SENIORS: SCHEDULE FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
• GOALS 0F THE THURSDAY JOB MARKET ASSIGNMENT
• RESEARCH
CAREERS OF THE FUTURE
Ask your grandparents how they wound up in their particular career and you are likely to hear that they followed in their parents' footseteps.If their fathers were carpenters, they became carpenters, or contractors. If their mothers were schoolteachers, they became schoolteachers. Ask your parents the same question and you'll probably hear about a much more serendipitous route. How can we account for this?
1)The type of jobs that your parents are involved in today may not have existed in your grandparents' day.
2) Your parents' society was a lot more mobile and in a lot more transition than your grandparents' society.
Consider your own future. Prognositicators in the area of FUTURE STUDIES (yes, this is actually a major in some universities today!) make the following claims for your future:
1) The average individual will change careers at least 7 times.
2) Many of the careers available in your adult life have not been created yet!
GOALS OF THE THURSDAY JOB MARKET ASSIGNMENT
1. TO INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS OF THE MANY NEW CAREERS AND JOBS OPENING UP TODAY
2. TO GIVE YOU PRACTICE IN THE "SPEECH TO INFORM" FORMAT
3. TO GIVE NEW STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN POWERPOINT BEFORE THEIR SENIOR PRESENTATION
ASSIGNMENT:
1. Choose a "career of the future" to research. (Use any one of the options listed under Research and Gathering Information below.
Remember that a major goal is to introduce others to these opening careers, so the career need not be one for which your skills are a perfect match.
2. Using at least three of the five sources under Research and Gathering Information below, answer the following questions:
a. What recent developments in science or trends in society have created the need for this career?
b. How does one prepare oneself for this career:
- education level demanded for entry level
- what is needed to advance in pay
- what are the advanced levels of the career? Create an EDUCATION LADDER that lists the education and experience required for each of the STEPS in the field you've explored. CLICK TO SEE SAMPLE.
c. . What is a typical day in the life of someone in this career; what does the worker do?
d. What are the fringe benefits of the job/career?
e. What are the downsides to the job/career?
f. what kind of personality traits lend themselves to success in this career?
II. Present your findings to the class on interesting slides in POWERPOINT (include graphics and at least two buttons)
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RESEARCH- CHOOSING A CAREER AND GATHERING INFORMATION
CHOOSING A CAREER TO RESEARCH
OPTION ONE: Use a current job search engine like http://hotjobs.yahoo.com
In the first blank, type in a general career type like "art" or "music" or 'animals" or writing. Check out the current job openings listed that would not have existed ten to twenty years ago. Choose one to research.
OPTION TWO: Choose one of the orange links to explore. These were listed as "hot" jobs in the next decade. Or, choose one of the careers in beige to explore.
Computer Security Specialist
Electronic Commerce Specialist
Ergonomist
Fiber Optics Technician
High-Tech Clothing Designers
Webmasters
OPTION THREE
Review the article "Top Jobs in the Future". Scroll down to the bottom table which lists these careers/jobs. Choose one that would not have existed ten to twenty years ago to research.
OPTION FOUR
Go to the UCSB link on fastest -growing jobs. Choose one that would not have existed ten to twenty years ago to research.
OPTION FIVE
Go to the UCSB link that allows you to select a general career field (entertainment, education, medicine) then proceed through several steps to identify types of jobs with their salaries, required education, etc. Choose a relatively modern career to explore.
OPTION SIX
Go the UCSB link that allows you to choose a career by major. Start with a college major that interests you and select a career using this link.
OPTION SEVEN
Start with a website that lists cool, unique, unusual, and seasonal jobs
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GATHERING INFORMATION THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOURCES. CHOOSE ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO ADD TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CAREER AND ANSWER THE ORIGINAL QUESTIONS:
OPTION ONE
Interview someone (a real living and breathing human) in the profession. Cover at least the following questions:
a. What does the interviewee find challenging in his profession?
b. What path did the interviewee take to his present profession?
c. What education and experience level is required for his present job?
d. What are the fringe benefits and the downsides to his profession?
e. From what does the interviewee derive pride or value in his
profession?
f.. How does his/her particular career affect his/her lifestyle?
g. Does the career dictate what kind of people he/she hangs out
with? How? Who?
h. How does the career affect his/her self-image?
OPTION TWO
Find the career in Studs
Terkel's book WORKING that is most similar to this emerging career that
you chose to research. Explain how the two might differ on the following points:
a. What does the interviewee find challenging in his profession?
b. From what does the interviewee derive pride or value in his
profession?
c. How does his/her particular career affect his/her lifestyle?
d. Does the career dictate what kind of people he/she hangs out
with? How? Who?
e. How does the career affect his/her self-image?
OPTION THREE
Read an online interview which covers the same questions as above. These interviews or stories are available off of some of the links
OPTION FOUR
Research and discuss one "hot topic" of concern for the career you've chosen. Try GOOGLE WITH CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN ___".
(Click on the above link for a sample education ladder that you can copy, paste and work with.)
OPTION FIVE
Find the answers to the original questions by Googling the career on the web or using a standard career outlook finder such as Occupational Outlook posted by the U.S. government. (Enter the name of the career field in the search box.)
CREATE A POWERPOINT PROGRAM OF SLIDES WITH THIS INFORMATION. See link for advice
GOAL OF SPEECH: TO INFORM IN AN INTERESTING MANNER
THE SLIDES:
1. TEXT ON SLIDES SHOULD BE SIZE 20 OR ABOVE
2. TEXT SHOULD BE IN A CONSISTENT FONT
3. BACKGROUNDS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND SUFFICIENT CONTRAST TO THE FONT
4. GRAPHICS SHOULD BE USED-IN MODERATION - TO ENLIVEN SLIDES:
......SUGGESTED GRAPHICS INCLUDE: CHARTS, TABLES, PICTURES
REMINDER: A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS AN OUTLINE OF YOUR POINTS, NOT YOUR ENTIRE SPEECH!!
5. AT LEAST TWO SLIDES SHOULD HAVE BUTTONS TO GIVE ADDED INFORMATION OUT-OF-SEQUENCE TO YOUR SLIDES. REMEMBER TO USE A RETURN BUTTON ON THE ADDED INFORMATION SLIDE.
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Click on the link below for a sample. We will be evaluating this sample presentation in class, applying the criteria. (Do not use this as an example of a perfect presentation!
Evaluate this presentation: What's missing?
THE PRESENTATION SKILLS
1. GOOD EYE CONTACT: use PowerPoint notes to avoid staring at the screen
2. APPROPRIATE POSTURE (We'll discuss issues that arise when using POWERPOINT and how to deal with them.)
3. GOOD VOICE PROJECTION.
4. GOOD ENUNCIATION
Students will be presenting their POWERPOINT speeches - to- inform on Thursdays throughout the semester.
Your presentation should last about 10-15 minutes.