Career Management Unit 3 Final Prep

What is the main purpose of studying the sixteen

career clusters?

• You can explore the wide range of jobs

  within a career area.

• You can keep a narrow career focus.

• You can separate job descriptions by

  worksite.

• You will be required to know the

  information to meet graduation

  requirements.

A TV announcer is a job in which career

cluster?

• Human services

• Transportation, distribution and logistics

• Government and public administration

• Arts, audiovisual technology and

  communications

Careers in which career cluster are highly

technical and require firm backgrounds in math

and science?

• Writers, Artists, and Entertainers

• Scientific research and engineering

• Hospitality and tourism

• Law and public safety

A book (website) that describes various careers and the

future for those careers:

• Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook.

• Guide for Occupational Exploration.

• Exploring Career Decisions Curriculum

  Guide.

Plagiarism is:

• Paraphrasing ideas from a book and citing

  the source.

• Speaking and using the ideas or writings of

  another as one’s own.

• Citing sources of information in the

  bibliography.

• Quoting an author directly as part of a

  research paper.

A school counselor or Career Development

Coordinator (CDC) can assist students in their

career planning by:

• Helping them explore their career interests.

• Getting them jobs.

• Telling them which career and colleges to

  choose.

• Insisting upon a 4 year college.

A book (website) that describes thousands of jobs in

regards to duties and work characteristics is the:

• Dictionary of Occupational Titles/O*Net.

• What Color is Your Parachute?

• Guide for Occupational Exploration.

• Exploring Career Decisions Curriculum

  Guide.

Which North Carolina resource will help you

match your interests with possible occupations?

• America’s Job Bank

• NC Careers

• North Carolina Department of Public

  Instruction

• State Employees Credit Union

One way to research careers informally is to:

• Search the computer resources.

• Talk to friends and family about their job.

• Consult the Dictionary of Occupational

  Titles.

• Start your own business.

When researching careers, it is best to start by:

• Using O*Net and the OOH.

• Asking the librarian.

• Looking only at online encyclopedias.

• Using the Reader’s Guide to Periodical

  Literature.