Wednesday & Thursday, November 1 & 2, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1.       Identify work and education experience that is related to work world.

2.       ​Identify one strong career potential as your resume objective based upon your research.

3.       Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 

Know career terms: job, occupation, cluster career, career learning areas

Career Vocabulary:

​JOB — A unique work situation or position, paid or unpaid. Activities performed on a regular basis in exchange for payment.

OCCUPATION — A group of related jobs that have similar duties, levels of responsibility, skills, knowledge, and physical demands. CIS uses about 600 occupational titles to describe the labor market.

CLUSTER — A way to group occupations by some common feature. Oregon uses 23 clusters to group occupations into five broad categories called Career Learning Areas.
​Career Learning Areas can help you focus on skills and knowledge related to your career goals and education plans.

CAREER — The combination of learning and work that a person pursues during his or her life.

1.  Freewrite #13 on your own at the following link: 

Which Type of Resume is Right for You?

     In a document you entitle "Which Type of Resume is Right for You?", answer the questions on the slide.  I do not have a handout for this assignment.

2.  Brief continuation of the interview process.  Shake hands with the person next to you and introduce yourself.

3.  Watch "The Ideal Resume".  No worksheet.

4.  Practice creating a resume using your CIS account.  Go to CIS, then to "My Portfolio", then under "High School Tools" you will find "Resume Creator".  Follow the instructions, save it and upload it to your google documents with the title "Resume Creator".

5.  We probably will not get to this point but we will create a resume using the following template:  Resume template