Choose five assignments from this menu. Topics include job search, job success and personal growth. Each activity includes a web site to explore and a required assignment. Check "Submitting Homework" for due dates and other information.
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| Self Assessment | Assignment: Complete one of the on-line personality/aptitude tests. Summarize the findings and write a response to specific aspects of your assessment results. Do you agree with the results? How will you use this information? (Note: You do not need to complete all of the "Activities" on the "Assessment" web page.) | |
| Researching Markets, Companies & Jobs | Assignment: Develop a corporate profile for a company you have researched on the web. Include company name, address, phone, products/services, and any career related information you have discovered. Try to find a company contact. (Note: You do not need to complete all of the "Activities" on the "Research" web page.) | |
| Resumes | Assignment: Develop a draft resume. Remember to keep it focused on skills and abilities. Try to keep it to one page in length. Read both the general guide and business-specific materials found on Employment Quest. | |
| Job Interviews | Assignment: Read the web page for interviewing tips and strategies. Choose five (5) Sample Questions and write brief (one paragraph) answers to each. .(Note: You do not need to complete all of the "Activities" on the "Interviewing" web page.) | |
| Lawful and Unlawful Employment Inquiries | Assignment: Review a list of pre-employment inquires. Copy/print the list and mark each question as "lawful" or "unlawful". Write an appropriate response to two (2) "unlawful" questions. (What would you say to an employer who asked these questions?) | |
| Portfolios | Assignment: Review the suggestions for portfolio development and mini-portfolios. Create a mini-portfolio including a cover, an introductory piece (e.g., resume) and 4 - 5 samples of your work. | |
| Salary Negotiation | Assignment: Your assignment is to: 1) Identify the mid salary range for an occupation of your choice in Oregon; 2) List your marketable skills and experiences to be used in your salary negotiation; 3) Describe the strategies you would use to convey the information you identified in 1 and 2 of this assignment. | |
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| Job Success Skills | Assignment: Analyze your own Job Success Skills relating to employer expectations, communications, getting along with others and personal qualities. | |
| Safety on the Job Site | Assignment: Answer questions about workplace safety listed on the web page using various web resources provided. | |
| Asking for a Raise | Assignment: Prepare a case for receiving a raise at work, using guidelines provided. | |
| Sexual Harassment | Assignment: Define sexual harassment and identify appropriate actions. Also, find two additional websites related to sexual harassment. | |
| Work at Fifty and Beyond | Assignment: Identify challenges and strategies for career success. Targets workers in the 50+ age group. | Assignment: Identify challenges and strategies for career success. Targets workers in the 40+ age group. |
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| Budgets | Assignment: Prepare a personal budget for your present situation. Also, find and write a review of a budget-related web site. | |
| Stress Management | Assignment: Complete a brief Stress and Coping Inventory. List your current stressors and develop possible coping strategies. | |
| Technology and Your Future | Assignment: Learn about new and upcoming technologies, and discuss their relevance to your future life at work and home. | |
| Web Article Review | Assignment: Find and review an on-line career-related article. Also, find a web magazine or resource you would recommend to other students for career research. |
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