What is Career Planning and Why Do I Care?
Assuming that each of us is a bit different and wants different things from the one life we get to lead:
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Mae West once said, "You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough"Bonus |
How to Start Career Planning?
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Step 2 - Meet with our Career Practitioner's Garth or Sharla
If you have ever struggled with the BIG question, "What will I do with my life?" , you may appreciate the challenge of this question, "What would you like to do after high school? Common choices are:
For either question, your career practitioner would love to help!
For either question, your career practitioner would love to help!
Career Assessments from the Career Practitioners
Career assessment are free to Horizon School Division students. Email Garth at [email protected] and he will send Horizon School Division students a link. After the assessment is completed the practitioner will go over the report with the student.
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Lethbridge College career practitioners will meet with students to discuss career topics that are related to one of their programs.
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5 Common Directions for Students after Graduation
1) Post-Secondary School 2) Apprenticeship 3) Armed Forces 4) Work and Entrepreneurship - Join the Work World 5) GAP Year for Travel, Second Language or for Service. |
Extra Effort - Step 3 - Explore Career Interests with Holland Codes
Holland Codes is a way of quickly understanding personality traits and matching them to a group of occupations.
- Take the assessment from Minnesota
- Extra - Watch actors dramatize (or over dramatize) the personality types with the YouTube video
- Extra - Watch the second video for a good overview of what the Holland Codes are, complete with reference to Big Bang Theory characters.
For Fun, Step 4 - Watch some of these great videos that answer some key questions about making your career happen.
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How to Make Smart Career Decisions offers advice from an expert on arranging your career from a winning perspective.
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In the old order, life was planned out and you just took the prescribed steps to achieve your career. This video shows you a different, potentially inspirational way to think about your progress.
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Just don't have the energy to get going on your career plans? If this video is correct the act of creating something may well give you that energy.
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Learning Clicks was an Alberta Government service that helps students with their transition from High School. This video tells the story of a graduate who finds the experience of moving on to be overwhelming and not at all exciting and then we see how he resolves this issue. Great video and just over 2 minutes long.
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