Naviance Career Key Career Exploration Granite Oaks Middle

Naviance Career Key & Career Exploration Granite Oaks Middle School Electives 2014 – 2015

Objectives u To help students think about career choices and course decisions for high school u Complete Career Key through Family Connection to help identify your high interest areas u Explore careers that match your high interest areas – as a beginning step.

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Career Bound – Future Found Your Future is Now! 1. Who Am I? Interests & Skills • What do I like and dislike? (Interests) • What do I do well? (Skills) 3. How will I get there? Academic Plan (Classes) All good roads to your future go through high school. 2. Where do I want to go? Life After High School • There a lot of “where’s” – apprenticeships, career/technical schools, employment, military opportunities, colleges and universities. It’s important to choose a “where” that fits you.

University (Doctorate) Vocational Technical School Middle School Community College High School Professional University School (Graduate) University (Undergraduate) Military

What is Career Key? u Online career assessment tool used through the Naviance program u Based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice u Research shows that personality/college majors/career matches predict success and satisfaction

Log into Naviance at https: //connection. naviance. com/graniteoaks Your username is the same as your Rocklin USD Google account Your password is your Student ID.

Career Key Assessment u Click on the “About Me” section at the top of the page u Look for the my assessment section and click on “Career Key” 1. – 2. – Know Yourself: Take the Career Key assessment Know your options: Learn about the jobs that interest you

Career Key Results u Read traits associated with the highest score u Click on “View Careers” u Then, pick six careers from your first and second highest career options and “Save to My List”

On the home page, click on the “CAREERS” tab

Click on “Explore Careers &Clusters”

Exploring Careers u Pick one career to learn about u Click the “Knowledge and Skills” tab: 1. What are the most important skills? 2. What are the most important abilities? 3. What are the most important knowledge areas?

Exploring Careers u Click the “Typical Tasks”: 1. Name two typical tasks performed with this career. u Click the “Wages”: 1. What part of the country makes the most doing this job?

Begin exploring! Search for careers by name here Browse careers by cluster here

Road Trip Nation u Road Trip Nation Archives gives you an insiders view of people pursuing their interests u Click on “Careers” and scroll down towards the end of the page u Click on “Explore More” and begin your Road Trip experience