Student Name:______________________                                Date: ________________________

Career Research

Directions:  In each area circle the level you feel you have reached.  Rate yourself on a scale of 1 – 9 with 1 being the lowest level and 9, the highest.  Total your points to see how you rate.

Total score: 68 – 81  Expert career researcher.  You should have an exciting and rewarding career.

        54 -  67  Proficient at finding a career to match who you are.

                   53 – 40   You need to practice to find a perfect match – remember it’s your future!

        39 – 9    Are you willing to settle for an unhappy match up?

 

 

Excellent

9             8             7

Proficient

6             5               4

Just Starting

3                2              1

Locate career information in files and books

Readily located research materials

9             8             7

Satisfactorily located research materials

6             5               4

Had difficulty locating research materials

3                2              1

Complete an ability, aptitude, and/or interest survey

Easily located and completed surveys

 

9             8             7

Was satisfactorily able to find and complete surveys

6             5               4

Had much difficulty finding such a survey

 

3                2              1

Locate career information on the Internet

Easily located career information on the Internet

 

9             8             7

Located career information on the Internet with help

 

6             5               4

Had difficulty locating information or was missing some information

3                2              1

Match personal skills and goals with careers

Successfully interpreted career information and aligned with personal skills and goals

9             8             7

Satisfactorily interpreted career information and applied it to personal skills and goals

6             5               4

Had difficulty finding a relationship between personal skills and goals and career paths

3                2              1

Select a career focus based on career research

Easily selected a career focus based upon career research

 

9             8             7

Needed help to select a career focus based on career research

 

6             5               4

Had difficulty selecting a career focus based on career research or did not do research

3                2              1

Identify present and future employment opportunities in selected career field

Skillfully identified present and future employment opportunities

9             8             7

Needed help to  identify present and future employment opportunities

6             5               4

Had difficulty identifying present and future employment opportunities

3                2              1

Find out the educational requirements for the selected career

Knowledgeably defined the educational requirements

9             8             7

Had moderate success defining the educational requirements

6             5               4

Unrealistic identification of the educational requirements

3                2              1

Use a computer based career program

Capably extracted information on careers, education, and financial aid

 

9             8             7

Satisfactorily or with help extracted information on careers, education, and financial aid

6             5               4

Limited information retrieved on careers, education, and financial aid

 

3                2              1

Identify and formulate questions when interviewing people in chosen career field

Effortlessly was able to formulate questions that would help in making career choice

9             8             7

Needed help thinking of  questions that would help in making career choice

6             5               4

Was not able to formulate questions that would help in making career choice

3                2              1