Chapter 9 lesson 1: Career Opportunities

Goal for work that is fulfilled through an occupation or series of occupation.

• career planning

• career

• task

• occupation

Planned discussion with a worker who is willing to help find out about the work that a person does, the preparation needed for that career, and the person's feelings about the career.

• tentative career decision

• career planning

• mobility

• informational interview

Willingness and ability of a person to move to where jobs are located.

• Mobility

• Tentative career decision

• Locational unemployment

• job shadow

The process of studying careers, assessing yourself in terms of careers, and making decisions about a future career.

• Career

• Career World

• Career planning

• Job shadow

A decision that is subject to change as new information is received.

• Networking

• Locational unemployment

• application cover letter

• Tentative career decision

Gives in-depth information on hundreds of occupations including job duties, working conditions, education, and training requirements, etc.

• Career planning

• Career World

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

Looks at careers in the future.

• Career World

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

• Job shadow

Gives the basic information about many occupations

• Career World

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Job shadow

Allows you to spend time with a worker for a day or a week to learn about a certain occupation.

• Job shadow

• Networking

• Locational unemployment

• application cover letter

Process of talking to other people about their jobs.

• Job shadow

• Networking

• Mobility

• Locational unemployment