career prep

Q2 Career Match: Your Interests

16. Career Prep

Now that you have completed the survey and know a little bit more about your top interest categories, it is time to see how those interests may line up with some jobs (careers) by completing steps 1 through 4 below.

Step 1:  Have you already closed the O*NET Interest Profiler results?  If so, that is okay, follow the next six steps to get back in without having to take the survey over.

  1. Go back to the O*NET page.
  2. Select Enter Scores.
  3. In a new tab, open your Career Prep Portfolio and go to the page where you embedded your results.
  4. In the O*NET Profiler tab, type your results back in the correct fields.
  5. Select Next.
  6. The video below will outline the steps.  You may want to play and pause it while following the steps.

Direct Link (22 sec.)

Step 2: Now that you are back in O*NET with your Profiler results, let's take a look at the different jobs that fit your interest profile.

Play the video below to understand how to search through the different jobs that were matched for you by the O*NET database.

Interest Profiler: Getting Started on your Career Exploration (4:16)

Step 3: It is time for you to choose 3 careers that you would consider in the future and do a little research on those careers.  On your O*NET  Profiler page:

  • Check out Best Fit and Great Fit careers.
  • Select 3 (or more) of the careers listed and read through the summary, job task, personality type, education level, and outlook (salary) information for each career.

Which careers would be on your top 3 list? 

The video below is a visual overview of the information shared about your career matches.  

Direct Link (26 sec.)

Step 4:  Based on the top 3 careers you have spent time researching, which would be your favorite right now?  Think about why you might pick that as your favorite.

Complete the steps outlined below (and in the video) to add your job choicesto your Career Prep portfolio.

  1. When on the career webpage of your choice, copy the webpage url.
  2. Go to your Google Site Career Prep Portfolio Quest 2 page.
  3. Scroll down to the Career buttons in red.
  4. Select the edit pencil and then add the Career Name and link in the popup window.
  5. Select the blue Update button.
  6. Add the other two careers that you picked using the same steps in 1-5 above.

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

2. Digital Citizen
c. Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property

3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences