Career Research can provide students with valuable insight into career requirements, duties, responsibilities and work environments to help students determine if the career aligns with their interests and skills.
Students completed self-assessments to gain deeper insight into who they are, their needs and strengths, their skills, their interests and aptitudes. Students can use this knowledge to help them research a career that is of interest to them, aligning what they know of themselves with that career. This introduces students to the importance of matching interests, aptitudes and skills with careers as they begin their career planning. Students can also learn about the requirements (skills, education and training) needed to successfully enter and progress in a career. Teachers from different curricula can engage students in this learning activity. For example, Science teachers may ask students to research jobs that may be related to a Science field.