Reality Check: Web Link

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1 8 BUDGET: Reality Check: Web Link What did you pick for. COST ($) Housing Utilities Food Transportation Clothes Health Care Entertainment Personal Miscellaneous Savings What is your Monthly Expense? What is your Annual Expense? What are you going to have to pay in Taxes annually? So just how much money do you have to make yearly to survive? HOW WILL I MAKE IT?: What is the Title of the Career/Job you found that will support you? What should your Annual Salary be? $ and Hourly Wage $ In Texas 2012 about how many people will be employed in the job? In Texas 2012 about how many job openings will there be? What kind of education(s) does your job require? (associate s degree, bachelors, certification, etc ) Are the working conditions something you will enjoy? How many hours will you be expected to work weekly? Tell me in 2-5 sentences what you learned from this Reality Check activity? (OMG I m going to have to go to college, live with my parents for longer, eat less, go out less, etc )

2 9 OSCAR Explore Career Cluster: Go to this website to answer below: What Career Cluster did you pick? What specific Career Group did you pick? What Occupation in that Career Group did you pick? What Occupational Education and Training does it require? (Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, 2 year, certification, etc.) What Abilities does it rank as the two (2) highest? What Knowledge does it rank as the two (2) highest? What Skills does it rank as the two (2) highest? What Work Value does it rank as the highest and briefly explain what it means in your own words? Under the LMI tab what does it say?: Number of Texas Employment in 2004 = Number of Projected Texas Employment in 2014 = Hourly Wages in 2006 = Turnover Rate = Average length of time Occupation = Average Age of Workers in this job = CONCLUSION: Do you think the career you chose will be a good match and is it something that you can do? Explain why you think the way you do.

3 10 ONET Online Explore Career Cluster: Go to this website to answer below: Using the Career or Occupation that you selected yesterday, type it into Occupation Search and see what information NET provides you about it. Here is an example: Pick an Occupation that falls under that search. Now answer the following questions: 1. What specific Occupation did you pick and why? 2. What occupational education and/or training does it require? (Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, 2 year, certification, etc.) 3. What other background studies does it possibly require and are they interesting to you? 4. What three interest areas does it require and are these applicable to you? 5. What top three work styles does it require and are these applicable to you? Under Wages & Employment Trends what does it say: 6. National: Median Wages = Employment = Projected Growth = Projected Job Openings = Top Industries = Average Age of Workers in this job = 7. Select a State to explore: What is the National Median Pay Yearly = What is the State Median Pay Yearly = Which one is higher and what does that tell you?

4 11 BONUS: 20 pts. - Watch one of the Career Videos. Explain in 2-3 sentences what you have learned from this video. CONCLUSION: Do you think this occupation is something you could see yourself doing for the next 20+ years or not? Explain why you think the way you do.

5 12 Occupational Outlook: Go to this website: Go to the search button and search each of the following. It looks like this: What are the outlooks for an Engineering Technician? Training/Education = Certification(s)/License(s) = Does it require job shadowing/ mentoring/ apprenticeship = Earnings = Expected Job Prospects = What do they do on the job = Working Conditions = What are the outlooks for an Engineering Technologist? Training/Education = Certification(s)/License(s) = Does it require job shadowing/ mentoring/ apprenticeship = Earnings = Expected Job Prospects = What do they do on the job = Working Conditions = What are the outlooks for an Engineer? Training/Education = Certification(s)/License(s) = Does it require job shadowing/ mentoring/ apprenticeship = Earnings = Expected Job Prospects = What do they do on the job = Working Conditions = CONCLUSION: So which one of these occupations is something you could see yourself doing for the next 20+ years or not? Explain why you think the way you do.

6 13 Career Preparation: Use any of the websites we have been exploring or use Google to answer the following questions: What are some software certifications you could work toward in this class? (HINT: Search for Autodesk products, drafting, or Solidworks) Which software certification did you select? Copy and paste the HTML web link to this = Why did you select it? To be able to take the certification test: How many hours should you have used the software = What type of format is the test (all questions, practical, what) = How much does it cost to take the test = How long is the certification good for = CONCLUSION: Is this something you might be interested in pursuing? Explain why you think the way you do.

7 14 Select a College: AREA OF STUDY: What do you think you want to study or get your degree in? Go to this website to answer below: Pick two (2) colleges and compare them: Why did you pick College #1? Why did you pick College #2? Type of School (2 year/ 4 year/ Technical) : Location/Address: College #1 College #2 Number Students Enrolled: Setting: Website: Average ACT scores: Average SAT scores: Over all GPA after 1 year enrollment: Graduation rate: Undergrad student-to-faculty ratio: Average cost of in-state tuition Average cost of on-campus room and board: Facts/Reputation that you find important: Job placement rates: CONCLUSION: Of the two (2) schools which one do you think you might actually want to attend and why?