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Careers Research Slide Show Project Guidelines
Objective: Research three occupations to learn more about them and teach others.
1. Use the Career Research Guide to help with what types of information should be included in the slide show.
2. All 9 topics should be mentioned during the presentation and in the slide show.
3. A minimum of 3 resources should be used and cited (you may use one slide for your works cited).
4. There should be a minimum of 10 slides, a maximum of 15 slides.
5. Presentations should be 5 minutes long (no more/no less).
6. Be sure to follow the rubric carefully to earn the highest grade (50 points).
Slideshow
1. Avoid using full sentences
2. Dont read from the screen (use slide show as a guide)
3. Make sure the font is big enough for the entire audience to see
4. Use light font color with dark backgrounds and vice-versa
Oral Presentation
1. Dress in business/professional attire
a. No Shorts
b. No Sweat Pants/Shirts
c. No Jeans
d. No T-Shirts/Heavily Printed Logo Shirts
e. Collared/Button Down/Plain Dress Shirts Acceptable
f. Appropriate Dresses/Skirts Acceptable
g. Khakis/Tights/Plain Dress Pants Acceptable
2. Speak clearly and articulate
3. Remember to make eye contact with the audience
4. Stand properly (dont sit or lean), present naturally
5. Be prepared to answer questions
Careers Research Slide Show Rubric
Category | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Research | Reflects a full understanding of each career and its requirements | Reflects a good understanding of each career and its requirements | Reflects a fair understanding of each career and its requirements | Reflects a poor understanding of each career and its requirements | Does not reflect any understanding of each career and its requirements |
Preparedness | Completely prepared | Mostly prepared | Somewhat prepared | Poorly prepared | Entirely unprepared |
Listening | Excellent audience member | Good audience member | Fair audience member | Poor audience member | Had to be removed as an audience member |
Topic Focus | Stays on topic 100% of the time | Stays on topic 99%-90% of the time | Stays on topic 89%-79% of the time | Has trouble staying focused and is unorganized | Hard to establish the topic |
Presentation | Presenter used an excellent voice and used appropriate fonts and backgrounds | Presenter used a good voice and did/did not use appropriate fonts and backgrounds | Presenter used a fair voice and did/did not use appropriate fonts and backgrounds | Presenter used a poor voice and did/did not appropriate fonts and backgrounds | Presenter could not be heard and did/did not appropriate fonts and backgrounds |
Attire | Business/ professional attire worn | Casual business attire worn | Partial business attire with other unprofessional attire worn | Partial business attire worn, but looked unprofessional or sloppy | Business attire was not worn |
Time | 5 minutes | 4 minutes or more than 5 minutes | 3 minutes or more than 6 minutes | 2 minutes or more than 7 minutes | 1 minute or more than 8 minutes |
Content | Addresses all 8 questions from research guide | Addresses 7 questions from research guide | Addresses 6 questions from research guide | Addresses 5 questions from research guide | Addresses fewer than 4 questions from research guide |
Organization | Slideshow is very organized | Slideshow is mostly organized | Slideshow is somewhat organized | Slideshow is poorly organized | Slideshow is not organized at all |
Resources | Used at least 3 resources cited on a slide | Used 2 resources cited on a slide | Used 1 resource and cited on a slide | Resources were not cited on a slide | No resources were used at all |
Total Score ________/50 points
Careers Research Guide
1. Name of Occupation ________________________________
2. Nature of the Work (Brief job description)
3. Working Conditions (Where do people in this profession work? Are there physical, emotional and or social demands for this job?)
4. Training and Education Requirements (Do you need a license? College Degree? Advanced Education? Certification? Experience? Describe the qualifications youll need for this occupation)
5. Time Requirements (Approximately how many hours do the jobs require a day, during the week, weekends, month and/or year)
6. Job Outlook (Is this job in demand or is the demand declining? Is it hot or not?)
7. Earning Potential (What is the average compensation for this profession? Are their ways to increase salary? Is it salary or hourly pay? Can you work overtime?)
8. Related Occupations (Name two other occupations that are similar that you could pursue)
9. Resources (at least 3)
Career Research Internet Sites
1. The Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
2. CareerShip (Holland Personality Types): http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/
3. Kids Portal of the U.S. Government: http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.shtml
4. Career Aisle: http://knowitall.scetv.org/careeraisle/students/ms/index.cfm
5. CareerOneStop: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/crl/library.aspx?LVL2=13&LVL3=y&LVL1=4&CATID=11&PostVal=2
6. Pennsylvania Career Zone: http://www.pacareerzone.org/home.jsf;jsessionid=B898FF113F0B4E9D8B822C23D803DBA5
7. JobStar Central: http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.php
8. WetFeet: http://www.wetfeet.com/Careers---Industries.aspx
9. Job Profiles: http://www.jobprofiles.org/profiles.htm
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11. Career Overview: http://www.careeroverview.com/
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