Week of 9th to 13th, 2015

 NOV. 9-13, Week 9
This week, we plan on engaging in the following activities related to
 
                                     JOB READINESS/PREPAREDNESS

• What kind of resume should I create for a job? 

• How do I present and describe my skills, abilities and experiences in a professional way that is acceptable in the business world?  

 Learning Targets: 
You will~
Know the 5 parts to a resume and the purpose of each of these;
Know 3 types of resumes and the focus of each of these;
Begin to Generate a functional/combination resume that targets your career choice as the objective,  describes your personal information, skills and abilities in business language.

How: Complete Resume handouts— Job Objective, Work Experience and Education, Skills and Abilities as One-Liners.
Use the Resume Tutorial to guide you through the work sheets.

 ACTIVITIES:
      2)   CIS SKILLS WORKSHEET- complete step 1 and start 2. Work for 30 minutes then you can use the rest of the period to complete your Majors, Career, or MOPPA handouts.
If these are completed:
See items 3 & 4 below.






RESUME TEMPLATE


Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet &
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template   
                              CIS Skills Worksheet Revised
                              My Skills and One-liners/Resume Workbook
                              Resume Scoring Guide     

 3) Finish and turn in these handouts if you have not yet done so: Discovering Me:  Majors,Discovering Me: Careers, Discovering Me: MOPPA

      4)  Section 1 of your Final Project/ It will be graded soon.

       5)  SALARY BASED BUDGET-  B day students work on your own.
                                                             A day students hold off till I show you how to do it. 

• PART 1: Use this site to create a budget for you based on a minimum wage job- barrista, retail clerk, gas station attendant, food helper, etc.
  Will My Job Support Me?   a.k.a  Salary Based Budgeting
• When finished, you will upload the document to your Drive folder and share it with me.  File name: pdx_fullname_SBBudget_minwage.
• PART 2: If you have completed the minimum wage budget, then create a budget using your chosen career as the source of income. Upload this budget into your Google Drive folder as file: pdx_fullname_SBBudget_careerwage. Compare this budget result with the minimum wage budget result. Reflect on your results: Which affords you more opportunity, more financial freedom and/or upward mobility? Explain why.

 TURN IN YOUR COMPLETED WORK AT THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD.

WEDNESDAY  No School


THURSDAY & FRIDAY 


ACTIVITIES:
      1) Resume writing lessons:

• Writing An Objective and Listing My Education

          Read and follow slides # Complete the handouts
                                               30 Minutes
Resume Writing PowerPoint

       2) Work on your Majors handout to finish today. Turn it in at the end of class. 

• If you are done, work on other incomplete or past due assignments.

    

       3)  SALARY BASED BUDGET- If you have not completed the second part.

• Use this site to create a budget for you based on a minimum wage job- barrista, retail clerk, gas station attendant, food helper, etc.
• Will My Job Support Me?
  a.k.a  Salary Based Budgeting
• When finished, you will upload the document to your Drive folder and share it with me.  File name: pdx_fullname_SBBudget_minwage. If you have completed the minimum wage budget, then create a budget using your chosen career as the source of income. Upload this budget into your Google Drive folder as file: pdx_fullname_SBBudget_careerwage. Compare this budget result with the minimum wage budget result. Reflect on your results: Which affords you more opportunity, more financial freedom and/or upward mobility? Explain why.