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Design Your Perfect Career

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Students incorporate the design process to create their own perfect job or career. In this career design lesson, students develop questions to research for a future career choice. Students brainstorm about their personal skills to use in their perfect career and use the Internet to complete a personality assessment as well as a career exploration. Students design a plan to reach for their perfect career.

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careers, vocations

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career design, career exploration, vocations, college and career readiness
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11th - Higher Ed
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Career & Technical Education
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