What occupation did you review? What level of education and area of study must you obtain before working in this occupation?

Maria_Rodriguez_careercapstoneproject

Instructions:
By now you should have reviewed your Academic Requirements* page in your Student Portal and taken the FOCUS 2 Career Assessment following the instructions in the Career Lesson folder.
Please hit enter after each question and type in your answers in detail. You must use this template file to complete your project.
Note: This is the capstone project in this class and it is worth 20% of your final grade.

I. “Academic Requirements (AR)” Activity *
Instructions: Steps to access your AR page in your Student’s Portal. Instructions are also posted under the Career Exploration Lesson in Blackboard.
Go to http://www.mdc.edu
Click on “+ Portals”
Select “Student Portal” link
Sign in using your username and password
Select the link for “My Degree Audit” under Resources for Students
Select the Advisement/Career Planning Tab
Select My Academics Review
Review your Advisement Report and the Name of the Advisor you have been assigned
II. Career Exploration Project Instructions:
Answer the following questions for your Carer Exploration Project
My Academic Strengths Self-Assessment:
What are the courses that you excel at?
What are the courses you may need some assistance with?
How do you think this information will help you succeed in college? Be specific about your results and how they relate to your personal goals, academic plans, and courses of action you may wish to take.

Work Interest Assessment
Are you more Social, Investigative, Artistic, Enterprising, Conventional or Realistic?
List your top three codes and explain what your code means.
How will your knowledge of this self-assessment information help you define careers and educational tracks that match your interests?
Discuss the occupations that matched your results that you are interested in exploring further?

Self-Assessment
What occupation did you review?
What level of education and area of study must you obtain before working in this occupation?
3.. What are some of the job duties in this occupation?
Does this occupation correspond to your values or does it conflict with your values? Consider things like family life, work-life balance, financial goals, traveling, etc. Be specific and thoughtful in your response.