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Curriculum Learning Points

PART V:
Preparing for
the Workplace
• Attitude towards work will influence success in the workplace.
• Good career choices depend on thoughtful planning.
• Good interviewing and resume-writing skills can help land the job.
• We determine our own success.

PART V:
Preparing for the Workplace

A.  The Career Path

1.  Work is an attitude

2.  Opportunity’s knocking!
     Activity 1: Opportunity
     Activity 2:  There’s an Opportunity Here
     Somewhere

3.  But . . . is it worth it?
     Activity 3:  Bring It On! Doing What I Can to
     Increase Job Satisfaction

4.  What happened to those dreams?
     Activity 4:  Time to Dream  

5.  A job or a career?

6.  Plan! Plan! Plan!

7.  What do I like? What can I do?
     Activity 5:  Informal Assessment of Possible
     Career Choices
     Activity 5: Personal Profile

8.  What do I need?
      Activity 6:  Workers With More Education Earn
     More!
     Activity 6: Workers With More Education are
     Less Likely to be Unemployed
     Activity 7:  My Career Choice – and What I Have
     to Do to Get There!

9.  The first step
      Activity 8:  Succeeding in the World of Work 

B.  Job Search

1.  Here I come
      Activity 9:  On the Hunt

2.  The application
     Activity 10:  When Filling Out the Application
      Activity 11:  Sample Employment Application

C.  The Interview
     Activity 12: Keys to a Successful Interview

1.  Dress for success

2.  The second impression

3.  Now for the serious stuff
     Activity 13:  What You Should Know Before Going
     to the Interview
     Activity 14:  Questions for Interview

4.  The resume
     Activity 15: Sample Resume
      Activity 15:  Writing a Successful Resume

5.  The cover letter
     Activity 16:  Sample Cover Letter

6.  Ready or not . . . here I come!

D.  References 

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