Taking the Guesswork Out of Choosing a Career

Learning about yourself, the world of careers and employment, and how to decide what you may want to do after high school is like putting a puzzle together. All the pieces fit together to create a complete picture. If a piece is missing, the picture is not complete. It isn't going to make sense. Student's need adults to help them think through the process of career development. Ultimately, they need to define their work personality or career identity then connect it to career clusters and pathways. The work personality or career identity are the behaviors, motivations, and passions that drive someone to immerse themselves in a task where they "loose" themselves and consider "hard work" well worth the effort. Flow Theory is part of the foundation of this identity. There is a jigsaw graphic with the questions that students need to address as part of the explanation for "Putting the Puzzle Together."

All of the lessons and student resources may be found by clicking on this link. They are in numerical order and correlate to the units in this collection of learning activities focused on self-knowledge, the development of a career identify, or work personality, in relation to carer clusters and pathways.