Fall
UNIT: Career Exploration Lesson One 2009
In this unit, you will explore possible careers based on interests while using a commonly
used office productivity software - Microsoft Word 2007.
Section One Worksheet: Budgets & Interests
The first section focuses on the Nevada Career Information System (NCIS). This Web site is
a source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key
attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this
data and O*NET provides easy access to that information.
General Instructions
1. Please create a folder within your Computer Literacy folder named Careers.
2. Go to http://careerexplorationmsword.damonteranchhs.com/
Section One Instructions
You will first get a reality check.
3. Launch Internet Explorer.
4. Go to http://www.nvcis.intocareers.org
5. Select the NCIS version (do not select the NCIS Junior version)
6. Log in using username: NCIS password: Nevada
7. Create an account by clicking on My NCIS Account
8. Click on Create my NCIS Account
9. Fill in the required information and then also your school email address.
10. Now listen to the video and pick it up from the “Reality Check” (at 1:05) but be sure
to pause as necessary and fill in the required boxes below.
11. Enter your projected single adult budget here.
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12. Enter your two top categories and their scores:
Interest Category Score
1.
2.
13. Select and list the three careers that pique your interest but still meet your budget
requirements.
Possible Careers
1.
2.
3.
By the end of Section One you should have the following:
1. A careers folder inside your comp lit folder
2. An account at NCIS into which the results of your career explorations
are saved.
3. A pdf of your budget from the Reality Check
4. The entry in this worksheet (Step 11) of your target budget from your
Reality Check
5. The results of the ONET profiler printed as a pdf
6. The entry in this worksheet (Step 12) of the two highest categories of
careers and their scores.
7. PDFs of THREE (3) selected careers that meet your budget
requirements.
8. The entry in this worksheet (Step 13) of your three selected careers.
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