Transcript Career Awareness and Interest Inventory
Naviance Career Key & Career Exploration
Granite Oaks Middle School Electives 2014 – 2015
Objectives
To help students think about career choices and course decisions for high school Complete Career Key through Family Connection to help identify your high interest areas Explore careers that match your high interest areas – as a beginning step.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9 2FYT-UiKso
Career Bound – Future Found Your Future is Now!
1. Who Am I?
2. Where do I want to go?
Interests & Skills
•What do I like and dislike? (Interests) •What do I do well? (Skills)
Life After High School
•There are a lot of “where’s” – apprenticeships, career/technical schools, employment, military opportunities, colleges and universities. It’s important to choose a “where” that fits you.
3. How will I get there?
Academic Plan (Classes)
All good roads to your future go through high school.
Professional School University (Doctorate) University (Graduate)
Vocational Technical School
Community College Middle School High School
University (Undergraduate)
Military
What is Career Key?
Online career assessment tool used through the Naviance program Based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice Research shows that personality/college majors/career matches predict success and satisfaction
Log into Naviance at https://connection.naviance.com/graniteoaks
Your username is the same as your Rocklin USD Google account Your password is your Student ID.
Career Key Assessment
Click on the “About Me” section at the top of the page Look for the my assessment section and click on “Career Key” 1. Know Yourself: – Take the Career Key assessment 2. Know your options: – Learn about the jobs that interest you
Career Key Results
Read traits associated with the highest score Click on “View Careers” Then, pick six careers from your first and second highest career options and “Save to My List”
On the home page, click on the “CAREERS” tab
Click on “Explore Careers &Clusters”
Exploring Careers
Pick one career to learn about Click the “Knowledge and Skills” tab: 1.
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What are the most important skills?
What are the most important abilities?
What are the most important knowledge areas?
Exploring Careers
Click the “Typical Tasks”: 1.
Name two typical tasks performed with this career.
Click the “Wages”: 1.
What part of the country makes the most doing this job?
Browse careers by cluster here
Begin exploring!
Search for careers by name here
Road Trip Nation
Road Trip Nation Archives gives you an insiders view of people pursuing their interests Click on “Careers” and scroll down towards the end of the page Click on “Explore More” and begin your Road Trip experience