• I can identify experiences that helped me develop a work-related skill
• I can add work experiences (volunteering, joining a club, playing a sport, part-time work) that I have gained that connect to building workplace readiness skills and knowledge

• I can explore important career factors that should be considered when choosing a career
• I can understand six career factors that people consider when choosing a career
• I can prioritize (rank) these career factors and compare them with careers that I have explored

• I can learn about ways to gain work experience now
• I can identify future opportunities to gain experience (community service, volunteering, internships, Youth Apprenticeship)
• I can gather information about the getting experience opportunities that fit best with my future career goals

• I can explore school offerings including courses or specialized programs to learn more about opportunities for getting work-related experience while I am in high school

Have you ever heard the quote, “It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know?” Interacting with others to build relationships and exchange information is called networking. When you are searching for a job, you will probably explore job boards, professional social networks, and industry-approved accrediting associations. Networking with these communities can help lead to career opportunities.

In this Xello lesson, you will investigate job search strategies and research potential employers in your community.

You’ve done a tremendous amount of learning this year around learning strategies, biases, pathways, etc. Use the section below to reflect on the work that you’ve done. Next year will be an important year, since you will be planning your transition to high school, and you’ll be one year closer to your career!

It’s natural to make assumptions about careers. But it’s also important to know that the ideas and biases we have about fields of work can have an impact on our career decisions. Although laws have been written to combat biased hiring practices, it does not mean the stereotypes or assumptions no longer exist. In this activity, you will work as a team to share the story of one individual who overcame the odds in their field of work.

It’s important to build awareness of workplace biases that may be influencing your career decisions. In today’s Xello interactive lesson, you will explore common career biases, learn how bias can influence career choices, and reflect on the bias(es) that may have influenced your initial opinion of a career.

We’ll be using a new tool today—Gladeo! You will answer a brief series of questions to find out a little about your work personality and how that can give you an idea of the careers which you might like.

After you completed the first phase of Xello’s Matchmaker career assessment, were you surprised by any matches? What first came to mind when you saw some matches? Matchmaker is not meant to predict or identify your future path, but rather introduce you to professions you may not have considered before, expanding your career choices rather than limiting them.

Today you’ll be using Xello to start doing some career exploration. Xello has a number of filters which will help you narrow down careers you might be interested in.

You’ve already saved 3 careers in Xello—great job! Today, you’ll learn how your interests and abilities might align with a career that you are interested in.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will relate school subjects to various tasks, reflect on your favorite school subject, and explore ways to use your favorite school subject in a career that interests them.

Students will be able to
- Understand the rising national trends in student debt
- Compare federal and private loans and explain what it means to take out each type of loan
- Identify various strategies they can use to be a responsible borrower
- Analyze three student profiles to determine the best course of action to take for their student loans

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will make choices about how you intend to live life after graduation to help you identify some of your most important lifestyle goals and assess whether or not you can achieve your lifestyle goals in a career that interests you.

Test Drive Digital gives high school students a real-life simulation of money and finances and helps them gain a better understanding of what it takes to make it on their own as a 25 year-old young adult. Best of all, Royal Credit Union is proud to offer this program completely free of charge!

In this weekly activity, students complete a self-assessment rubric and timesheets on a weekly basis and submit to the instructor. The teacher grades the timesheet and inserts their score into the rubric. The student then reflects on the instructor's score and makes necessary adjustments to their employability skills.

The Cross the Line activity will afford people the chance to think about their values and to express them to others. It is important to begin Cross The Line by establishing common ground for the activity. We live in a diverse world. In this exercise we will explore the diversity among us by thinking about our values, our backgrounds, our teachers, and our experiences.

In this 60-minute lesson, students will be able to:
- Analyze monthly household expenses
- Explain the benefits of using a budget
- Create a sample budget