Intro to Careers: Lesson 1

You will learn about career education and how careers are organized.

• Understand the difference between a job and a career.

• Identify career fields, clusters, and pathways.

• Understand your different educational options.

• Understand the benefits of Career and Technical Education

• Gives you more information about the different jobs you might choose.

• What are your tasks in those jobs

• Where you might work

• Helps to develop the skills that are needed to plan potential career paths

Career education is different than job education.

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Let’s learn how they’re different and why you may want a career instead of a job.

• Not need advanced education or training.

• Have an hourly wage, where they are paid a set amount of money per hour that they work.

• Have less job security and fewer benefits.

• Have special skills or training for their work

• Get promotions or move up in their field of work.

• Get paid a salary, which means getting a set amount of money per year rather than per hour.

• Get benefits like health insurance, paid vacations, or paid sick leave.

• Restaurant servers

• Grocery store shelf stockers

• Greenhouse planters

• Retail salesperson

• ​Fast Food Worker

• Dentists

• Auto mechanics

• Plumbers

• Teachers

• Firefighters

• ​Architects

• Park Ranger​

Career Field: Broad categories that include different types of jobs and careers

Career Cluster: Occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills

Career Pathway: Outlines the positions, salary, and training required to advance in an industry

• Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources

• Business, Management, & Administration

• Communications & Information Systems

• Engineering, Manufacturing, & Technology

• Health Science Technology

• Human Services

Livingston High School allows you to begin vocational career and technical education.

You can find Career Technical Education pathways and classes on your class sign-up form.

If you are able and dedicated, you can go to a local vocational school or community college while you’re still in high school.

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• Leadership

• Communication skills

• Friendship

• Learning opportunities

• Service opportunities

• Community involvement

• Scholarship and job opportunities

​Vocational-Technical Schools and Programs:

-offer education and training that is specifically targeted to specialized areas

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Community​/Junior Colleges:

-you can earn earn an Associate of Arts (AA) degree or an Applied Science (AAS) degree

-​you may transfer credits to a four-year college or university

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Four-year Colleges and Universities:

-students can earn bachelor’s degrees by successfully completing the degree program

-four-year colleges and universities also have graduate and professional schools in order to earn a master’s, specialist’s, and/or doctoral degree(s)

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• Where do you want to work?

• How much money do you need to be happy?

• What types of things make you the happiest?

After you take the quiz, save your results or write them down.

Answer the questions on the slides that follow.