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1 10 Now that you've started thinking about careers, what do you do next?Take the career interest survey on pages 11 to 15 to kick start your thoughts about what direction you would like to head with future career plans. Completing the following steps will point you to some general work areas where you can explore career possibilities. directions?Even if you haven't given too much thought to careers, you've probably been asked what you want to be when you grow up. You might have even been asked this question many times. Your answer might have been the same or changed each time you were asked! For this activity, use the space below to either draw or write the first thing you remember wanting to be. Have you changed your mind or added other job ideas since then, or do you still want to be the same thing?

2 GrowwhenIup ..needCareer Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation11 Check off the activities that interest you in each of the boxes. Add each column. Total your answers to discover which career clusters you may want to care of pets in your neighborhood Transplanting small trees Planting and taking care of flowers & plants Working in a garden & creating landscapes Nursing sick animals back to health Brushing or grooming dogs, cats, and/or horses Hiking & watching wildlife Chopping wood & replanting trees Identifying environmental hazards & sick/dying plants1 Source: Adapted from "Who R U" interest survey with permission from Virginia Career small appliancesPainting houses or buildingsUsing tools to make household repairsCutting and shaping wood to build structuresVolunteering for Habitat for HumanityDrawing floor plansBuilding simple circuit boardsLaying brick or cinder blockLandscaping and planting flower gardensPerforming (music, drama, dance) for an audienceCreating graphic designs on a computerCreating an original video or filmSketching or painting picturesTaking photographsWriting poems, stories or playsMaking jewelry, sculpture, ceramics or stained glassDesigning a newspaper layout (artwork)

3 Being an announcer for an amateur radio stationUsing a cash registerTyping minutes of a school club meetingFiling or sorting mail or other papersRunning your own businessDeveloping Web pages and creating print layouts using desktop publishingManaging tasks for a groupPreparing reports and analyzing dataTyping documents for other peopleVolunteering to answer phones24 Career Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation12 Source: Adapted from "Who R U" interest survey with permission from Virginia Career as a kids camp counselor or volunteerTutoring young childrenReading to elementary school studentsGiving instructions for/or directing a play Baby-sitting young childrenOrganizing and shelving library booksPeer counseling or mediationHelping at Special Olympics eventsTeaching young children in an after-school programPlanning a mock stock market gameInvesting money and studying investmentsBalancing a checkbookOpening a savings/checking accountBeing a treasurer for a school clubOrganizing a fund-raiserCollecting money for a school or community eventDeveloping a budgetUsing spreadsheets and financial computer programs Campaigning for a political candidate Making political speeches Volunteering as an urban planning

4 Committee member Running for class office Planning and preparing budgets Participating in a debate Volunteering as a legislative aide Learning and speaking a foreign language Researching and writing grantsTaking care of a sick relativeWatching doctor/hospital shows on TVLearning first aid and CPRV olunteering at a retirement homeVolunteering as a hospital aideUsing a stethoscope to listen to someone's heartIdentifying human body parts from a diagramBandaging sports injuries with a trainer's helpAssisting persons in wheelchairs with daily tasks5687 Check off the activities that interest you in each of the boxes. Add each column. Total your answers to discover which career clusters you may want to Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation13 Source: Adapted from "Who R U" interest survey with permission from Virginia Career View.

5 Working in a restaurantPlanning vacations and other events Cooking, baking and serving mealsParticipating in sports or recreational activitiesBeing a lifeguardCatering an eventWorking at a concession standExercising and working outOfficiating a sporting eventMaking a family menuWorking with the elderlyWorking at a shelterShopping, comparing prices & consumer goodsListening & helping friends with problemsParticipating in youth groups or community groups Working as a dietetic aid Volunteering at a retirement homeVolunteering to be a Big Brother/Big SisterDeveloping software programsBuilding computersPlaying video gamesSurfing the InternetLearning how to configure operating systemsInstalling softwareLearning how to assemble computer hardwarePlaying with electronic gadgetsDesigning video gamesReading mystery novelsListening to a police scannerWatching mystery movies or courtroom dramasPlaying "Clue" or other mystery board gamesVolunteering in a lawyer's officeFollowing court cases in the newsParticipating in EMT trainingVolunteering to search for missing pets or personsParticipating in search and/or rescue

6 Training9111210 Check off the activities that interest you in each of the boxes. Add each column. Total your answers to discover which career clusters you may want to Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation14 Source: Adapted from "Who R U" interest survey with permission from Virginia Career or working with metalsRepairing and upholstering furnitureCreating wood carvingsTaking machine shop classesMaking belts or other leather goodsOperating a printing pressInstalling and repairing home electronicsSewing, weaving, knitting or other needleworkBuilding cabinets, shelves and other simple woodworkingCutting & styling hairSelling products for a school fund-raiserTaking tours of new houses for saleDesigning or modeling clothesGiving people advice on products they should buyDecorating your house and rearranging your furniturePlanning and having a yard saleArranging and selling flowersFixing watches and clocks Visiting science museums Designing experiments Exploring caves and collecting rocks Watching the weather and tracking storms Using a computer to solve math problems and equations Identifying plants, animals and/or marine life Developing solutions to environmental problems Building model aircraft/boats/trains Learning about different culturesFlying airplanesRepairing vehicles.

7 Bikes and enginesWorking in a warehouse or taking inventoryOperating motorized machines or equipmentVisiting space campsBuilding and repairing boatsOperating a CB or ham radioReading mechanical and automotive magazines/blogs Having a paper route13141516 Check off the activities that interest you in each of the boxes. Add each column. Total your answers to discover which career clusters you may want to Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and & , Audio/Visual Technology & Management & & & Public , Technology, Engineering & , Distribution & LogisticsCount the check marks in each section on pages 11-14 and place the total in the corresponding box Hospitality & , Public Safety, Corrections & Security_____Source: Adapted from "Who R U" interest survey with permission from Virginia Career you can see, the interest survey is divided into 16 groups.

8 Each group is a career cluster. Career clusters place similar occupations in groups. These clusters help you narrow the thousands of career options in the world to a general area of interest. The clusters connect what you learn in school to the skills and knowledge you need beyond high school. Some careers are placed in more than one _____2. _____3. _____topthreeInterest , Food & Natural ResourcesinterestsurveyCareer Wonders 2011, SD Dept. of Labor and Regulatio