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Your Name__________

Your NY CareerZone Username___________

Assignment #2: Career Interest Surveys, cont.
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NOTE:To view sample responses for this assignment, go to https://nycareerzone.org/text/portfolio/login.jsp and log-in:

Username: bcnhsstudent Password: college

1. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
Go back to the NY CareerZone log-in page & sign-in using your Username ________________ & the Password College.

2. GATHER INFORMATION
From the list of 20 Portfolio tasks, complete #9 Explore Careers & #10 Future Hopes.

Press #9 Explore Careers.

Choose the 3 characteristics as it explains. When you find a job that interests you, press Save to Portfolio. If you want to add more, careers, press Add More Occupations.

Press #10 Future Hopes.

Press Next Step. Rate the Occupations. Decide whether to Explore or Avoid the Occupations, or to remain Unsure. Then choose Action Steps & press Done.

3. ORGANIZE & ANALYZE THE INFORMATION
I'd like you to become aware of how survey questions are planned, and, in turn, how the results turn out. Look over each of the 3 surveys we've taken, and then list the career results it came up with for you. Finally, cut and paste this into your online journal.

On the Interest Profiler Survey, I found out I am very (artistic, etc)

and I realized that I'm interested in the following careers

On the Explore Careers Survey I added these careers

On the Future Hopes Survey, I narrowed down my list of careers to these 3:

and I committed to learning more about those 3 careers in the near future by taking these steps:

4. REFLECT ON THE PROCESS: Your Online Journal

A. Copy & paste the prompts & your responses for question #3 above into the journal.

B. Respond to the following questions in your Journal. Please don't copy the questions or number the answers! Then, copy and paste your responses in the box below, for backup.

CareerZone asked you to approach your career search from 3 different but related perspectives (Interest Profiler, Explore Careers, & Future Hopes). Which of the 3 approaches produced the most interesting career suggestions for you? Why?
How satisfied are you with the careers that CareerZone's exercises suggested for you? Are there careers you're interested in that did not come up on any of the 3 search exercises? If so, why do you think they did not come up?
Did you get a chance to explore any of the NYS college programs that prepare for the careers you looked into? What did you find out?
The CareerZone surveys are intended for you, a NYS high school student. Overall, would you recommend any or all of the 3 CareerZone surveys you have taken? Who might benefit? Who might not benefit? What would improve the survey process to make it more effective for other high school students?