising should be used to explore your career choices. It will help bring those careers to life. It is an innovative career exploration website that has real-world career information. Career Cruising
Click on the link to “What Career is Right for Me?” in the left hand column. Click on “Dream It. Do It” in the middle of the page. You may take the Dream Career Quiz to indicate your career personality, or skip to the bottom of the page and click on career profiles to read career descriptions. You will need much more information from the following three online databases to complete your project. Career Connections
In the left hand column, choose “Resources for Students & Teachers.” Then, in the middle of the page, choose “Career Information for Students” which gives descriptive information on 60 jobs, OR, choose “Occupational Outlook Handbook” and type in the career you would wish to research, eg. “fashion design” or “bicycle repair” or “pediatrician” or other in the Search OOH box. Your results list will be links to careers described within the Bureau of Labor Statistics database. United States Dept. of Labor
This web resource links you to five or six related resources once you have chosen your career from the alphabetical listing of 650 careers. For the careers that are included here, you may link to sites such as XAP, Career Planner, or the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which lists the important abilities and skills needed in your career. This will not be your primary site for information, but will give you fun facts to make your career presentation more interesting and insightful. Career Database
From the home page, you can choose to search the “Career Database” for a career of your choice. You may either SEARCH by entering the search term, such as “fashion design” or “bicycle repair” or “pediatrician”, or you may BROWSE the list of 902 careers. Once you have chosen your career to research, myplan.com gives you a job description, job requirements, significant points and salary information. These are four of the five requirements for your project! You will enjoy using the “Video Library” to watch a 1-2 minute video of your career choice. You must choose “Quicktime” and “High Bandwidth” to view the videos on our computers. My Plan