"Join the Workforce" - Week 2

Tuesday 9/18

Journal - Write down (in as much detail as possible)

3 financial goals that you have:

1 for the next 3 months,

1 for the next year, and 1 for the next 5 years.

You will be assigned 1 of the topics below.

You and your group will prepare a 5 minute audio/visual

presentation on that topic.

Each group member should spend...

5-7 minutes quietly researching & writing ideas

(at least 5 sentences)

in your journal (date and label it so I'll see it on Friday)

5-7 minutes discussing, planning & preparing your

presentation with your group

4-6 minutes presenting (all group members must contribute)

- Decision making (p19-21)

- Types of expenses (p25-27)

- 6 steps to a winning spending plan (p29-31)

- Cruise to the finish line (p32-33)

- Money 911 (p34-35)

- 7 Ways to strike back (p36-37)

Due on Friday 9/21 (when I check your journal)

-> 5-7 sentence summary of your topic,

3-5 sentence summary of each other topic (6 topics total);

Information on all topics can be found on the following pages

in your"Module 1: Money Management" textbook

Wednesday 9/19

Journal - Assume the role of a potential employer who has just Googled your name.

• • Would the potential employer like what they see? Why or why not?

  • Would the employer see your social media profiles? If so, are you worried?

Thursday 9/20

Journal - In order to get a job offer, you have to do well at your interview. But, before that, you need to OBTAIN an interview in the first place.

If you were trying to get a new part-time job for next summer, what strategies would you use to get to the “interview stage” of the hiring process?

Classwork Interviewing Student Worksheet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vz8yT0ERq9EVUvdB0qwGM63BnQRIAc8577aIOcEvI6c/edit

Interview challenge

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Q4Q8VEun7hwliz7F3TkqQBa7qNzlMVmklaKaPjrLR8/edit

Friday 9/21

Journal - You are in and interview, and the interviewer asks you,

“So, tell me, straight up: What is your biggest weakness as it pertains to this job?”

How do you respond? (7-10 sentences)

Closing Journal -

What did you learn/experience doing the "interview challenge"?

Hand in your journal at the end of class with all journal entries

including you "Money Management" reports.