Q4 Finding a Job: Introduction
INTRODUCTION
Your mission in this unit is to find a job that matches your unique personality and interests. You'll learn how to use online tools to search for job openings that connected to your previous job title discoveries. You'll also look into how to identify legitimate job postings and avoid scams. You will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to start your future job searches with confidence.
Learning Objectives
I can:
- Understand how to job search and find important information in job postings.
- Use filter and search tools appropriately to find jobs that are good matches.
Match my skills to what employers are requesting.
With one other person in class discuss:
- How do you choose a snack after school?
- Do you randomly reach your hand into a cupboard or the refrigerator and take the first thing you grab?
- Are there things you specifically look for?
- How might this thought process be like searching for a job?
Play the 16.Q4 Job Searching Intro Video (2:00) below to make connections to your answers to the questions above.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
6. Creative Communicator
c. Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations
Websites and Documents
Websites
Videos from Outside Sources
- What to Look for in a Job Posting (3:01 min.)
- How to Spot a Job Scam YouTube (1:52 min)
21t4s Videos
- 16.Q4 Job Searching Intro Video (2:00)
- 16.Q4 Adding Related Job Titles (screencast with steps to add info to their portfolio
- 21t4s Example of Reading a Job Description Activity Video (0:25)
21t4s Documents & Quizzes