| Unit 1: Welcome | 4 |
| Key Messages | 5 |
| Career Development is a Lifelong Process | 5 |
| Career Development is Best Done with Other People | 5 |
| The Job Market is Always Changing | 5 |
| Timeline | 6 |
| Activity 1.1: Notebook/Portfolio | 9 |
| Activity 1.2: Timeline | 10 |
| Activity 1.3 Brainstorm A-Z Job Titles | 11 |
| Unit 2: Career Interest Assessments | 12 |
| Activity 2.1: Use the MassCIS “Occupation Sort” | 14 |
| Activity 2.2: Take the CDM | 14 |
| Activity 2.3: Use MassCIS to Identify Jobs in the Career Areas That Interest You | 14 |
| Activity 2.4: Career Directions: An Informal Checklist for Exploring Your Career Interests | 15 |
| About the Interest Areas | 18 |
| Unit 3: Looking at Labor Market Data | 20 |
| Where is Data Available? | 20 |
| Industry and Occupation Data | 21 |
| Massachusetts Employment, By Industry, 2006 | 21 |
| Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Massachusetts, May 2006 | 22 |
| 30 “Largest” Occupations | 22 |
| 30 “Smallest” Occupations | 23 |
| Employment Projections | 24 |
| Fastest Growing Occupations | 24 |
| Occupations with the Largest Growth | 24 |
| Activity 3.1: Data Analysis | 25 |
| Activity 3.2: Discussion | 25 |
| Activity 3.2: Discussion | 26 |
| Unit 4: Education and Career Options | 28 |
| 25 Fastest Growing Occupations | 29 |
| Activity 4.1: Graphing | 31 |
| Activity 4.2: Education And Earnings | 32 |
| Activity 4.3: Read About Apprenticeships | 32 |
| Activity 4.4: Career Profiles | 32 |
| Activity 4.5: Learning about Military Careers | 33 |
| Unit 5: The Career Outlook Interview | 34 |
| Activity 5.1: Conduct Interviews | 35 |
| Activity 5.2: Browse Interviews | 35 |
| Career Outlook Interview | 36 |
| Unit 6: Career Skills | 38 |
| From MassCIS: Restaurant Managers Preparation | 39 |
| Foundation Skills | 40 |
| Activity 6.1: How Important are these Skills? | 41 |
| Activity 6.2: Do’s and Don’ts List | 42 |
| Activity 6.3: Role-Play Exercises/Case Study Exercises | 42 |
| Activity 6.4: Workplace Safety | 42 |
| Activity 6.5: Career Skills Research | 43 |
| Unit 7: Planning and Goal Setting Tools | 44 |
| Activity 7.1: Brainstorm Goals | 46 |
| Activity 7.2: Research with MassCIS | 46 |
| Unit 8: Creating a Skills Portfolio | 47 |
| Planning the Portfolio and Gathering Portfolio Items | 48 |
| Portfolio Product Ideas | 49 |
| Integrity and Online Safety | 50 |
| Activity 8.1: Planning a Portfolio | 51 |
| Unit 9: The New Economy | 52 |
| Excerpt: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 2003 Annual Report "A Better Way: Productivity and Reorganization in the American Economy" by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm | 54 |
| Activity 9.1: Local Economic History | 55 |
| Activity 9.2: Economic Research Resources | 55 |
| Unit 10: Spotlight on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | 56 |
| Career Profile: Senior Scientist, Contract Research Organization | 57 |
| Career Profile: Senior Programming Analyst | 58 |
| Activity 10.1: Career Summary | 59 |
| Activity 10.3: College Programs | 59 |
| Activity 10.3: Manufacturing Chartbook | 59 |
| Unit 11: Spotlight on the Arts | 60 |
| Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Massachusetts, May 2006, for Arts, Design and Media Occupations | 61 |
| Career Profile: Creative and Technical Director / Marketing Firm | 62 |
| Activity 11.1: Career Summary | 63 |
| Activity 11.2: College Programs | 63 |
| Activity 11.3: Arts and the local economy | 63 |
| Unit 12: Spotlight on the Building Trades | 64 |
| Career Profile: Electrician | 65 |
| Construction Employment in Massachusetts, Annual Averages, 1990 – 2007 | 66 |
| Construction Employment in Massachusetts, January 2005 – March 2008 | 66 |
| Activity 12.1: Career Summary | 68 |
| Activity 12.2: Construction and the Local Economy | 68 |
| Activity 12.3: Employment and Earnings Graph | 68 |
| Activity 12.4: Body Awareness | 69 |
| Activity 12.5: Focus on Non-Traditional Employment | 70 |
| Unit 13: Spotlight on the Hospitality Industry | 71 |
| First Jobs in the Hospitality Sector | 71 |
| Career Profile: Concierge | 72 |
| Activity 13.1: Career Summary | 73 |
| Activity 13.2: College Programs | 73 |
| Unit 14: Spotlight on Health Care | 74 |
| Career Profile: Director of Pastoral Care and Patient Advocacy | 76 |
| Career Profile: Home Health Nurse | 77 |
| Activity 14.1: Career Summary | 78 |
| Activity 14.2: College Programs | 78 |
| Activity 14.3: Healthcare Chartbook | 78 |
| Activity 14.4: Case Studies | 79 |
| Unit 15: Entrepreneurship | 80 |
| Employment and Self-Employment in Selected Occupations | 81 |
| From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Employment Matrix | 81 |
| Activity 15.1: Self Employment Opportunities | 82 |
| Activity 15.2: Creativity Exercises | 83 |
| Unit 16: Lifelong Career Strategies | 84 |
| Activity 16.1: Problem Solving | 85 |
| Activity 16.2: Five Steps of Problem Solving | 86 |
| Activity 16.3: Budgeting and Salaries | 87 |
| Unit 17: Writing a Resume | 88 |
| Activity 17.1: Resume Templates | 92 |
| Activity 17.2: Organizing Information | 92 |
| Activity 17.3: List of Action Words | 93 |
| Activity 17.4: List of Resume Skills | 93 |
| Unit 18: Next Steps, College Majors and First Jobs | 94 |
| Activity 18.1: Interviewing with Confidence – Interview Questions | 95 |
| Activity 18.2: Interviewing with Confidence – Evaluating the Interview | 96 |
| Activity 18.3: Job Search | 97 |
| Activity 18.4: “But Can You Make a Living?” | 97 |
| Activity 18.5: Decision Making Styles | 98 |
| Activity 18.6: Web Resources for College Search | 99 |
| Appendix 1: Analyzing and Presenting Data with Graphs and Charts | 100 |
| Discussion – Analyzing the Data Sets | 101 |
| Data Set #1: Educational Attainment of the U.S. Population Age 25 and Over, 1940 – 2007 | 102 |
| Data Set #2: Educational Attainment the U.S. Population by Age Group, 1940 to 2000 | 104 |
| Data Set #3: Value Added, by Sector, Selected Countries, 2006 | 105 |
| Data Set #4: Per Capita Gross Domestic Product | 106 |
| Data Set #5: Life Expectancy at Birth for Selected Countries | 107 |
| Data Set #6: Educational Attainment of Workers Age 25-44 by Occupation | 108 |
| Exercise #1: Line Graph | 109 |
| Exercise #2: Pie Charts | 110 |
| Exercise #3: Bar Graph | 111 |
| Exercise #4: Bar Graphs – Two or More Data Series | 114 |
| Exercise #5: Bar Graphs – Stacked Bars | 114 |
| Exercise #6: Scatter Diagrams | 115 |
| Exercise #7: Number Lines and Box-and-Whiskers Plots | 117 |
| Sample Graphs | 118 |
| Appendix 2: Checklist for Teachers and Program Staff on Planning Career Development Activities | 126 |
| Appendix 3: Interests, Skills and Work Values Reflection | 136 |