Post High-School Training Locations
A type of school that includes colleges and typically take 4 years to complete.
A University
Any type of funding that helps a student pay for college.
Financial Aid
Who can you talk to about the job you want to get?
Family, school counselors and CCMRs, teachers, friends, or people working in the career field you with you enter.
It is recommended that you choose the career that makes the most money.
FALSE
Things that people sometimes need financial assistance to pay for to begin a new job.
Work-related items, such as work clothes/scrubs/uniforms, shoes, and tools.
A school that offers an associate degree that takes two years or a certificate that takes one year or less.
A college
One must be repaid with interest, while one is a gift that never has to be repaid.
Loans and Grants/Scholarships
What are beliefs and ideas that are important to you?
Values
When selecting a career, you should only match your interests.
FALSE
Something people need so they can put fuel in their cars so they can drive to and from work.
Fuel cards
A type of school, sometimes referred to as a vocational school, that gives students the technical skills for a specific occupation.
A Trade School
A payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other type of achievement.
A Scholarship
An opportunity to see what people do at their jobs on a daily basis. Sometimes you might be able to help.
What is a job shadow?
Skills that you already have can be further developed.
TRUE! We should always strive to get better and learn more
What are soft skills?
Everything that makes someone a good worker, other than knowing how to do the job itself.
A program that provides hands-on training with paid work, meaning you get paid while working in the program.
An Apprenticeship
A financial aid program that helps college students in financial need to get part-time jobs alongside their studies.
A Work-Study Program
Practice talking about strengths and weaknesses, chose good outfit, etc.
How can I prepare for a job interview?
Jobs will always have a Now Hiring sign on the door if they are hiring.
False. Jobs might have a sign, but sometimes they do not and someone might have to apply online.
Things we help people with so they can get a job.
Resume, Job search, Job leads, Interviewing skills.
A period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited time, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience.
An Internship
This helps qualifying veterans and their families pay for some or all of the costs of college, graduate school, or training programs.
GI Bill Benefits
What should you think about before choosing a career?
Your talents, interests, values
A career is a long term occupation (job), or a record of all of your working history.
TRUE
Something we help people obtain to gain work experience in a particular career field while also earning income.
Paid internships