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Conceptual:
- There are five main questions addressed in this unit:
- What are my interests and skills?
- How can I match my interests and skills to my occupation choice?
- How can career myths prevent me from taking appropriate or no action on career my interests?
- Are your ready for a career change?
- What is the relationship between e-learning offerings and occupations?
- Students are asked to complete an Interest Inventory and provide their reactions to the results in the Unit Four Quiz.
- Students may need help understanding that for many degrees there is not a one-to-one relationship to an occupation. This is particularly true for some four year undergraduate degrees. Instructors can assist students with understanding this by:
- Considering the general skills they develop within a major, i.e., writing skills, analytical skills, computational skills, critical thinking skills, etc.
- Showing how there are occupations listed in the Occupational Handbook that do not require a specific degree.
- Explaining how some four year undergraduate majors can prepare students for graduate or post-four-year professional degrees.
- Students will also take two surveys: "Career Myths" and "Are You Ready for a Career Change?"
- The "Career Myths" section is to challenge them, by raising questions regarding their assumptions regarding careers.
- The "Are You Ready for a Career Change?" section raises questions they can ask themselves as they are considering this important transition.
- This unit has several Web sites that link to additional occupational information. Some of these are listed on the pages: Do You Want More Occupational Assistance?
- The self-assessments used are intended to help students gain a general idea of how they can better describe themselves and assist them in understanding connections to possible careers. The results of the self-assessments are not prescriptive.
- The two surveys: "Career Myths" and "Are You Ready for a Career Change?" offer instuctors many opportunities within the course to engage students. Both of these topices can make good disucssion board questions or follow up e-mails seekingclarification and suggestions to individual students.
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