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Once you’ve settled on a few different career options, it’s wise to think about a general plan for how to head in the right direction. Two of the most important aspects of that plan includes the following:
Establish a tentative timeline to give you an idea of how long it will take to achieve your goals. Also, consider the time and financial commitments you will need to make. You can even get that timeline started today by enrolling in relevant courses during your junior and senior years of high school.
Be sure to attend and actively participate in your IGP (Individual Graduation Plan) meeting held annually with your parents and school counselor. During this meeting you review your current and past academic progress, career interests, educational goals, and post-secondary plans, as well as, discuss course selections for the next school year.
Your career and life will inevitably be intertwined, so it is important to consider how they will impact one another. Think about what you want your life to look like:
What kind of house do you want to live in?
Do you want to have a family?
Is traveling important to you?
It’s crucial to ensure that your career can support your lifestyle goals while providing the security and financial freedom you want. Use the links below to assist you in the planning stage of the career planning process.
For this activity, you will need to begin as a new player and choose no for the option of the game begin a class assignment.
In this dynamic simulation, students play the role of a full-time Uber driver with two kids to support and a $1000 mortgage payment due in a week. This 15-20 minute game helps you learn how to think and act like an entrepreneur. You are in the "drivers' seat in making decisions and more.
In a tough economy, it seems particularly important to choose a career with potential to grow. Use this site to search current occupations that are growing at a faster rate than average, occupations that have more job openings than others, and new occupations in growing industries.
When thinking about what you want to do for the rest of your life, choose something that you genuinely like to do, not just something that will make you a lot of money. All of these factors should weigh in to your decision. Use this site to help you narrow down which careers will support the answers to the questions mentioned above.
BigFuture is the College Board's free college planning tool, designed to support students like you from your first thoughts about college to your first day on campus. BigFuture will help you; Handle the college planning process. Find the college where you'll thrive, as well as, look at your interests and career options.
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