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SCHOLARSHIPS
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CLASS OF 2008
Banner County
High School Careers CLASS
Career Investigations
"Choose a job that you love and you will never have
to work a day in your life"
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(1) Identify Career Interest Complete two career
inventories (1)
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
(KTS) and (2) KUDER Interest
Inventories. Identify one main career to investigate. This is accomplished by
reviewing your results. Note: You may choose a career unrelated to your career
results with the instructors permission. |
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(2) Develop a resume. Use the “WinWay Resume"
program application to do this. The resume is a selling tool
outlining your skills and experience... To find out more about resumes go to:
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/ |
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(3) Write a Research
paper about a career of interest to you (Assignment
Instructions).
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Students will begin a career research project called
"Career Goal" This project will be described in lesson plans
located at the top of this page
Several Resources are available in the FAQ section below. |
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A PowerPoint presentation will NOT be
required 1st semester. This assignment has been replaced with research
papers. However, I have provided a progress form used for
students who wish to be assigned a Power Point presentation instead of a
research paper. This form my be helpful to you when
developing an outline for a research paper as well (Presentation
or Research Paper Outline or Progress Form). |
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FAQ: Where can I find information that will help me
research a career goal?
ONLINE RESOURCES:
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 Nebraska
CAREER CONNECTIONS is a part and initiatives designed
to integrate the information and resources from several state and federal
agencies around a common framework of career fields and clusters.
The first segment of the portal focuses on grades 7-12 and is ready for
use by schools, counselors, teachers, parents, and students. This
online resource provides an opportunity to explore careers, education and
training opportunities, occupations, and other areas can assist the
personal learning plan process. A portfolio is also available within
the system and includes a personal learning plan template, interest
inventories, Resume templates, and other resources to support the students
exploration process. Access to the site is free for Nebraska schools.
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Bureau of Labor
Statistics a good place to start research! The Bureau
of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal
Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
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Dictionary of Occupational Titles
The Dictionary of occupational Titles (DOT) assists job seekers, employers, educational and
training institutions, researchers and others by detailing tasks
performed, educational requirements, and skills needed for more than
12,000 types of jobs. It is the complete, 1,300-page, 2-volume DOT, with a
retrieval program that enables you to search easily and quickly using
words or numbers on any of the 28,800 job titles. You can click for groups
and click a group to go to successive levels of sub-groupings. Search the
DOT index using any alphanumeric string to locate job(s) by DOT code or a
portion of one, or to find the code for any job title containing a word,
phrase or portion of a word of your choice. You can also browse, copy,
paste, and output information to any Windows document.
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ASVAB career possibilities using you Access Code at
www.asvabprogram.com
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www.apastyle.org When citing pages I
use the American Psychological Association Style. Please note that when
I talk about APA style, I am referring
to APA's system of citations in text and reference format.. This web site will
provide the information you need.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). The Occupational Outlook
Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information,
designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions
about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook
describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and
education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of
occupations. |
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WinWay Resources A feature found on the WinWay Resume is this resource
link. Our schools filter system will not allow this feature to work. The
publisher of this program was kind enough to provide us a direct link to
this web site. This is an outstanding resource for career investigations! |
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CAREER
DIRECTION: This resource may be used by our class of "2008". At this
website you may enter what is referred to as "CDII" scores to generate
a career planning report at
www.careertrain.com see Mr. Newland about a Password. |
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COLLEGE ADMISSION
REPRESENTATIVES College admission representatives are willing to visit
our school. Juniors and seniors and parents are welcome to visit. Students
will need a pass from their teacher to attend such meetings. Normally
these meeting take place in the high school library. Check the
guidance
calendar for upcoming visits. |
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Nebraska Colleges and Universities and
Nebraska
Community Colleges and Tech schools links provide information about
fields of study, admission requirements, college costs, college major
fields of study and specific course requirements for graduation from the
college institution. |
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FAFSA: The
FAFSA is the only application students must complete to be considered for
all federal financial aid including: Federal Pell Grants, Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), Federal Stafford Loans
(including the unsubsidized Stafford Loan), Federal Perkins Loan, Federal
Work Study, and other federal financial aid programs. Students will not be
charged a fee when filling this form. When completing the FAFSA, students
can send data to a maximum of six universities. They may send data to
additional institutions by following instructions on the SAR (Student Aid
Report). |
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Guidance Page:
The Guidance page is an information link found at the
Banner County
School's Home page. There you can find important links to just about
anything related to Careers. |
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College Funding Estimator
The Educational Planning Center has
updated the popular College Funding Estimator for the 2004-2005 academic
year. Find out how much financial aid you should qualify for -- months
before you complete the actual application. The results will help put the
puzzle pieces together as you plan for college. |
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NEW!
FUNDING
ESTIMATOR |
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"TOUGH"
Questions to ask college Admissions Personnel |
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EDLINE:
Scholarship search and career links specific to the Banner County Seniors
career assessment results may be found at
http://edline.net in the "News" section. Student progress reports and
career information is also available. |
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RESUME: This is one example
of a resume for a high school senior who is looking for college money. |
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Work here in Nebraska!
"Click"
HERE to find a school or training center that offers training,
licensing and degrees that will provide you with marketable skills in
NEBRASKA!!!! |
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A collection of
career films are available that reflect your career cluster. |
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NEW!
Develop your portfolio
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Computer
Program Resources:
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Win Way resume Win Way is program that helps you create a resume. It
has an “AutoWriter” which helps with words and phrases you may use to
describe your accomplishments. The program will help identify specific
skills related to jobs you have performed as well as tasks you will need
to perform future jobs.
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Library
Resources
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DOT hard copy (2 volumes) |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH |
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Peterson's guide to Colleges and Universities
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Regional West Medical Center
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Portfolio Development. It is never too soon to begin documenting
your education, experience, and accomplishments. Start by listing all your
high-school accomplishments, including your coursework, academic or
athletic accomplishments, awards and honors, and any other achievements.
Next, review any and all of your work experiences, including part-time
jobs and volunteering or community service, and describe those experiences
using action verbs. Showcase any leadership positions you have held. If
you have room, include hobbies and interests.
Developing a resume is a pretty easy task once you have brainstormed
most of the key content. The next step is simply designing (or borrowing)
a nice layout and printing it out. If possible, avoid using a template as
the format for your resume.
The final step is developing a portfolio that demonstrates the kind of
student you are. A portfolio can include copies of your resume, awards and
other certificates, letters of recommendation and/or a references list,
samples of your work, and any other tangible proof of your
accomplishments. Use the links below to help you get started.
NEW!
Developing your portfolio
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