Career Exploration Paper
Choose a Career Path
Based on Your Personality & Interests
⦁ Using your DWYA Report, select 3 careers that interest you and that you would like to find out more about. Enter these 3 career choices in discussion post, and tell why you selected them.
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⦁ After reviewing these 3, select one to conduct more research about. (see rubric on next page)
⦁ Feel free to use any of the resources below to complete your Career Research Project.
Career Resources
⦁ Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/OCO
⦁ America’s Career Infonet: http://www.acinet.org/acinet
⦁ The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: ⦁ http://www.careercornerstone.org
⦁ O-Net: ⦁ http://www.online.onetcenter.org
Resources for College Majors
⦁ What Can I Do With This Major? http://www.shsu.edu/~ccp_www/majors/default.html
⦁ What Can I Do With a Major in…? http://www.myplan.com/majors/what-to-do-with-a-major.php
⦁ College Majors and Career Information: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/CareerHandouts.shtml
More Resources for choosing a career based on personality & interests:
⦁ http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/OCAinterests.shtml
⦁ http://www.iseek.org/guide/counselors/counselorclustersholland.html
⦁ http://www.careerkey.org/asp/career_options/match_personality.html
⦁ http://www.roguecc.edu/Counseling/HollandCodes/test.asp
http://career.missouri.edu/students/majors-careers/skills-interests/career-interest-game/?menu=student⦁ &⦁ expand=si
⦁ http://www.iseek.org/careers/interestassessment.html
Career Exploration Paper Guidelines
DUE: ______
⦁ Choose one career to research that is based on your personality and interests.
⦁ Use at least three sources and list them at the end of your paper on a separate sheet.
⦁ Address each section below in a separate slide or paragraph:
⦁ What career did you choose to research and why did you choose it?
⦁ Describe the career. What are the typical job duties?
⦁ What are the educational requirements?
⦁ What knowledge, skills, and abilities are required?
⦁ What is the salary range and job outlook?
⦁ What are some advantages and disadvantages of working in this career?
⦁ What are your personality strengths that match this career?
⦁ How does this career match your interests?
Career Research Project Rubric
Career Paper PASS Comments/Suggestions
Paragraph 1 ⦁ What career did you choose?
⦁ Why did you choose this career? More slides can be used on any of these sections- as needed!
Paragraph 2 ⦁ Describe the career.
⦁ What are the typical job duties?
Paragraph 3 ⦁ What are the educational requirements?
Paragraph 4 ⦁ What knowledge, skills, and abilities are required?
Paragraph 5 ⦁ What is the salary range?
⦁ What is the job outlook?
Paragraph 6
⦁ What are some advantages?
⦁ What some disadvantages?
Paragraph 7
⦁ What are you personality strengths that match this career?
⦁ Where is your family from? Find pictures that describe your heritage.
Paragraph 8
⦁ How does this career match your interests?
⦁ Where will you be in 10 years?
⦁ What advice would you give a student taking HUMD my class semester?
Last Page
⦁ 3 Sources Must have 3 sources listed on final page/slide.
Format Format Guidelines:
⦁ Typed
⦁ Double spaced
⦁ 12 pt. font
⦁ Header
⦁ Spell checked Header/Cover Slide Example:
Student: Chris Mustown
Professor: L.O. Gant
HUMD 0330.1042
October 8, 2013
Student Name: ____________________________
Assignment: Career Exploration Project: Paper (Parts I & II)
Grade: ______ /100
Student Success Course
EDUC 1300 Learning Framework
Writing Assignment / Paper Rubric (Part I)
Note: Papers receiving a grade of 69% or lower will not be considered complete. In these cases, the student will be required to revise and resubmit the paper by the deadline indicated by the instructor in order to master the outcome associated with the assessment. To determine your grade, your instructor will circle the level of performance in each category and add the points in each box.
Limited Progress
69 Points In Progress
75 Points Above Average
88 Points Exceeding
100 Points
CONTENT
Inclusion of all assignment
criteria: See Instructions above
Feedback_____________
_____________________ Student does not follow the criteria listed on the assignment directions.
30 Points
Student responds to and elaborates upon some of the criteria listed on the assignment instructions.
32 Points
Student responds to and elaborates upon most of the criteria listed on the assignment directions
36 Points Student responds to and elaborates upon all of the criteria listed on the assignment directions.
44 Points
RESEARCH/ SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Required type and number of supporting materials: 3 Sources
Style: APA or MLA
Feedback_____________
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Student does not include any required supporting sources.
20 Points Student includes one required type of supporting source.
22 Points Student uses two sources and cites sources using specified format.
25 Points
Student includes three or more credible sources indicating thorough research. Sources are cited appropriately.
29 Points
ORGANIZATION/FORMAT
Length requirement: 5 Paragraphs- Introduction, Body (3 Paragraphs) and Conclusion
Font requirement: 12
Spacing requirement: Double
Other: 1” margins
Feedback ______________
______________________ Poorly written; paper seems rushed and last minute.
10 Points Some work needed to organize thoughts; text is confusing at times.
11 Points Paper needs some reorganization but is generally easy to follow.
13 Points
Paper is organized, well-written and easy to follow. All format requirements are met.
14 Points
SPELLING/GRAMMAR
Feedback ______________
______________________ MLA or grammar errors throughout paper.
9 Points Some MLA or grammar errors that distract from clarity of the paper.
10 Points Minor MLA or grammar errors. Some areas unclear.
12 Points Error free; maybe minor edits but nothing that distracts reading of text.
13 Points
Part II -Career Exploration Presentation of Library Research
⦁ Print out or e-mail proof of research during library visit to instructor prior to submission of Career Exploration paper/presentation
⦁ Students will receive 100 points for research conducted on the following sites:
⦁ LSCS Libraries (Article)
⦁ Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/OCO
⦁ America’s Career Infonet: http://www.acinet.org/acinet
⦁ The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: ⦁ http://www.careercornerstone.org
O-Net: http://www.online.onetcenter.org The student did not submit proof of research for the Career Exploration paper. The student did submit proof of research for the Career Exploration paper. _____ / 100 POINTS
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Discipline: First year college student