1. Career Industry
Name
Ms. Rhude
Honors Advanced Composition, Period
November 2013
Career Exploration Project- Selected Career
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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
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