Career Planning: Job Market

What can your public library provide you with?

Books and other printed information about careers, access to internet sites and other electronic materials about careers, staff members to help you find materials.

Logan asks his friends, family, teachers, and coaches, if they know anybody who can tell him more about a career in which he is interested. What is Logan doing?

Networking

When you are making a list of careers that interest you, what should you always do?

Note the source of your information, in case you need to find out more.

Geneva is creating a list of occupations that interest her. What should she include in her list?

Several careers discovered in a variety of ways.

The person Rowan asked for an Informational interview turned her down. What should Rowan do?

Thank the person anyway

Aster cannot find anyone who is doing the job she wants to learn about. As an alternative to an informational interview, what can Aster do?

Use video interviews and online job profiles.

Dale has just come home from an informational interview. What should he do?

Write the interviewee a thank you note, compile his notes from the interview, follow up on research tips the interviewee gave him.

What can you do if you are nervous about requesting an informational interview?

Write your request in a letter or email, prepare a script to use during a phone call, practice your request before actually making it.

A job meter is a way for__________?

You to evaluate your continued interest in a potential career.

What major sources of information on possible occupations should you include?

Yourself, other people, print and electronic media.