Career Planning Activities

Career planning activities are experiential learning opportunities that help guide your career exploration and planning. Some career planning activities include:

• Attending job or career fairs
• Attending college fairs
• Visiting a college/university, a community/technical school, or a career center
• Attending a camp which focuses on the development of a specific skill set (i.e. music, sports, arts, leadership, etc)
• Completing a job search workshop or webinar
• Completing your resume and keeping it up to date
• Exploring apprenticeship programs
• Meeting with a career advisory
• Job shadowing in a career of interest
• Interviewing an expert in a career field of interest
• Completing or practicing job applications
• Volunteering or community service
• Service learning projects
• Working part-time
• Practicing the ACT or SAT
• Taking the ACT or SAT
• Enrolling in Youth Experience or Work Experience for credit (11th or 12th grade ONLY)

This is not an exhaustive list of possible career planning activities, but it is a good place to start. These activities should help you learn more about yourself and the future you want to create.