This document outlines the sections and requirements for a career exploration project. It includes sections for an executive summary, chosen career, education/training requirements, comparisons of educational programs, paths to career goals, salary information, an informational interview, additional findings, follow up issues, concluding thoughts, and works cited. The project requires research into a career using a Myers-Briggs assessment, potential education programs, costs, salaries, and an interview with someone in the field.

1. Name
Mr. Suarez
12th
Grade English
November 2013
Career Exploration Project- Selected Career
(Can include clipart or other graphic)
Career Exploration Project

2. Executive Summary
Provide information regarding your Myers-Briggs
assessment (just the abbreviations)
What did you learn about your personality?
List 2-3 suggestions made by the career portion of the
results
Brief reflection on results
Source(s) Cited

3. Chosen career
Briefly describe your chosen career/ industry
Briefly outline your reasons for choosing this specific career
initially
Explain how the career fits with your personality traits as
defined by Myers-Briggs
Source(s) cited

4. Education or Training Requirements
Timeline/ Chart
 educational requirements: degrees, credentials, etc.
What type of college, university, or training program must you
attend?
Union requirements?
Credentials?
Licenses?
Etc?
Source(s) cited

5. Comparison - Educational Programs
School #1
Course requirements
Course electives
School’s area of expertise
(Ex. Northwestern
University has a great
marketing dept. in their
business school)
School/program rankings
Time required
Cost
School #2
Note: You can use graphics
on this side of the slide to
distinguish the two schools
from each other
Source(s) cited

6. Comparison (continued)
School #1
Tuition/ Unit costs
Books
Living Expenses
Travel
Lab Fees
Cost of licensing
School #2
Source(s) cited

7. Various Paths to Goal
Degree Path
Key points, dates, and costs
Internship Path
Key points, dates, and costs
Source(s) cited

8. Salary Information
Indicate the entry-level salary
Indicate if the figures you provide are national or state
numbers
Range of salaries
Top salaries for experience workers (at least five years in
your field)
Note: Don’t forget to define what “experienced” means in your
chosen industry
Source(s) cited

9. Informational Interview
(Indicate who you interviewed and describe their job and/or experience)
Samples of summary phrases:
“The best advice I received is… “
“The most interesting information I learned from my
interview is…”
“The most discouraging comment I heard is…”
“I’m altering my plans based on…”
Etc
Source(s) cited

10. Other Findings
(This is where you present any additional information you’ve discovered during your Internet and
article searches)
List 3-5 items you’ve learned in the process of doing your
research
One item per bullet point
Source(s) cited

11. Additional Issues/ Follow-up
Indicate some issues
and/or misconceptions
that you’ve been able to
clarify
Outline additional facts
and/or information that
you still want to uncover
or clarify
Note: Make sure it is not info
required in this report
Source(s) cited

12. Concluding Thoughts
“Committed to pursuing this career because…”
OR
“Considering other options because”
“Not sure because…”
Next step…
Source(s) cited

13. Work Cited
Note: You should cite at least seven sources throughout the
presentation
Include EVERY source utilized (include the informational
interview) on this slide from all the previous slides using
correct MLA style
This is not your annotated bibliography, simply a list of your
sources for this presentation