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Arizona Career Information System

www.assessment.com - Find your future.  Identify the personal motivations that point to career success and satisfaction.

www.birkman.com - Birkman International generates and distributes information for better management of people in the business-industrial workforce.  In an increasingly competitive and affluent business world, it is this management information, properly used, that is the gateway to greater personal, team, and organizational productivity.

www.bls.gov - US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics

www.careerpathsonline.com - 10 step career planning guide

www.enc.org/KE-Intelligences.html - Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

www.itsworking.org - Interactive career search

www.myfuture.com - Military

www.self-directed-search.com - Discover the careers that best match your interest.

Arizona High School College Relations Council

Freshmen and Sophomores:

1. Give serious thought to career plans and education beyond high school.

2. Are your career plans appropriate in terms of your past grades and future plans?                          

3. Understand courses available in high school.  Where do these courses lead to in terms of future education? What academic skills are required for success in these courses?  What course will you elect for next year and following years?  Are you meeting graduation requirements?

4. Have you considered ways to finance your future education?                                                                   

5. Develop good study habits.                                                             

6. Join and contribute to at least one important extracurricular  activity.

7. Discuss your plans with your parents or counselor.                                                                    

8. Sophomores may take PLAN or PSAT, academic and career planning  tests.                                                               

Juniors:                                                                                    

1. Will you be able to enter your chosen career or college with  courses you are taking?                        

2. Is your tentative career plan appropriate in terms of your interests, abilities, and values?                  

3. Are you continuing to read and study on your own?  Are you  taking notice of the world around you?                            

4. Take advantage of the cultural opportunities available to you.

5. Decide how future education expenses are to be met.                                                            

6. Are you meeting graduation requirements?                                                              

7. Join and contribute to at least one extracurricular activity.                                                            

8. Take ACT, SAT and National Merit Scholarship qualifying test (PSAT).

9. Collect information about your tentative career.                                                                       

10. Write to colleges for information.                                                                 

11. Visit colleges if possible.                                                                      

12. Discuss your plans with your parents or counselor.                                                                    

13. Take ASVAB aptitude and interest survey and complete career exploration workbook. 

Seniors:                                                                                               

1. Will you meet graduation requirements from high school?                                                            

2. Is your tentative career plan appropriate in terms of interest, abilities, and values?                        

3. Join and contribute to at least one extracurricular activity.                                                            

4. Take advantage of the cultural opportunities available to you.                                                                 

5. Make final choice of colleges and file applications well before deadlines (1st semester of senior year).  Visit college's of your choice.                                         

6. File scholarship applications, loan and grant applications if this is part of your plan for financing your education.                                

7. Take college entrance tests (such as the ACT and/or the SAT).                                                              

8. Beware of senior letdown (senioritis).  Until graduation, admission to college is provisional and may be revoked if your grades take a sudden slump.

9. Discuss your plans with your parents and counselor.

CHECK THE CAREER PATHWAY THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU 

            ARTS / COMMUNICATIONS / HUMANITIES           

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the creative, visual, craft and performing arts.  Occupations included in this pathway are actor/actress, radio announcer, artist, TV producer, photographer, musician, sculptor,  recording studio technician.       

            ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS      

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the technology necessary to design, develop, install and maintain electrical, mechanical, and structural systems.  Occupations included in this pathway are engineers, carpenters, electricians, car designers, plumbers, manufacturing supervisor, quality control inspector, building inspector, heavy equipment operator.                     

            NATURAL RESOURCES 

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the natural sciences, agriculture, and the environment.  Occupations included in this pathway are farmer, rancher, environmental scientist, health inspector, environmental engineer, forester, park ranger.             

            BUSINESS SYSTEMS

  Occupations in this career pathway are related to business occupations, administration, management, marketing and sales.  Occupations included in this pathway are accountant, business manager, marketing director, computer programmer, data entry clerk, hospital administrator, banker, bank teller, insurance agent.  

            HEALTH SERVICES

Occupations in the career pathway are related to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders and injuries, laboratory technology, nursing, and therapy.  Occupations included in this pathway are medical doctor, nurse, dentist, physical therapist, lab technician, optometrist, veterinarian, micro biologist.

            SOCIAL / HUMAN SERVICES

Occupations in this career pathway are related to hospitality, personal and customer services, social services, legal services, protective services.  Occupations included in this pathway are fireman, policeman, lawyer, social worker, probation officer, prison guard, hotel clerk, restaurant owner, school teacher, personnel director, legal assistant.          

  All Pathway groups include entry-level, paraprofessional, and professional occupations.