Introduction
You're Hired
A WebQuest for Transition Students
Designed by:
Maggie Stewart
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from high school. You are now ready to begin the next part of your life. One of the most important decisions you will have to make as an adult is what type of job you want to have. Do you join the family business? Do you find a job that makes lots of money? Do you find a job that makes you happy? How do you know what job will be best for you?
In order to find the best job an individual must tap into their interpersonal intelligence. This includes exploring one's own feelings, emotions, strengths and weaknesses. Knowledge of one's self can be used to identify priorities and set goals for the future (Maccagnano, 2007). I hope it can help you answer the question "What's the best job for me?"
Task
Your final task before you step into the world of work is to explore what job is the best fit for you! You will explore your strengths and interests. You will investigate different career paths. You will interview actual employees. You will compare and contrast your options. You will highlight your skills and experience. You will discover what job is best for you.
Good luck with this web quest and hopefully your quest will lead to your perfect job and these magic words:
"You're Hired!"
Process
To begin the quest for your perfect job you will need to identify your strengths and interests.
Using a career interst inventory, identify whch careers best meet your personal strengths, skills and interests.
Based on your results research the suggested good fit jobs.
Identify three jobs that you feel are a good fit for you based on your research results.
Interview 3 employees from your chosen fields.
Create a presentation that compares and contrasts the 3 jobs you have identified as good fit for you. Your presentation should includes information from your interest inventory, job research and personal interviews. Use a multimedia presentation format such as:
Based on your presentation identify a local job that meets your best fit job. Use local job search tools such as:
Complete the application for this job and create a nontraditional resume to present to the HR director at the job to highlight why you should be hired.
- http://vizualize.me/
- http://resume-website.com/
- https://www.visualcv.com/
- https://www.emaze.com/@ALIITIZF/What-is-visume.pptx
Presentations will be shared with the class at the end of the quest. The nontraditional resumes should be submitted to Director of Human Resources, Maggie Stewart at marste@d219.org by the end of the webquest.
Evaluation
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Criteria |
Not evident (1) |
Developing (10) |
Accomplished (15) |
Exemplary (20) |
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Identified strengths, skills and interests based on interest inventory results. |
No evidence of strengths, skills or interests from interest inventory results. |
Limited evidence of strengths, skills or interests from interest inventory results. |
Basic evidence of strengths, and interest based on the results of the interest inventories. |
Multiple refrences to the strengths, skills and interests based on the results of the interest inventories. |
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Identified 3 best fit jobs based on research results. |
Did not identify any best fit jobs. |
Identified best fit jobs but did not base it on research. |
Three best fit jobs were identify based on the research. |
Best fit jobs throughy connected to the reasearch. |
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Completed interviews of 3 employees to investigate various jobs and their relation to one's personal strengths, skills and interests. |
No evidence of the completion of 3 interviews. |
Evidence of 3 interviews completed but no relation to personal strengths, skills and interests. |
Interviews of three employees completed and questions related to personal strengths, interests and skills. |
Interviews of three employees higlighted the personal strenths, interests and skills needed for the job. |
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Created a multimedia presentation to creatively present knowledge of personal strengths, skills and interests in relation to research on careers and interviews in order to compare and contrast job opportunities. |
Presentation was not multimedia and did not included knowledge of personal strengths, skills and interest, nor did it compare and contrast job opportunities. |
Presentation did not include all the components required including: knowledge of personal strengths, skills and interests, research on careers and a comparision/contrast of job opportunities. |
Presentation included all the components required including: knowledge of personal strengths, skills and interests, research on careers and a comparision/contrast of job opportunities. |
Presentation included all the components required including: in detailed knowledge of personal strengths, skills and interests, references to research on careers and a in depth comparision/contrast of job opportunities. |
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Created a nontraditional resume that reflects career objective, relevant experience and skills as well as highlighting why the individual is a good fit for the job. |
Non tradition resume not created. |
Resume created did not reflect all of the following areas: the career objective, relevant experience and skills as well as highlighting why the individual is a good fit for the job. |
Resume created reflected all of the following areas: the career objective, relevant experience and skills as well as highlighting why the individual is a good fit for the job. |
Resume created reflected all of the following areas: the career objective, relevant experience and skills as well as throughoutly highlighting why the individual is a good fit for the job using creative formatting and references to research or inventory results. |
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Conclusion
In conclusion, the more one knows about themselves, the better prepared they can be to plan for the future. The use of interest inventories can help to identify personal strengths and weaknesses. This information can be used to effectively plan for the future including choosing education and careers paths. Intrapersonl intelligence can be used by individuals to set priorities and goals throughout their life (Maccagnano, 2007). I hope you can use the information from this webquest to learn about yourself and plan for your future.
Credits
References
Maccagnano, A. (2007). Identifing & enhancing the strengths of gifted learners k-8. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
California Career Resourse Network (2016). California career zone. California Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cacareerzone.org/.
Links:
[1] https://www.cacareerzone.org/
[2] http://www.whodouwant2b.com/quiz/
[3] https://www.cacareerzone.org/clusters
[4] http://bestcareermatch.com/interview-questions
[8] http://resume-website.com/
[10] https://www.emaze.com/@ALIITIZF/What-is-visume.pptx
Photos:
Photos retrieved from: https://pixabay.com/
Teacher Page
Maggie Stewart
Niles North High School
Mrs. Stewart has been teaching special education teacher for 18 years. Her passion is working with students in transition from high school to the post secondary setting.