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Career Clusters
Career Clusters
Agriculture
Agriculture
This diverse Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in the planning, implementation, production, management, processing, and/or marketing of agricultural commodities and services, including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products. It also includes related professional, technical and educational services.
Ag & Food Careers in PA: Explore various agricultural careers and check out videos featuring workers in each career.
Construction
Construction
This diverse Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment. People employed in this cluster work on new structures, restorations, additions, alterations and repairs.
Future Road Builders: Future Road Builders is a career awareness tool created by Constructors Association of Western Pennsylvania. Through games, videos, imagery and assessment tools, this free resource explores a virtual highway construction project and uncovers the skills needed to be a heavy and highway construction apprentice. Get real insight into just what it means to be a construction professional.
Brayman Construction Apprenticeship Training Program: Offers apprenticeships focusing on the career paths of Carpentry, Welding, Heavy Equipment Operating, Laborer, and Heavy Equipment Mechanic.
Arts, Entertainment, and Design
Arts, Entertainment, and Design
This diverse Career Cluster encompasses careers involving designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
Management and Entrepreneurship
Management and Entrepreneurship
Management and Entrepreneurship careers encompass planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Management and Entrepreneurship career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy.
Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business: Check out podcasts and presentations on a variety business topics!
Education
Education
This diverse Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.
Financial Services
Financial Services
The Financial Services Cluster prepares learners for careers in financial and investment planning, banking, insurance and business financial management.
Accounting Career Days from the Pennsylvania CPA Foundation: Professional speakers, a scavenger hunt, student panels, and more!
Public Service and Strategy
Public Service and Strategy
This diverse career clusters encompasses executing governmental functions to include governance; national security; foreign service; planning; revenue and taxation; regulation; and management and administration at the local, state, and federal levels.
Healthcare and Human Services
Healthcare and Human Services
This diverse career cluster involves planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
dental careers.pdfHospitality, Events, and Tourism
Hospitality, Events, and Tourism
Hospitality and Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, and recreation events and travel-related services.
Digital Technology
Digital Technology
IT careers involve the design, development, support and management of hardware, software, multimedia and systems integration services.
Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing
This diverse Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products. Careers also include related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.
2020 MFG Day: A one-hour MFG DAY event designed to inspire the next generation of manufacturers – offering a special “out of this world” keynote address by NASA Astronaut, Colonel Mike Fincke – along with “You’re Hired!” manufacturing videos; MFG Connection “exhibitor” profiles; and virtual tours.
Marketing and Sales
Marketing and Sales
This diverse Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in planning, managing and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives.
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and Natural Resources
Learners who pursue one of these fields will be involved in planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.
Supply Chain and Transportation
Supply Chain and Transportation
This diverse Career Cluster exposes students to careers and businesses involved in the planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and products by road, air, rail and water. It also includes related professional and technical support services such as infrastructure planning and management, logistic services, and the maintenance of mobile equipment and facilities.
Interest Areas/Holland Code
Interest Areas/Holland Code
Students find their top Interest Areas (or "Holland Code") by taking the Work Values, Learning Style, and My Personality Type Survey on SmartFutures. After completing the assessment, students will be able to view a list of careers that match with their top Interest Areas.
Realistic (R)
Investigative (I)
Artistic (A)
Social (S)
Enterprising (E)
Conventional (C)
Realistic
Realistic
Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Investigative
Investigative
Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Artistic
Artistic
Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
Social
Social
Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Enterprising
Enterprising
Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Conventional
Conventional
Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Other Career Resources
Other Career Resources
PFEW Speaker Series: Watch previously recorded videos and past live recordings. PFEW adds new videos sporadically
CareerOneStop Interest Assessment - 30 quick questions, about 5 minutes, learn about careers that might be best for you
BigFuture Career Quiz - easy, 15-minute quiz to get matched with careers based on your likes and dislikes
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