"Exploring Our Future Careers" Project (EOFC)

On Friday, February 27, we will start with the "Exploring Our Future Careers" Project, also known as EOFC Project. Please read the instructions carefully and spend a good amount of time researching the type of careers you think you'll be interested in one day.

Goal: to do some research about possible future careers. Students should select at least six “possible” future careers (even if it’s different careers in just one field.) Each field of interest has many different possibilities.

You will work individually for this project (it is not a “group project” – but you can help each other while you’re working on it).

The websites to check are:

www.bls.gov (the US Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Website) and check the other websites (in the EOFC Links Handout) – you can also look in “Google” or another “search engine”; and start analyzing different possibilities. Especially check the “Kid’s Page from the www.bls.gov. From this site you can also go to: www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm, www.bls.gov/k12/azlist.htm, www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm and www.bls.gov/oco/ (Check the Occupational Outlook Handbook, OOH 2008-2009).

Other good sites are:

www.princetonreview.com/careers-after-college.aspx (browse career profiles, take the career quiz, find your major)

Take the Personality Type Quiz at: www.personalitytype.com/quiz.html
www.jobbankinfo.org/ (Explore Careers, Browse Occupations, Salary Information)
www.careerbuilder.com/
careerpath.com/defaultb.asp
www.monster.com/

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.