My Career Journey

Review the career paths chart below, watch the video, and begin completing your career journal. You are on your way to creating your dream job!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an Uber driver? This type of job is called the "gig economy" because you get paid by the amount of "gigs" you complete.

So, kids should understand how this can fit into their career and money plans!

The Uber Game will give you a scenario to help you understand how this can fit into their career and money plans. Some people have gigs as their full-time jobs, while others use gigs are their second job. Other gig jobs may be a freelance artist or a musician.

Play the Uber Game and see if you can make your $1,000 mortgage payment.

Afterward, reflect on the game and answer the following questions:

1. Did you make your mortgage payment? Why or why not?

2. Hour many days and hours per week did you work?

3. Are there any gig jobs you can think of that sound interesting to you?

It's time to do more research on a career of your choice. Choose one career from last week's list, and use the internet to research information about that career. Younger students can use the worksheet, while older students (grades 4-5) should use the list of guiding questions to write a short essay about their career of choice.

After you have finished your research, congratulations, you have completed My Career Journey!