Career Exploration for Middle-Level Students

Addresses concepts and skills essential to career exploration, including determining interests and hobbies, assessing strengths and weaknesses, job search strategies, communication skills, goal setting, time management, and money management.

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Badge holder demonstrated understanding of concepts and skills essential to career exploration, including determining interests and hobbies, assessing strengths and weaknesses, job search strategies, communication skills, goal setting, time management, and money management.

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Standard: Understands techniques, strategies, and systems used to foster self-understanding and enhance relationships with others

Performance Element: Foster self-understanding to recognize the impact of personal feelings on others.

Performance Indicators:

EI:002 Assess personal strengths and weaknesses

Performance Element: Use communication skills to foster open, honest communications.

Performance Indicators:

EI:007 Explain the nature of effective communications Financial Analysis (FI) Standard: Understands tools, strategies, and systems used to maintain, monitor, control, and plan the use of financial resources

Performance Element: Understand the fundamental principles of money needed to make financial exchanges.

Performance Indicators:

FI:002 Explain the purposes and importance of credit

Performance Element: Analyze financial needs and goals to determine financial requirements.

Performance Indicators:

FI:065 Set financial goals
FI:066 Develop personal budget

Professional Development (PD)

Standard: Understands concepts, tools, and strategies used to explore, obtain, and develop in a business career

Performance Element: Acquire self-development skills to enhance relationships and improve efficiency in the work environment.

Performance Indicators:

PD:018 Set personal goals

Performance Element: Utilize critical-thinking skills to determine best options/outcomes.

Performance Indicators:

PD:019 Use time-management skills

Performance Element: Implement job-seeking skills to obtain employment.

Performance Indicators:

PD:026 Utilize job-search strategies
PD:028 Interview for a job
PD:030 Write a letter of application
PD:031 Prepare a resume