Employability

be Welcome to Employability. This is a course that is designed to help students become not only aware of what it takes to succeed in the world of work, but also examine themselves and what careers will be the best for them. This course is also a prerequisite for the Internship class, which is offered for any senior at Burke High School. This class is based on the text Succeeding in the World of Work and we will be doing certain chapters along with individual projects. For the time being we do not have enough text books, and so I ask that we keep the 4 books that we do have in the book shelf in the LMC. I will have a sign out sheet for you to check out if you need to take it over night for some reason. For the most part the book is simply a reference for note taking and for you to become familiarized with some of the terminology we will be using. We will also be attempting to use drop box to do some of your daily assignments. For now though here is your first assignment.... NOTE- On page 6 of your packet, some of the careers as well as some of the categories may be unfamiliar to you. Therefore, you may need to google the careers to find descriptions of them, and you may need to google "Career Clusters" to help you better understand the categories. An even easier way is to log onto sdmylife.com and look up each career. If you read the description, you can find out about each career, and if you scroll down to the bottom of each, it will tell you what Industry or Career cluster it is found in.:)

Your due date for this assignment is January 9/10 after which you will take the ch.1 test (open book)

**Chapter 2 Getting to Know Yourself** In chapter 2 we will start to explore your characteristics and what you have to make a good employee. Be prepared to either purchase a journal that will be used throughout this class and the Internship class as well. If you would like to start an electronic journal, please make sure that you do so in a separate folder and keep every dated entry that you are assigned to write about. Before you leave this chapter take a personality inventory as well by going to http://www.humanmetrics.com This inventory not only evaluates the personality type that you are in 4 different sections, but also has a section that matches careers that would suit your personality type. Print both the personality type for you ( from the Kersey website) and the career page that goes with your personality. Then go back to SD My Life. There is a section for journalling. You can journal there or you can send your journal assignments to drop box. Please do one or the other so that all journals will be in the same place:) The journal assignments that should be included so far are- Your reaction to your findings from SD My Life Your reaction to your findings from the values survey Your reaction to your findings from the personality inventory
 * Just a note, even though you may have already taken the matchmaker portion of the SD My Life, take it again to see if your skills and abilities may have changed. You can do this by going to the Matchmaker and click on new session to get the most updated results. Another way to look at it is that new careers are added to this site, so you may be missing out on the perfect career for you if you don't keep evaluating who you are :)

Now it is time to take the Unit 1 test.

=Unit 2 Exploring Careers=

**Chapter 3 Researching Careers** During this unit, you will research at least one of the careers that you found may be suited for you in chapter 2 and SD My Life. After doing the chapter activities, find at least 3 careers that you found in chapter 2's inventories that you may be interested in. Build a chart that would compare the description of each. Include such things as career cluster, career description, income, benefits, pros, and cons.

You should finish this chapter by February 6.

**Chapter 4 Entrepreneurship** There are many ways to become involved in a careers, and not all of them involve being employed by another person or company. Perhaps when you did the skills inventory, you found that you may be better suited to be your own boss. One way to do that is to become an entrepreneur. Complete the following assignment for chapter 4 which should also include interviewing someone who is an entrepreneur and researching a successful entrepreneur of the the internet. **Chapter 5 Developing a Career Plan** Now it is your turn to develop a realistic career plan for you. After completing this chapter and its assignments, Your first major project will be to match a career that you have identified through SD My Life with you specifically. There may be some question about the commercial so I have also included the explanation and rubric below. Following are some guidelines for writing letters and applying for that job.
 * [[image:applying_for_a_job.jpeg width="110" height="114"]]Chapter 6 Finding and Applying for a Job**
 * The second half of this class involves finding, getting, and keeping a job. Chapter 6 will be quite lengthy and goes like this.**

Filling out an application can be tricky to get the "job" done right. Here are some tips along with what is in your text. The difference between the letter of application and the cover letter is what it accompanies. Now try your hand at writing a cover letter for a job of your choice using the following tips..

Now it is time to take your Chapter 6 test

Chapter 7- After you have done the chapter review create 2 scenarios about an interview. In one describe the perfect interview including setting, preparedness, and actual interview. Next describe a poor interview where there are 7-10 things wrong with the interview. Print them both out twice. On one of the bad copies, highlight the things that are wrong with it. On one of the good copies, point out why it is good. Hand in all 4 copies to me.


 * I think I have told most of you, but in case I haven't, We are scheduled to take a little trip to Winner on May 3 to the Career One Stop. We will leave at 11:00- tour at 11:45, Stop by McDonalds for a quick lunch and hopefully be back by 1:30 or so.** *

FINAL project Your final project is to apply for a ficticious job for the school. You can pick up the application from me on Wednesday, and get your application letter, and resume for one of the following jobs. I will let you know when and where the interview will be.