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Exploring Careers: Career Interest Checklist HandoutExploring Careers: Career Interest Checklist Handout
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9th - 12th
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Social & Emotional Learning
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Exploring Careers: Career Interest Checklist

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What do you want to be when you grow up can be a difficult question for many young people. A career interest checklist gives high schoolers a place to consider career options that might not have occurred to them. Participants first circle interests on the provided list and then match these interests with possible careers.

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Concepts

careers, career goals, career planning, career readiness, career skills

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask pupils to research one career in each of their three categories

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies of the two worksheets for each participant

Pros

  • The list suggest a wide range of careers in each category

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  • None

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