CAREER CENTER
5 Ways to Find Career Ideas-(retrieved from Collegeboard.com)
1. Think About What You Love
What classes have you found especially inspiring? What activities keep you so absorbed that you don't even notice how much time has passed? Listing 10 things you love can help reveal possible paths.
2. Identify Defining Experiences
Think about three experiences that taught you something about yourself. If you can pinpoint what makes you happy, you can aim toward a career that will provide those types of experiences.
3. Create a Self-Portrait
Are you friendly, creative, impatient, funny, organized? Try writing down a list of 10 qualities you feel describe your personality. Ask your friends and family to name some of your qualities – sometimes other people see us more clearly than we see ourselves. Add their suggestions to your list. Now think about what sort of career fits the person your list describes.
4. Consider Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Make a list of your five top strengths and weaknesses. What sorts of employers would be interested in your strengths? If you're a good public speaker, for example, explore what types of careers call for that skill.
Your weaknesses can also tell you a lot about where you might go. You can either steer away from careers that require skills you're not confident about or work to improve weaknesses that may keep you from your goals.
5. Explore Careers
What do actuaries or archaeologists really do? What sorts of opportunities will there be in the future for architects or art directors?
Other Components to Career Planning
• Know The Labor Market: You need to research the employment outlook, training requirements and entry level earnings for occupations in which you have an interest. "SD My Life" is a wonderful resource for learning about a labor market.
• Know Your Resource: To bring goals to life, we must relate them to achievable activities. If you need more training or education to accomplish your career goal, you need to assess the program available and establish a time line for application, enrollment and completion.
Career Planning Opportunities @ WHS
Shadow Ed
To complete a Shadow Ed experience come to the counseling office and pick up an application. A Job Shadow will allow you to spend time with an individual in an occupation seeing what they actually do within their career. The Shadow Ed Coordinator will be at WHS weekly to speak with.
SD My Life
"SD My Life" is a free computer based program to provide students an opportunity in finding out what are their interests, aptitudes and values. Students have the ability to research post-secondary options, scholarship information, job trends and career clusters. You can access "SD My Life" at www.sdmylife.com. You can log in with your state email account, or see your couselor or your username and password.
See Your School Counselor
Your counselor is an excellent resource for post-secondary and career planning. If you would like to visit with your counselor, make an appointment at the school counseling office.
Job Placement
How do i find a job?
• Newspaper classified ads- Help Wanted Section.
• Referrals by friends who are employed by a large business.
• Personnel offices of companies, businesses, or corporations.
• National Career Readiness Certificate-The National Career Readiness Certificate is an industry-recognized, portable, evidence-based credential that certifies essential skills needed for workplace success.
• South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation http://dlr.sd.gov/
• The University Center can inform you if a business has the opportunity for career advancement.
1. Think About What You Love
What classes have you found especially inspiring? What activities keep you so absorbed that you don't even notice how much time has passed? Listing 10 things you love can help reveal possible paths.
2. Identify Defining Experiences
Think about three experiences that taught you something about yourself. If you can pinpoint what makes you happy, you can aim toward a career that will provide those types of experiences.
3. Create a Self-Portrait
Are you friendly, creative, impatient, funny, organized? Try writing down a list of 10 qualities you feel describe your personality. Ask your friends and family to name some of your qualities – sometimes other people see us more clearly than we see ourselves. Add their suggestions to your list. Now think about what sort of career fits the person your list describes.
4. Consider Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Make a list of your five top strengths and weaknesses. What sorts of employers would be interested in your strengths? If you're a good public speaker, for example, explore what types of careers call for that skill.
Your weaknesses can also tell you a lot about where you might go. You can either steer away from careers that require skills you're not confident about or work to improve weaknesses that may keep you from your goals.
5. Explore Careers
What do actuaries or archaeologists really do? What sorts of opportunities will there be in the future for architects or art directors?
Other Components to Career Planning
• Know The Labor Market: You need to research the employment outlook, training requirements and entry level earnings for occupations in which you have an interest. "SD My Life" is a wonderful resource for learning about a labor market.
• Know Your Resource: To bring goals to life, we must relate them to achievable activities. If you need more training or education to accomplish your career goal, you need to assess the program available and establish a time line for application, enrollment and completion.
Career Planning Opportunities @ WHS
Shadow Ed
To complete a Shadow Ed experience come to the counseling office and pick up an application. A Job Shadow will allow you to spend time with an individual in an occupation seeing what they actually do within their career. The Shadow Ed Coordinator will be at WHS weekly to speak with.
SD My Life
"SD My Life" is a free computer based program to provide students an opportunity in finding out what are their interests, aptitudes and values. Students have the ability to research post-secondary options, scholarship information, job trends and career clusters. You can access "SD My Life" at www.sdmylife.com. You can log in with your state email account, or see your couselor or your username and password.
See Your School Counselor
Your counselor is an excellent resource for post-secondary and career planning. If you would like to visit with your counselor, make an appointment at the school counseling office.
Job Placement
How do i find a job?
• Newspaper classified ads- Help Wanted Section.
• Referrals by friends who are employed by a large business.
• Personnel offices of companies, businesses, or corporations.
• National Career Readiness Certificate-The National Career Readiness Certificate is an industry-recognized, portable, evidence-based credential that certifies essential skills needed for workplace success.
• South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation http://dlr.sd.gov/
• The University Center can inform you if a business has the opportunity for career advancement.
