Hear from a transportation supervisor of a company that relies heavily on vehicle use in its day-to-day operations. Learn about this career that involves maximizing operational efficiency while minimizing costs
Watch three web developers explain how teamwork and a creative mindset are the building blocks of their trade in making computer code efficient and their websites intuitive and user-friendly.
A large percentage of welders work in manufacturing. Welders join metal pieces by applying heat to melt and fuse them to form a permanent bond.
Hear students speak with welding instructors and learn about the academic and career demands of a commercial welder. See live on-the-job welding and learn the benefits of a welding career from the professionals.
A professional site offering an expansive listing of over 185 career profiles. Included are lists of employers and degree granting universities, salary data, professional associations, and descriptions of different types of academic degrees. Numerous links to valuable resources. Highly recommended site.
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.
This video highlights various careers in logistics that are available in and around the Lehigh Valley. Paul Davis from Nestle discusses how Nestle owns their own trucks and that his division manages using those trucks to deliver products to stores. Michele Hamershock talks about the account coordinators in her department and their responsibility to replenish stores with products based on their "movement statistics". In addition to Nestle, this clip highlights logistics for DSC and Coca-Cola and how all three use their technology within the warehouse to remove the paper-trail and help movement happen more seamlessly.
Manufacturing is discussed by various employees of Rexroth, Just Born Candy, Coca-Cola and Martin Guitars. Steve Morrow, General Manager of the Coca-Cola plant begins the tour, followed by Ross Born from Just Born Candy. Products highlighted are Just Born Peeps, Martin Guitars and Coca-Cola sodas. Technologies highlighted are robotics and the use of AutoCAD. The last section highlights what these employers look for when evaluating employees that will be hired.
Soft Skills highlights the skills employees need to be successful. These include communication, eye contact, listening, teamwork, positive attitude, proper handshake, professional appearance and respect. Soft skills are the abilities to get along with others, resolve conflict and work together towards a common goal. Includes video. Requires Quicktime.
Virtual Tour provides a quick snapshot of the different clips in this 6-episode series. Use of this video will enable you to help your students preview careers in the other episodes of the Career Gates series. Careers that are highlighted are manufacturing, healthcare and logistics. The other pieces in the series highlight skills that are necessary to succeed: leadership, soft skills and a desire to learn and adapt older processes to newer technologies.
The Student Interest Survey for Career Clusters is a career guidance tool that allows students to respond to questions and identify the top three Career Clusters of interest based on their responses. This pencil/paper survey takes about fifteen minutes to complete and can be used in the classroom or for presentations with audiences who have an interest in career exploration. The survey is available in English and Spanish.
The goal of the Elementary Career Jeopardy Games is to create career awareness. The games are designed to be facilitated by a teacher in a classroom setting with the entire class participating.
A small lesson that will help students understand job projections, growth, education, and salary.
Meet Andres Berrio, an associate scientist with the biotechnology company, Biogen, who talks about his career in the biotechnology field.
Meet Professor Cathy Drennan, whose research focuses on a protein inside microorganisms and how it converts carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that accelerates climate change, into energy.
Kim, a quality control microbiologist, explains the importance of quality control in drug manufacturing, and how new biotechnology tools help her do her job.
This video details research assistant Sandra' cutting-edge work using nanotechnology, rather than needles, to deliver vaccines and also the qualities she has demonstrated that have helped her excel in her field.
In this unit, students will learn to research a career and develop a way to present their findings on the career.
With quizzes to help you decide on a college major, data to compare careers and graphs showing trending industries, Career Trend lets readers dive deep into their intended or current career trajectory.
A career as a Biologist is profiled.Included: Biologist overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.