Career Programs – Electronic

Career PortfolioWEX 12A – 90 Hours of Work Experience

Typical Grade 12 Questions

What should I do with my future?

What are my options?

What jobs are in demand?

Which Post Secondary?

How do I find job opportunities? Where do

I look?

How can I get the job I want?

What are the rules / laws in the work place?This project will help you find resources to these questions so you

can formulate your own answers.

Why an Electronic Career Portfolio

Introduce you to an online storage portfolio which is secure, where you can access your bank of Work Skills and experiences, resume and other important documents:

◦ Useful for:

Filling in applications

Accessible during interviews

Helps to organize you

Software is used by many Canadian and US Career Centers in College and University

Career Cruising – Portfolio

www.careercruising.com (MY PLAN)

LOGIN: Moscrop

PASSWORD: Panthers

Parts of the Assignment1. Complete Career Cruising Assessments

2. Enter your Activities and Experiences

3. Learn how to do a job search

4. Explore Job Prospects – career of choice

5. Find and apply for a current Job you are Qualified for with (a) job specific resume, (b) cover letter (c) respond to interview questions

6. (a)Reflection on Career Preparation (b)Demonstrate your understanding of employment standards and human rights law

Where to start

Login to an existing Portfolio – that you started in Planning 10? Or this Year?

Create a new Portfolio – write your login and password down,

send yourself an email.

Career Cruising – E-Portfolio

Part 1

E-Portfolio- scrolling down

E-Portfolio-My Journal Screen

Edit Profile – Part 2Full Mailing

Address:

including

Postal Code Formatted as:

V5T 3X5 use capitals

for the letters

Phone Number

Format: choose one of the

following acceptable formats

604-555-5555

604.555.5555

(604) 555-5555

E-Portfolio-My Activities & Experience

Enter Full Info-Name-Dates and Details

E-Portfolio- further down

Scan and upload your work

experience evaluations as

separate documents. Name

and title these documents

clearly.

Ie: Purdy’s Chocolates Work

Exp Evaluation,

Price Waterhouse Accounting

Work Exp Evaluation

Job Search – Part 3Find two job

postings:

1) For a future

career you are

considering.

Does this career

appear to have

lots of jobs

currently? Print

one that

interests you.

2) Find one entry

level job that

you can apply to

with your

current resume.

(retail, sales,

cashier, server,

camp leader…

Print the entry

level job posting.

Job Prospects and Outlook – Part 4

Describe the number

of jobs as seen in the

graph: occupation size,

the job stability and

the expected growth

of the industry.

Scroll down and read

the insights from

industry and

summarized the future

demands for jobs. Is

this a good industry to

train for, do we expect

this industry to have a

lot of future jobs?

Job Prospects and Outlook

Work Experience

Orientation Booklet – A Resource Tips for Writing Resumes 2-3

Skills I Have Learned (resume resource) 4-5

Sample Resume 6-7

Tips for Writing Cover Letters 8

Sample Cover letter 9

Interview Checklist 10

Typical Interview Questions 11

Workplace Safety 12

Workplace Safety: Top 7 Dangers for Young Workers 13

Student’s Work Experience Placement Responsibilities 14

Workplace Etiquette 15

Employment Standards Act BC – “Working in BC” 16-17

Human Rights Act – Laws against Discrimination and Harassment 18-19

Next Steps: Where to Look for A Job 20

Online: sd41.bc.ca/programs/career/careerPreparation.htm Select: Orientation Booklet

Job Application Tools: Part 5

Job Specific Resume for an Entry Level Job

Demonstrate you know how to use our

current skills and experiences to get a

current job

Objective: with title of

current position and

company you are

applying to

Make sure that your skills that match

the job qualifications are described

and ordered most relevant to this job

Reverse Chronological

order: Newest date first to

oldest date

Resumes

If you are using Career Cruising to help

you create your resume, be sure to

download it as a WORD document, and

correct any formatting errors BEFORE

printing and attaching.

Your resume should be perfect, with no

errors in spelling or formatting AT ALL.

Cover letter – Reading and interpreting the

Entry Level Job Qualifications

You need to read and interpret

the skills required in the ad:

They State:

-engage and educate customers

They want:

-outgoing, personable, confident,

experience with customer service,

good communication skills, multi-

lingual

They State: teaologist will share

their knowledge, ensure world class

service, active listener, meet or

exceed goals, apply knowledge

They want:

Self motivated, quick learners who

relate information, quick thinkers,

strong interpersonal skills, high

achievers, good problem solvers

Cover letter - format

Refer to the examples in the Orientation

Booklet

Lookup the address for the company you

are applying to on Google if it is not on

the advertisement.

Direct the letter to the person in the ad,

or use: Personal Manager, Company Name

Dear Sir or Madam, or To Whom it May

Concern,

Cover letter - format

In the content of the

letter: try to highlight

the skills that you have

that match the

requirements of the job

posting

Sign the letter

Part 6 – Reflection and

Summary

Simply follow the directions and respond to the questions in complete Journal entries in Career Cruising.

Use the Orientation Booklet to respond to the Employment Standard Act questions

Online: sd41.bc.ca/programs/career/careerPreparation.htm Select: Orientation Booklet

E-Portfolio- MY PLAN PrintingToggle options – on and off

Collate and Staple (in order)

Simple Title Page “Career Portfolio Project & Your name”

MY PLAN – print out from Career Cruising◦ Personal Profile

◦ My Files

◦ My Assessments

◦ My Careers

◦ My Activities and Experiences

◦ My Journal: choose option All Entries

2 Job Searches (one career job, one entry level job)

Resume

Cover Letter – applied for entry level job

Interview Questions and Answers

Marking

Rubric

Project = 20%

of Final Mark

for WEX12A

Read rubric and use it as

a checklist to ensure you

get full marks

Due Date

April 13, 2015

Questions see your Career Programs Advisor

• Get copies of our work experience evaluations on Monday,

Wednesday or Friday’s before the end of March.

• Last minute requests for photocopies are very disruptive and time

consuming to the office staff.

Projects are worth 20% of your final mark for Career Preparation WEX12A-90 Hours.

Late penalty = 1% per day deductions (including weekends), projects are accepted up to 50 days late.