California Department of Education
PowerPoint Career Research Project
Use careers as a focus while developing your class' PowerPoint skills. Class members research careers using the webpages linked in the lesson as well as independent searching. They plan out their presentations using the storyboard...
Curated OER
Career Planning and Research
What do you want to do when you finish school? Most high schoolers have an idea of what they'd want to do, but little idea of how to achieve this goal. After researching a career of their choosing, learners identify qualifications,...
Curated OER
Career Project
In this career project activity, students research a career, and write what career path they want to be on including a resume. Students complete 3 parts to this project.
Curated OER
Creating Career Profiles
Students explore career options. In this careers instructional activity, students research careers of interest to them and create web pages that feature the information they gather.
Curated OER
My Dream Job
Students write a research paper about their dream job. They organize their paper using research notes, and support their main idea with supporting details.
Curated OER
My Awesome GIG!
Young scholars discuss various career options and issues related to careers. They research a chosen career online, and create a collage of pictures and words pertaining to their chosen careers.
Career Cornerstone Center
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
A professional site offering an expansive listing of over 185 career profiles. Included are lists of employers and degree granting universities, salary data, professional associations, and descriptions of different types of academic...
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career Articles and Advice
Explore this large career and academic list of career articles and advice. Great tool for researching career planning and employment topics. Site by Princeton Review.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Career Capers
This lesson will focus on career/job information. This interdisciplinary lesson integrates reading, writing, interview and research skills. Students will research careers through print and on-line sources, conduct interviews, and present...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Will I Be When I Grow Up?
During this activity students have the opportunity to explore different types of community helpers. Students begin to identify activities and tools associated with these community helpers. Students also begin to identify helping careers...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Powerpointing to Your Career
This exercise is used as the culmination of a career research project. This is a technology-based, interdisciplinary project which requires learners to do Internet research and prepare a slideshow presentation. If a career is not used as...
Other
Informational Interviewing 101
Explore ways to research career opportunities with informational interviewing. Check out tips, strategies, and samples to make your informational interview a success.