High School
1. A first step in deciding what to do after high school is Learning About Yourself!
What is important to you?
What appeals to you?
What do you do well?
2. Use the Internet to help you answer these important questions by taking some fun assessments found at the following sites:
The Career Key
http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey/index.html
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Behavioral Style Survey
http://www.platinumrule.com/surveyi.html
What Color is Your Parachute
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
3. Investigate careers at several of the sites linked below:
4. Determine what skills you already possess and what other skills you will need for the career in which you are interested.
Go to www.keys2Work.com to take a skills assessment that will then allow you to:
see how your skills translate to $$$$$$$
learn about jobs that match your interests
create certificates for the skills you have
download training material to improve your skills
connect with employers that hove jobs that match your skills and interests
discover education and training opportunities that await you after high school
The other sites below will expand your knowledge of training opportunities, getting a better-paying job, doing work you like, and investing your time to improve your future:
Co-operative Education and Career Services
The Indiana Career and Post-Secondary Advancement Center
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Why Learn Another Language? Brochure
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