Career Research Project

Premise: You have been asked to participate in a job fair at the local community college. Your responsibility is to provide information on three different careers to the attendees at the fair (the careers must be careers that require college training of some sort). The local community college will provide you with a laptop computer, a multimedia projector and a projector screen in order to display your information. Attendees of the fair have been surveyed ahead of time to determine what type of information they would like to see presented to them at the fair. The type of information they want is list below:

1. Career Description - What is this career about, what does someone in this career do, what type of work do they perform, etc.
    
2. What majors in college, what types of trade schools, community college or course work will allow you to get a job in that field?
    
3. Are there any high school courses you could take now to help you on your way to that career?
    
4. How much money would make your first year on the job?  How much would make after you have a lot of experience on the job?
    
5. If you had a job in that career field describe what that occupation would be like? (Do you work long hours, inside an office dealing with clients that complain all day?) What might a day on the job be like.
    
6. You will also include information about Interest surveys near the end of your presentation (see information below)

Use the following web sites to help you gather information about certain careers.

• Go to the Novell screen and double-click on the Family Connections icon.
  Get the registration code from your instructor.

• Regional Occupational Outlook Handbook Online
• Career Center - This will give you a brief idea about a particular career.
• Or you can do a Google search for that career.

Interest Survey

• Then, in your PowerPoint presentation, include some information about career interest surveys and some addresses of web sites where attendees can go in order to take them. You will have to search the web to find some "Career Interest Surveys" that would be appropriate. Tell them (1) why these surveys are useful, (2) what type of information they tell and (3) why someone should use an interest survey
   
• Use all of the tools and skills you know about PowerPoint to make this presentation. You are displaying your skills with this assignment, so do not leave anything out and check over your presentation before you turn it in.
   
• Don't forget your Intro and Conclusion Slide.
   
• Bullets cannot be any longer than 4 words.  Your explanations should be in your notes.  2 - 3 sentences per bullet is the standard amount.
   
• Rehearse and set your timings for this presentation.  Click here to find out how to rehearse your timings.
   
• If you want your notes, then copy and paste them into Microsoft Word and print them out.