Career Research for the Students

of Ms. Jones

at Tates Creek High School

Introduction

 

Task

Your task is to choose a career you would like to enter, prepare a resume suitable for your chosen career, complete an Internet search of your career, and summarize your findings.

Process and Resources

1. Preparing your resume: visit five of the sites to the right and write down at least five tips from each site on your Resume Tips Worksheet

For Federal Jobs

How to Write an Exceptional Resume

The College of Wooster's Guide to Resumes

Florida State's Guide to Resumes

The Resume Tutor

The Resume Shop

2. Using the tips you have learned, write a Resume

3. Posting your resume: using your alias, go to Monster.com and post your resume.

Monster.com - click on Join My Monster and post your resume now.

4. Career Research: go to at least three of the following sites and enter a search for your chosen career. Copy and paste significant information you find into a Word document. Print out the Word document and submit it.

Monster.com

Career Builder

Hot Jobs by Yahoo!

Science Careers

Careers in Government

Hotel & Tourism Careers

Engineering and IT Careers

Top USA Jobs

Careers in Finance

Careers in Entertainment

 

5. Write a one-page summary of this project. Include the most important tips you learned about writing your resume, an evaluation of your resume, information you learned about opportunities in your chosen career, other information you learned about your career, and what you think about your career now that you have further investigated it.

 

Teacher Tips

Important information about your completed resume:

Evaluation

Resume Tips Worksheet

20 points

Completed Resume

30 points

Posted Resume (show teacher)

10 points

Career Information

20 points

Career Summary

20 points

Conclusion