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Career Planning
Course Cost: $310.00
Credit: .5In this comprehensive course, students first learn about themselves and how
that knowledge contributes to career success. They use various career
resources to investigate careers and discover how goal setting and decision
making are integral to career planning. They also master job-finding techniques
and learn how to make the transition from school to work. Students completing
this course will explore, understand, and respond to issues of self-discovery
by determining their values, skills, and interests and how they relate
to career planning; familiarize themselves with research tools such as
the Holland Self-Directed Search, The Occupational Outlook Handbook, and
computerized career systems; explore careers first-hand by conducting
interviews and job shadowing, understand the benefits of setting goals
and how to avoid obstacles to attaining them, and conduct job searches
by exploring job banks, creating a cover letter and resume and researching
proper job interview techniques.
Course Activities: required activities, 4 newsgroup activities, 6 unit projects, 4 unit evaluations
Course Materials: Self-Assessment Packet [This will be provided.]
