Career Orientation

Career Orientation Pacing Guide - Semester, CIMC Curriculum, 2014

correlates to Connect to Your Career, Goodheart-Willcox, 2022

Resources

Units 1-10 PowerPoints

Career Activities and Lesson Plans

Occupational Outlook Handbook

An easy online tool available for all Oklahomans to explore and guide their future.  Take assessment, identify occupations, establish education plans and connect to employers at this site.  Includes ICAP Oklahoma, a convenient way for students and educators to track ICAP progress; schools can customize items to monitor and report.

Offers quick videos and lessons on work habits, workplace effectiveness, business etiquette, communication skills, and job search.

Students can complete an interest profiler, compare occupations, review occupation trends as well as compare colleges and universities.

Curriculum of 7 units on being in charge of your own career; has a comparison chart of how work/needs were accomplished in the past versus today; changing work formats and more.

Entrepreneurship lesson highlighting identification of personal brands: strengths, passions, values, experiences; evaluating specific startup opportunities; and examining successful entrepreneurs and innovations that helped them launch their industries. 

A workbook created by the Oklahoma College Assistance Program (OCAP) that students can use to help determine if college is a right choice for them.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Discover why the crucial factor that can determine whether your next workplace interaction goes well isn’t what you say, but how you listen, in this video from the Career Hacks collection. Host Camille talks with two professionals and learns what not to do in her next interview. She also learns simple things she can do to show respect to anyone she talks with and truly hear what they’re saying.

In this interactive lesson, learners raise their awareness of the importance of nonverbal communication skills in the workplace, no matter their chosen career field. Learners focus on three aspects of nonverbal communication and the influence these have on how people are perceived in interviews and on the job.

More Information About This Resource

The goal of this interactive lesson is to introduce learners to nonverbal communication as an essential skill for career readiness and success in the workplace and provide opportunities to practice what they learn. Using videos and engagement activities, learners focus on three aspects of nonverbal communication: first impressions, how to dress for the workplace, and how to listen effectively. At the end of the lesson, learners prepare a checklist of best practices (some “do’s” and “don’ts”) for nonverbal communication. They can apply this to an optional final project that offers learners alternative formats in which to express what they have learned.

Join Camille as she learns the secrets to dressing well for the workplace in this video from the Career Hacks collection. Camille explores appropriate—and not-so-appropriate—attire for situations like a job interview. She also shares expert advice on how to dress for work without sacrificing one’s personality and how to build a winning workplace wardrobe on a budget.

Learn why the first impression you make is a big part of whether people take you seriously in the workplace in this video from the Career Hacks collection. People are constantly forming impressions of others—sometimes without even knowing it. Camille and her expert guests offer advice on how to control the impression you make—both in person and online—which could make a big difference in your next meeting or job interview.

This website has tips on the job search, practice interview questions, how to write a resume and cover letters, career advice and more!

This fun, free, and engaging curriculum is meant to be used in a classroom or other group training setting, and has been customized for each state, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address their specific child labor rules and regulations. Talking Safety is data-driven and routinely updated based on current research and changes to rules and regulations.

The entire booklet includes instructions for teachers and a step-by-step guide for presenting the material.

Teaching Talking Safety, a series of six short videos, is also available to provide guidance to teachers of Talking Safety.

Join Camille and some guest experts in a fast-paced introduction to the kinds of skills that can prepare you for success in any career field in this video from the Career Hacks collection. “Career hacks” are the skills you may not know you were missing. While they might seem obvious at first, mastering them can make you more hire-able, more promote-able, and happier and more respected at work.

School to Work: Ethics in the Workplace