Monday, May 10, 2010

Career Path Final Project

Career Path Assignment

Hints:
1. Pick a location to collect your information.  Use Word, Google Docs, your blog or any form of data collection.  
2. Make your collection accessible from home. 
3. Get the data collection done quickly.  It will take you more time to put together a good, creative presentation than to collect your information.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

List of majors from K-State

What can I do with a major in.... 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

25 worst places to find a job 

Where will the jobs be

Some general college majors- 
From the Quintessential Careers website:


Business: Accounting, Advertising, Business Economics, E-commerce, Finance, Hospital and Health Care Administration, Hospitality Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Real Estate
Computer Science: Database Management, Digital Arts, Networking, Programming, Software Development, Systems
Engineering: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering
Humanities: Art, Communications, Counseling, Education, English, Foreign Languages (Italian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, others), Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Speech, Theatre
Music: Instrumental Performance, Music Education, Vocal Performance
Sciences: Astronomy, Astrophysics. Biology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Earth Science, Forestry, Genetics, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology
Social Sciences: American Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

College Major Finder

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Best jobs w/o a college degree

10 Highest paying Jobs w/o a College Degree

college degree careers w/ the most job openings 

Next Job Boom 

Fastest Growing Occupations
Find your group below.  Each person in your group needs to do this individually.  You are going to peer review the 2 groups listed below your name.  BUT FIRST, when you click on the link you need to do the following:

     File
     Download as
     Word
     Open

On your new copy
     File     
     Save as
     Save to your H drive
     (Your name) and (the group letter) 

To peer review: 
Highlight yellow any that are not conclusions
Highlight blue any that are factually incorrect
Highlight green any that could not have been determined from the original chart

You need to create a legend at the top of your document.  The legend should identify 3 different colors to correspond with the directions above.  Put your name above the legend.  Click on my example below to see how to set it up.

My example 


When you are finished: 

email your 2 documents to me as attachments.
shaughn.oneal@nwsc.k12.in.us


The Wizards
Group D
Group C

MAFIA
Group A
Group D

The Brittany's
Group B
Group A
 
Adios and Vaya Con Dios
Group A
Group C