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Jefferson High School
Individualized Occupational
Training
Chapter 14: Career Information
After reading this chapter you should be able to:
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Explain how occupations and industries are
grouped
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Describe trends in the growth of goods and
service industries.
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Discuss reasons for the rapid growth of
service industries.
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Identify occupations having the fastest
rate of growth and those having the greatest numerical increase between 1990 -
2005
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Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook
website to conduct an occupational search.
Chapter 14 Assigned Tasks
1. Read Chapter 14 pages 178 - 191.
2. Answer questions 1-10 on page 193.
You will need to type
this assignment, save it, then attach it to an e-mail and send it to me.
Answers must be in complete sentences and should be almost word-for-word from
the book.
This is how I know you have read the chapter.
3. Journal Entries
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Identify the occupation you have chosen to
research and explain why you chose this specific occupation. (You may want to
wait to answer this until after you have completed the other activities in
this lesson.)
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Respond to "What Would You Do?" page 184
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Respond to "What Would You Do?" page 190
4. Visit the
Occupational
Outlook Handbook website for occupational statistical data. Review the
following charts. Write a paragraph for each chart describing what the chart
is depicting and how this information might affect your job search.
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Chart 3: Percent of labor force by age
group
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Chart 4: Growth rates by most significant
source of education and training
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Chart 8: Percent change in employment in
occupations projected to grow fastest
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Chart 9: Job increases in occupations with
the largest numerical increase in employment
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Chart10: Occupations with the largest
numerical decrease in employment
4. Complete Occupational Outlook Handbook
Definition Activity.
5. Complete Occupational
Outlook Handbook Comprehensive Worksheet Activity. (preparation for research
paper.) 6. Begin writing your research
paper for the occupation of your choice.
You are to write a research paper as per the
guidelines. You may write and re-write this
paper as many times as you wish. I will be happy to edit your paper any time
before the second-to-last day of the class. On that day I will only give a final
grade for the research paper. If you wait until then to hand it in for the first
time, you will get whatever grade you get. There are no "do-overs" on the
second-to-last day. After you have corrected all errors and printed a final
copy, put it in your portfolio. The copy you put in the portfolio must be
free from errors or it will not count for being in your portfolio.
6. Take the Chapter 14 Quiz.
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