Watch and learn about the many roles of a human resource manager, including recruiting, screening and training job applicants, acting as a liaison between employers and employees, and protecting workers.

Watch a young manager as he describes his role at a major US company and explains how his large family, rural upbringing, engineering education, and college internships all paved his way to a successful career.

Experience the daily work of a medical technologist who truly loves her job and why this fast-paced career is so important to the proper care and treatment of patients. Learn the education and certification requirements for this career.

Multi-craft technicians troubleshoot and maintain different equipment during a work day including mechanical, electrical, and welding equipment.

Two teachers at a multilingual immersion studies middle school talk about how they prepared for their careers and candidly share the challenges and rewards they have experienced in the classroom.

A nurse practitioner is able to diagnose and treat patients, establish a practice, and act independently. A master's degree is required for advanced practice nursing, enabling a person to specialize in family medicine, pediatrics, and much more.

Occupational therapists are critical in helping patients regain, develop and strengthen essential skills to function in everyday life.

See how a product designer for the health-care industry manufactures antimicrobial fabrics. To start on this career path, you should study marketing and customer service and have knowledge of consumer-product manufacturing and research.

Many sound engineers creatively use technology to produce audio for music, radio, film, and television. To prepare for this career path, studying media arts and science would be beneficial.

A speech therapist from Sunshine, a community for people with developmental disabilities, explains how she helps clients develop their communication skills and shares the background, training, and education necessary for success in her field.

This content package has been created for self exploration for students in Grades 6-8. The goal is to give students a choice board of sorts, with links for them to freely explore their interests and to begin developing a student success plan. This package was originally created for students in an after school program. The resources and links available are meant to be used in a self directed manner, as students are given time to explore their interests at their own pace, in a more personalized manner.The content aligns to Ohio’s ELA learning standards and to Ohio’s Career Connections Framework, as is described in subsequent slides.   

If you are interested in electronics, you might want to investigate the career of audio and video equipment technician. Learn how to set up microphones, jumbotron screens, and projectors needed for Power Point presentations and keep them all working. Watch a video to see real life audio and video technicians in action. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become an audio and video equipment technician, as well as the education and job description.

Discover the role of a chemist, what types of jobs they may seek, the education needed, and other requirements various companies may have for hiring a chemist. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a chemist, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try out some aspects of this career by doing some of the projects referenced on the site.

Liking to eat is not a necessary requirement for a food science technician, but liking to work in a laboratory is. Find out the range of jobs a food science technician might perform in assessing food quality. Science Buddies offers a career profile outlining the educational requirements and job skills needed for this career.

This career profile from Science Buddies explains what a physical therapist does. Find out the nature of the work, the work environment, the education requirements, and what a physical therapist's daily work looks like. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career.

Find out the many opportunities for someone interested in a career in political science. Political scientists are involved in govermental decisions in many areas, including health care, foreign policy, and public policy. Read an interview with an embassy employee and watch videos about political scientists discussing their careers.

Statistics is a fascinating subject and everyone loves to spout them, but a statistician really knows how to use statistics to answer real-life questions and make predictions based on mathematical data. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a statistician, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try out some aspects of this career by doing some of the projects referenced on the site.

In this unit, students will learn to research a career and develop a way to present their findings on the career.

A career as a Biologist is profiled.Included: Biologist overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.