Researching Careers (Chapter 3)

Job Shadowing:

• following a worker for a few days to learn about their job

• formal, unpaid position that allows you to learn job skills

• school program that involves doing community service as part of your school work

• a short, informal talk with someone who works in a career you find appealing

Internship:

• following a worker for a few days to learn about his or her job

• formal, unpaid position that allows you to learn job skills

• school program that involves doing community service as part of your school work

• a job that offers on-the-job training with pay, usually in a trade

Service Learning:

• school program that involves doing community service as part of your social work

• formal, unpaid position that allows you to learn job skills

• a job that offers on-the-job training with pay, usually in a trade

• a short, informal talk with someone who works in a career you find appealing

Work Environment:

• the social and physical surroundings in a work place

• following a worker for a few days to learn about their job

• a short, informal talk with someone who works in a career you find appealing

• "extras" provided by many employers, including health insurance, vacations, and retirement plans

Exploratory Interview:

• a short, informal talk with someone who works in a career you find appealing

• following a worker for a few days to learn about their job

• a job that offers on-the-job training with pay, usually in a trade

• book that describes hundreds of careers and the future for those careers

Apprenticeship:

• a job that offers on-the-job training with pay, usually in a trade

• following a worker for a few days to learn about their job

• formal, unpaid position that allows you to learn job skills

• school program that involves doing community service as part of your school work

Fringe Benefits

• "extras" provided by many employers, including health insurance, vacations, and retirement plans

• book that describes hundreds of careers and the future for those careers

• the social and physical surroundings in a work place

• a job that offers on-the-job training with pay, usually in a trade

Occupational Outlook Handbook:

• following a worker for a few days to learn about their job

• formal, unpaid position that allows you to learn job skills

• school program that involves doing community service as part of your school work

• book that describes hundreds of careers and the future for those careers

An example of a job from the business and marketing cluster is a(n):

• electrician

• child-care worker

• reporter

• travel agent

Some factory workers work the graveyard shift, from:

• 9 am - 5 pm

• 8 am - 4 pm

• midnight - 8 am

• 4 pm - midnight