Purpose: students will be able to complete a career plan research for two career choices (A and B choices), write a paper on it using proper citations (APA style), and present their findings.

Career Planning Research Guidelines:

1. the completed assignment will have four sections for each of the two careers you will be researching:
   • Inspiration - idea diagram and outline
   • skills assessment
     • completed - refer to personal inventories
   • career research
     • history
       • 5 W's and How - this career started
       • early job conditions
       • major developments and changes in this occupation over the years
       • why is this job important, interesting, unusual, etc...?
     • nature of work
       • outline a typical working day
       • what are the responsibilities of the employee?
       • what tools, machinery, special skills are important for this job?
     • working conditions
       • sitting / standing, active / inactive, risky / non-risky, noisy / quiet, inside / outside, etc...
       • regular hours, part-time / full-time
       • union / nonunion /strikes
     • education / training / qualifications
       • where?
       • how long?
       • cost?
       • location of school / institution
       • personal qualities
       • skills required
     • employment advancement and outlook
       • availability of jobs
     • renumeration
       • average wage
       • commissions, overtime, special projects, bonuses, holiday pay, etc...
       • extra benefits (medical / dental / life insurance / RRSP's / pension)
       • seniority
       • union agreement
       • job security
   • exploring an institution
     • investigate three educational institutions
     • go on virtual tour of the facility: visit classrooms, research facilities, counseling centers, students centers; look at the technologies available
     • submit a one page report on:
       • cost of program
       • length of program
       • entrance requirements (what course are needed in high school - grades 11 / 12)
       • list of courses required for completion
       • employment success rates for recent graduates
       • transportation costs (car, carpooling, bus, biking, walking)
       • other application requirements (portfolio, work experience, interviews)
   • bibliography
     • APA style


2. Evaluation Criteria (150 marks)
   • Inspiration - 10 marks
   • career research - 60 marks
   • exploring an institution - 30 marks
   • citations / bibliography (APA style) - 10 marks
   • style (use of descriptive language / originality) - 10 marks
   • structure (use a variety of sentences and paragraph structures) - 10 marks
   • spelling (each spelling mistake minus 2 marks) / grammar (each grammatical mistake minus 2 marks) - 5 marks
   • main ideas covered (depth and breadth of discussion of topic)- 10 marks
   • layout (include a title page, list of tables, list of figures, page numbering, table of content, and outline) - 5 marks
3. REMEMBER DO NOT PLAGIARIZE - cite your work using APA style and include a bibliography

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