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Career Profile

Task: To create a one page profile on a career of your choice. The profile must be typewritten. Your design of the profile can vary. You may use the template given, or create a brochure, or be creative … as long as the information is there. Each of the following should be included in your profile:

1. Description: Duties and responsibilities of the job 2. Daily Routine: What do they do every day? 3. Working Conditions: Hours of work, workplace setting 4. Training Required: Education needed, cost, how long? 5. Skills Required: Any specific talents needed? 6. Future Outlook: Any jobs in this field in five to ten years? 7. Advancement: Will I get a chance to be promoted? 8. Salary: Hourly versus salary, annual salary? 9. Personality Match: What kind of person is suited for this job? 10. Advantages: What do you like about the job? 11. Disadvantages: What do you not like? 12. Related Jobs: Do you know of any similar jobs? 13. Anything else of interest? 14. Summary: Final thoughts …

Some good resources to look at are: career cruising and other career planning websites at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/individuals/cluster/cp.shtml http://www.jobsetc.ca/home.jsp www.jobfutures.ca Marking Scheme: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Knowledge & Some answers are All required tasks Everything required The student Understanding not completed are completed, but on the page is demonstrates and/or many answers many answers are completed. Answers additional research - answering of are not clear too brief are well expressed. and insight. the 14 points Thinking & Filled in the given Student added some Level 2 and good use Exceptionally Inquiry template. creativity to the of creative and original design. font/colour/graphics design that fits the - creativity chosen career. Application Resource list Complete resource Complete resource Complete resource -use of presented. list presented, many list presented, some list presented in problems. problems. proper format. resources/ bibliography Communication Answers completed Writing is good, but Well written, Exceptionally - well written, in using your own lacks clarity or descriptive, clear communicated the words. descriptiveness. answers. information. your own words