Case Assignment
Career Planning and Using PowerPoint
It may be surprising to find a chapter on career development in a book written for first-term college students. Certainly, beginning college and beginning a career are events taking place at different points in time and are different life transitions. However, the process of exploring career options and developing career-entry skills should begin in the first year of college.
Chapter 14 of Thriving at Trident covers how early career planning gives beginning college students a practical, motivational goal to strive for and gets them thinking about how the skills they are developing in college are relevant to their success beyond college. Thus, career planning is a form of life planning, and the sooner that college students start the process, the sooner they start gaining control of their future and start steering it in the direction they want it to go.
Please note that there are two parts to this assignment: (1) complete the Career Interest Assessment; (2) create a PowerPoint presentation on your findings. You will save the presentation, name it and upload to the Case 4 Dropbox.
Part I: Interest Assessment
Complete the Interest Assessment at CareerOneStop.org.
1. Go to careeronestop.org.
2. Click the Explore Careers icon (located in the top blue header bar).
3. Select the Self Assessments on the left side of the menu bar and read.
4. Click on What is an assessment? and read.
5. Click Interest Assessment in the drop-down menu.
6. Get started with CareerOneStop’s Interest Assessment. You’ll answer 30 quick questions online. Then you’ll get a list of careers that might be a good fit for your interests.
7. Click on two jobs that you think are a good match and read the Occupational Profile associated with each job.
Part II: Present Your CareerOneStop Findings Using PowerPoint
PowerPoint will be an important tool as you continue your education and your professional development. After completing your CareerOneStop interest assessment, create a 7-slide presentation on your career findings. Each slide will have a Title. Slide content should include complete sentences and bulleted points. Add images to make the presentation creative. Images must have a citation on the slide and the source referenced on Slide 7: References.
Slide 1: Cover slide (Title, Student Name, Course and Date)
Slides 2 & 3: Provide the two careers that were a BEST match and a brief description of each. Also, choose a creative image that matches/represents each career choice. They can be found using Internet websites, scholarly articles, textbooks, etc. Include a title on each slide and cite the image. There will be at least one image on Slide 2 and on Slide 3 that complements your career choice. For example, if a career as teacher was determined, choose an apple, books, and/or a classroom of students as an image to enhance your slide.
In-text citation next to each image is REQUIRED. (A full reference will be included on the References slide; refer to the APA 7 guide (https://careered.libguides.com/tui/library/apa) on how to use in-text citations next to each image. There is no penalty for incorrect in-text citations or references, but you must try.
Slides 4 & 5: Next, reflect on if you have worked in or are working in a similar job. If you have not, that is okay. Use the job description to help you. In Slides 4 and 5, address what you think are or will be your strengths and weaknesses in working in each position.
Slide 6: How will your degree from Trident University will help you be successful in your chosen career? Consider listing the skills you have learned in this course and what you will acquire in your future courses that you feel you can and will be able to apply to your career.
Slide 7: References slide: Your slide should list the bibliographical information for each image you use to illustrate the two career choices and the CareerOneStop assessment website. The bibliographical information should be documented using APA 7th Edition style.
PowerPoint training courses, videos and tutorials:
PowerPoint 2013: https://tinyurl.com/q5ubxlp
PowerPoint 2010: https://tinyurl.com/kvhctan
PowerPoint for Mac: https://tinyurl.com/kj9syrn
Assignment Expectations
Complete the CareerOneStop assessment and create a 7-slide PowerPoint presentation using the instructions above.
When you have finished, title the file with your name (Example: Module 4 Case Helen Smith), save, and upload the presentation to the Case 4 Dropbox. Review the grading rubric to ensure all requirements are met.
IMPORTANT: References slide. Your References slide should list the bibliographical information for the CareerOneStop website and each image source you use to illustrate the two chosen careers. The image source should be referenced using APA 7th Edition style. There is no penalty for incorrect in-text citations or references, but you must try.
Resources for Student Success
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is required for assignments at Trident University. A free download of Office 365 is available to you as a student. Follow the instructions on the Student Support Resources guide.
