May 14 Career Management

Learning Goals:
Continue Unit 6.02 - Produce a career portfolio
-Create a resume, find a position, write a cover letter

TIGER TIME:
The following items must be completed to avoid tiger time:
*Unit 5 packet Due last Friday
*Motivational poster Due last FridayFriday
*Personal Career Plan Due last Friday
*Resume due Monday
*Located and copied a career to a Word document due Monday
*Have a cover letter due Monday

Interims need to be signed and returned for a grade.
Bring it back today- -80 5 points off each day

Guided Lesson

A. Will review Resume and Cover Letter assignments by looking at review PowerPoint
SPELLING AND GRAMMER need to be correct! Use spell check!

Personal Career Plan needs to be only 3 pages

Master's degree (I did NOT correct- you need to proof read and correct)
Doctorate (I did NOT correct- you need to proof read and correct)
It is called Doctor degree only with the subject behind it such as Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Doctor of Optometry (O.D.),

B. Will review resume and cover letter "words"

Independent Exercise:
C. Complete or revise resume. RESUME is with REAL facts.

D. Complete cover letter. Cover Letter may have" made up" items based on what you plan to do in college. It should be specific to the job you found on the internet.

E. Resumes and Personal Career Plans need to be corrected.
You will receive grade based on your corrections.


1. Sample Functional Resume under "Professional
Experience"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtdE3bO04Y&feature=related
You should have at least:
Academic
Sports/Club
Part-time job
Other Talent/Skills

Academic (stress classes that work toward your career goal)
-Studied diligently and have a 3.5 GPA
-Excelled in Honors Biology class. Earned an "A" and developed an
understanding of anatomy.
-Assembled a carburetor in Auto Class 1.
-Repaired an engine.
-Earned Auto Certification in Brakes.

Softball Team
-Demonstrated to team members the correct way to hold a bat.
-Mentored newer players on game strategies
-Won 2nd place for the 2011-2012 season through team work and dedication to
practice.

2. Find a job: Search on these 2 sites Students will go to http://www.indeed.com/ or http://www.simplyhired.com/and find a
position that is close to the one they want.
Copy and Paste the hiring information to a Word document called "job"
and save to your Career Portfolio folder."

3. Review cover letters at this site and start your cover letter We are going
to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0suKZ-oU8shttp://jobsearch.about.com/od/samplestudentletters/a/studentcoverletters.htm
Make sure you use action verbs, complete sentences, correct spelling and
grammar.
-You should have an introduction paragraph.
-Two additional paragraphs explaining how your skills match job requirements
-A conclusion paragraph requesting a job interview.
-Save to your Career Portfolio folder as "cover letter"

Miss W will meet with each student today.Write down questions you have