Picture what you want and plan

What can I do now?

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Career Decision Making Process

You are

here!

E - Explain

X – EXamine

L – LearnO - Opportunities

R – Rules of the Workplace

E -Evaluate

P – Picture what you want & Plan

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You are here!

Program Overview

Let’s start with the in mind.

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Fill in the blanks

1. In 5 years I will be ___ years old.

2. I would like to be employed at _______________ .

3. I would like to attend a college, university, or other school at ________________________ .

4. It would be ideal to major, concentrate, or focus on ______________ .

5. I would have begun my career or will be on my way to a career as a ______________________ .

6. I will own or be on my way to owning a business specializing in ______________________ .

If none of the above apply, make your own! It’s your choice!

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What could you be doing right now to get there?

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Instructions

1. Break into teams of at least 5.

2. List the extra-curricular activities of every team member. If more than 1 team member is involved count it as many times as needed. (This is not restricted to school involvement.)

3. Next to the activities write whether or not someone from your team is in a leadership role.

4. Write a down a maximum of 5 activities offered by your school that your team in not currently involved in.

Sample: # teammates # teammates in # activities involved leadership not involved

Cheerleading II I 0Student government 0 0 IBoy Scouts of America I 0 0

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Instructions (cont.)Match each of the activities you listed to one acquired skill or ability.

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Meeting Deadlines

Team-building

Multi-tasking Organization

Time Management

LEADERSHIP

public speaking

Networking

teamworkInitiative

Goal Setting

Time’s up!

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And the winner is……………

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Now that you’ve discussed with your team tell us! What activities are the class involved in? Yell them out!

• Sports? Which?• Clubs? Which?• Camps? What?• Student Government? What position?• Band? What instrument?• Chorus? What section?• Community Involvement? Where?• Volunteer? Where?• Mentor? Who?• Tutor? Who?• Religious Organization? What do you do?

What are we missing?

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What about work?

Fast food

Retail

Movie theater

Supermarket

Work in the neighborhood (lawn upkeep, wash cars, etc.)

Work for family

Chores

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Let’s connect the dots…..

In order to achieve my goal of becoming a ___________

I will:__________________________________________________

in the next ___ weeks or months (circle one)

Ex. get a job in _______ , join the _______ club, volunteer at _________, etc.

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What’s my take away?

Today I would ?

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