Exploring Different Paths to a Career
In this lesson you will learn the different routes to career paths (direct to work, college certificate or diploma, and college or university degree), and how they relate to some career paths through using the resources on the Work BC website.
So far in this course, you have examined a lot of things that go into exploring career and life, such as dreams vs. passions, skills, characteristics and competencies, perspectives of work, and the importance of volunteerism and community connections.
In this lesson, we will continue to extend one of your assignments posted in Term 1, to put these concepts together while examining more career paths. The more we find out about various career options now will enable us to better navigate our options when our time comes!
The first thing to understand about researching a career is that it helps to be at least a little intrigued by that particular path of work.
Many career journeys follow a straight path—graduate from high school, go to school and start your career. However, more often than not, there may be a serendipitous moment—you take a course in high school that sparks your interest in an occupation, or your friend offers you a great new job, or a move takes you to a region with different demands.
Ways to Get to Your Career
This zone focuses on people who want to finish school and go directly to being employed in the workforce without any additional education. Examples of these types of career are retail employee, office assistant or construction worker.
This zone focuses on those who want to go into the trades or receive certification in a new field. Examples of this type of career are electricians, dental hygienists or heavy duty mechanics.
This zone focuses on those people who are interested in pursuing a profession that requires a university degree. Examples of this type of career are doctors, teachers and engineers.
ASSIGNMENT
For this assignment you will watch posted videos on the WorkBC website to explore ways to get to different career paths.
SUBMIT
Submit your completed assignment in your Flex Block Google Classroom.
Due: Monday, May 5th