It’s great to know which careers align with your skills and interests. But where will you find a job in one of these career fields? Do you know businesses in your community or state which have employees doing the kind of work you are interested in? In this activity, you will have the opportunity to find some employers which hire for your career interests and do a little research into these companies.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will understand the importance of making informed, responsible decisions when faced with important choices. You’ll learn about the importance of considering the consequences of potential decisions, explore the difference between gut and logic decisions, and reflect on an important decision you’ve recently made.

So, what do you like to do? Play basketball? Cook? Read? Sometimes our interests can help us determine our future careers. Today you’ll have the opportunity to add some of your interests to your Xello page.

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.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will reflect on some of the interests you have saved in Xello's interest inventory, explore the link between interests and various careers, and investigate how you interests match up with a career you like.

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.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will explain why time management is important in school and on the job, create a time budget to assess how you currently manage your time, and explore ways to improve your time management skills.

In this activity, you will identify how time management is an important skill for one saved career. Then add and rate this skill and six time management strategies within your profile.

As a junior and/or senior, you may have a unique opportunity to participate in a program which allows you to spend part of your day or week in on-the-job training called Youth Apprenticeship. Youth Apprenticeship (YA) integrates school-based and work-based learning to instruct students in employability and occupational skills defined by Wisconsin industries. In this lesson, you will investigate the Youth Apprenticeship program and connect with your local Youth Apprenticeship coordinator if you are interested.

In 8th grade, you may have completed a 4-year plan to prepare for high school. If so, you probably already have it uploaded to your Storyboard. If not, you can open the document attached and make your own copy. In this lesson, you'll be reviewing and updating your 4-year plan.

Welcome back to Xello! You’ve been adding important information into your Xello profile the past four years. From skills to experiences to favorite careers, your Xello profile should be full of information about you, what you are interested in, and what you’ve done so far to work towards college or career after high school. Today, we’ll be taking all of that information and putting it together into a resume. First, follow the directions to log into Xello and personalize your Xello page with your tenth grade banner and photo.

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.

You’ve used Xello matchmaker to gain some insight into careers which align with your interests. You continued by taking the Personality Assessment to align your career choices to your personality traits. Now you’ll finish the mission by completing the last questions in the Matchmaker Mission Complete, which will help refine your career choices.

The Internet has hundreds of places where you can find career information. We’ve explored a few new places besides Xello over the years. Another great resource is videos! If you aren’t familiar with TedTalks, they are short informational speeches about a particular topic. Today you’ll have the choice of a TedTalk to watch on a career-related topic and then you’ll reflect on what you learned from the talk.

Back in 8th Grade, you first investigated your post-secondary options. You learned about the 16 Career Clusters and thought about those most of interest to you. To help you zero in on the clusters which interest you the most, we’re going to use the Career Cluster Quiz found on the Waukesha County Technical College website.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will consider which education or training is best for you. If you haven’t decided what to do yet after high school, a good place to start is by looking at your interests, strengths, and favorite subjects.

A work value is something that's important to you in a career. For example, you may value a career that allows you to work with your hands, or be outdoors, or work on the computer exclusively. You may prefer a work environment that provides you with immediate feedback on your performance or one where you work independently. Whatever you value, knowing what's important to you can set you on the path to a career you'll find satisfying. Today, you will consider the values which will help you to choose the best career fit for you. You have two options for finding this information.

What is labor market information? Why is it important when thinking about what types of careers you might want to do in your future? Knowing the labor market in your area can help you save time and money by focusing your educational and employment choices to those jobs which actually have openings or are growth opportunities. Today we’ll be investigating some of the Labor Market Information resources provided by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to help you conduct labor market research on careers of interest.

Employers often talk about the skills they need in an employee. You may have heard them referred to as soft skills or employability skills or transferable skills. We like to them of them as essential skills, because they are skills that are essential to just about any career. These might include communication skills or basic measurement skills or teamwork. In this Xello lesson, you’ll have the opportunity to think about the skills which are essential to careers today.