Career Assessment, Planning & Placement
How to Plan for Your Future
1st: Know Yourself
- Take an Interest Inventory (to request any assessment, see Ms. Stokes in A123)
- Take a Personality Inventory
- Assess your Skills
- Assess your Values
- Senior Portfolio
2nd: Research Occupations
3rd: Narrow Your Path
- Develop personal and career objectives
- Choose high school courses that will bring you closer to your goals
4th: Gain Experience
- Join the Career Academies
- Work a Part-time Job
- Do a Senior Internship
- Volunteer
5th: Post-secondary Training and Education
6th: Get a Job
7th: Periodically Reassess
- Review where you are and where you want to be
- Make changes as needed