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LOGO Your Career Portfolio
What you need to get the job you want!
Click here for videoDirty Jobs with Mike Rowe
Careers Choices
What do you want to be when you grow up?
It’s Your Future!
http://www.highschoolseniors.org/Students/CAREER_CHOICES.html
Tips for High School Studentsby Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
1. Take time to think about what you like to do; dream and imagine ideal careers.
2. Work, volunteer, or otherwise gain some experience.3. Get as much education as you can.4. Talk with as many adults as possible about careers and
colleges.5. Remember that everyone must follow his or her own path in life.6. People change; don’t feel locked into any college or career now.7. Don’t let anyone control your dreams and ambitions.8. It’s never too early nor too late to get organized and begin
making plans.9. Never stop learning… read, grow, and expand your mind.
Quiz Time
Is the average (adjusted) wage
more or less than 30 years
ago?
Answer
Our real wages have been falling since 1973, despite
huge increases in corporate profits and in productivity. Average
hourly earnings are now about 20 percent lower than they were in 1972.
More Questions….
What percentage of workers do not
have jobs?
Answer
According to the U.S. Labor Department, one out of four
workers are either unemployed, involuntarily
working part-time, or working full-time at poverty wages.
One more Questions…
What percentage of jobs are obtained through the newspaper wanted ads?
The internet?
Answer….
Newspapers only produce about 7 percent of hiring results.
The Internet accounts for 33 percent of hiring results.
Facts found in The Ultimate Job Search (JIST, © 2006), by Richard H. Beatty.
Facts found in The Ultimate Job Search (JIST, © 2006), by Richard H. Beatty.
YOUR Portfolio…
In this Unit, you will create your own Career Portfolio!
At the end: you will have a Resume, Cover Letter, Follow-up/Thank You
Letter, Resignation Letter and preparations for an Interview.
Career Services: MSU
Murray State University’sCareer Services Department
Career Portfolio InterviewJune 4, 2009
Click here to view Interview