Career Development Goals
Middle School Career Exploration
Assessment & Strategies
100

What goal helps students recognize their strengths and weaknesses when thinking about careers?

What is decision-making?

100

What is the first step in linking students' personal strengths to potential career options?

What is self-knowledge?

100

What type of inventory helps students explore their career interests and link them to possible jobs?

What is an interest inventory?

200

Which goal helps students connect what they are learning in school to future careers?

What is educational awareness?

200

What is one way students can explore job requirements and work environments in middle school?

What is career self-description or job shadowing?

200

What assessment helps students understand how their personality traits match specific careers?

What is a personality inventory?

300

What career development goal involves helping students understand the relationship between jobs, salaries, and demand?

What is economic awareness?


300

Which strategy allows students to research different careers, including job biographies and interviews?

What is in-depth research?

300

What type of inventory helps students match their personal values with occupations that align with them?

What is a value inventory?

400

Which goal focuses on learning about different career fields and what they entail?

What is occupational awareness?

400

What strategy helps students understand how their school subjects are connected to careers?

What is subject-occupation connection?


400

Which strategy asks students to reflect on their past experiences and how they relate to their future career goals?

What is the lifeline activity?

500

Which career development goal helps students understand the role of work in society and its impact?

What is work attitudes?

500

How can middle school students explore careers through hands-on experience in their local community?

What is community observation?

500

What model is used to help students apply critical thinking and evaluate career options when making decisions?

What is the decision-making model?