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CareersAt the end of this assignment, you will:

Get a Reality Check. What does it cost to live in your city of choice? What salary would you like to have? More importantly, what career will give you the lifestyle that you want?

Explore career clusters, career pathways, 3 careers

THERE WILL BE TWO (2) PRINTOUT2/FILE2 TO SUBMIT FOR CREDIT:

1. Assignment #1— your_name_realitycheck.docx - MS Word document that includes various printscreens of reality check results

2. Assignment #2— your_name_career_pathways.docx - MS Word document that includes various printscreens of career clusters, career pathways results

Submit assignments via Canvas: Click on the Assignments, Click on link: HW4a: Careers.

Reality Check

So what does it cost to live in your city of choice? What salary would you like to have? More importantly, what career will give you the lifestyle that you want? As you explore careers, think about what it will cost to provide for your basic needs — food, shelter, transportation, and health care.

Reality Check Tool: This interactive tool is a great way to identify your desired lifestyle and how to achieve those goals through specific career or job choices, and training or education.

Assignment #1: Reality CheckSTEP 1: As you explore careers, think about what it will cost to provide for your basic needs — food, shelter, transportation, and health care

a) Create a new document, name it your_name_realitycheck.docxType your_nameCIS 50Todays’ date

b) Access the http://www.cacareerzone.org website

c) Click on Make Money Choices, Get Started linkd) Click on Budget how much money you’ll need buttone) Select a county near where you live. FYI, Las Positas College is in Alameda

County

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f) Make choices with regards to your lifestyle and expenses; housing, utilities, food, transportation. Choose all items that you require, see your monthly expenses running total

g) At the end of your choices you will have an option to

Add a new expense to your choices, chose an amount.

STEP 2: When done, SHOW SUMMARY, you will see a list of your Monthly Spending and Minimum Annual Salary needed.

a) Printscreen#1: Paste a copy of your Monthly Spending and Minimum Annual Salary needed.your_name_realitycheck.docx

b).Click on View OccupationsSTEP 3: Now that you know how much you need to spend each year, it's time to find an occupation that will pay you enough money to cover your expensesa) Select two to four occupations from the list

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Printscreen#1: Paste a copy of your monthly living expenses into the your_name_realitycheck.docx

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STEP 4: a) You will see a list of occupations that meet your education and occupation

cluster preferences and pay enough to meet your annual salary requirements. Click one or more occupations, Click Compare Selected button to view a brief summary including preparation requirements and wage information

STEP 5: When done, you will see information about your chosen occupation. View Occupation; Job Definition, Job Zone, Interests, Knowledge, Skills, Tasks, Wages, etc.

a) Printscreen#3: Paste a copy of your chosen occupation into your_name_realitycheck.docx

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Printscreen#2: Paste a copy potential occupation that match your expenses, educational goals, and occupational interests into the your_name_realitycheck.docx

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Printscreen#3: Paste a copy of your chosen occupation into the your_name_realitycheck.docx

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Career Clusters, Career Pathways

A’career cluster’ is a group of jobs and industries that are related by skills or products. Within each cluster, there are cluster“pathways” that correspond to a collection of courses and training opportunities to prepare you for a given career.

See: http://www.cacareercafe.com/explore/ for more information

Assignment #2: Career Clusters, Career Pathways

It’s one thing to say “I want to be a (fill in the blank) when I grow up.” But it’s quite another to actually take the time to research the career, and see what is required to actually make it happen!

Review the Career Pathways website at LPC: http://www.laspositascollege.edu/careercenter/pathways.php

Especially view: http://www.cacareercafe.com/ AND https://career.berkeley.edu/InfoLab/CareerFields

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a) Create a new document, name it your_name_career_pathways.docxType your_nameCIS 50Todays’ date

1. Pick 3 career choices that sound exciting. (1 should require a 4-yr college degree, 1 should require a non-college degree, 1 should be a ‘new collar’ job.)

2. List daily duties, skills/abilities needed for each career choice.3. Create a plan of action stating how you plan to get there. Include possible college choices,

and if you have an older student, have them list some of the entrance requirements to help them get started planning now!

When done, you are going to submit the file via Canvas: Assignments, HW4a – Careers

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