Career Quiz for Kids: What have you done today that relates to a job?
My goodness, you are a talented little kid!
Do you realize that many of the things you do so well every day are related to skills that you can use when you grow up and get a job?
Building up your career and life skills whenever you can is very smart.
Think about how to connect your talents, skills and interests to a possible job. Find out what training or education you need to be the best you can be at it. Learn how to connect dots!
This is a fun and valuable exercise for opening your eyes to all the wonderful jobs there are in the world and preparing to enter it.
I’ll get you started. Add to my list. Have fun!
- Making your bed: Innkeeper, Housekeeper, Home Decor Photography Stylist
- Getting dressed: Clothing Designer, Textile Manufacturer, Fashion Show Coordinator
- Making Breakfast: Nutritionist, Chemist, Organic Farmer, Chef, Foodserver, Veterinarian (to make sure we get milk from happy cows!)
- Babysitting: Pediatrician, Children’s Playground Equipment Manufacturer, Children’s Book Author, Nanny
- Soccer Practice: Coach, Stadium Designer, Sportswear Distributor, Field Maintenance Supervisor, Physical Therapist
Are you connecting the dots now? Good for you. You’re getting careerwise!
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Career Quiz for Kids: What professionals are involved in the financial crisis?
Ok, you can read a little tongue-in-cheek attitude into the timing of this question.
It sure seems like there are a lot of different ‘experts’ involved in what’s going on in the financial world, doesn’t it?
Everyone is weighing in with opinions and predictions about how to solve our fiscal problems. (Bonus points if you know what ‘fiscal’ means!)
I know kids don’t miss a thing, so let’s put all this up-and-down news to good use.
How many job titles can you list that are associated with the financial decisions, activities and communications that are surrounding us all right now?
I’ll get you started:
- President
- Congressman/Congresswoman
- Senators
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Business News Analyst
- Statistician
- Financial Planners
- Roller Coaster Ride Operator (keep your sense of humor!)
I think you will end up with a long list -there are a lot of very interesting jobs involved in analyzing, facilitating, planning, fixing and reporting activities in this huge vital arena.
Next, think about what new jobs, products or services could be created to avoid these kinds of problems or make the handling of them more efficient in the future.
Any ideas?
Now, you’re really getting careerwise!
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Career Quiz for Kids: What are the 16 career clusters?
First off, what is a career cluster? In the world of career exploration, they are good to know. So find out what they are by visiting the U.S. Departments of Education or the U.S. Department of Labor web sites to find out.
Next, read through the 16 clusters carefully. Did you ever think about jobs being categorized like that? It’s interesting, isn’t it?
Do any career clusters interest you more than others?
Are you curious about what jobs are possible in each cluster?
Are you feeling like a detective on the trail of some very interesting information that could affect your educational and career choices?
Yes? Then congratulations! You are becoming careerwise!
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Career Task for Kids: Ask an adult, what influenced your career choice?
There was an interesting segment on National Public Radio this week. It was about what things, people, places, or events influenced various professionals to make the career choices they did.
The interview I heard was with a woman who combined her love of the sciences and her hobby – photography – to choose Tissue Engineering as a career. A big influence was the day she saw beautiful, very colorful photos of magnified cells from the human body in an art book. It prompted her to investigate merging her two interests. She sounded very glad she did.
I had to look up Tissue Engineering when I got home; I was motivated by the woman’s obvious passion for her job. The National Institute of Health provides this general description of the field on their website.
Tissue engineering / regenerative medicine is an emerging multidisciplinary field involving biology, medicine, and engineering that is likely to revolutionize the ways we improve the health and quality of life for millions of people worldwide by restoring, maintaining, or enhancing tissue and organ function.
The field is much more interesting, expansive and highly relevant than this short description implies. And it sounds like one that could offer very rewarding and exciting opportunities in the future.
Kudos to the Tissue Engineer for successfully merging her two passions in life. And for sharing how she did it.
Go ask an adult you know what influenced his or her career choices. Search for career-related interviews with professionals from all walks of life to discover what got them on a successful career path.
These real-life stories are fascinating and will open your eyes to some amazing choices you have in front of you. It’s all part of getting careerwise!
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Career Quiz for Kids: Did you ‘Boogie Oogie Oogie’ this weekend?
Ok, so I remember when the song was originally released by the group A Taste of Honey back in 1978. Let’s pretend I was just a toddler…
Anyway, it’s popular again and was very appropriate for the second annual National Dance Day, celebrated this past Saturday. For good reason. It really is hard to sit still while listening to it!
National Dance Day was kind of a light and upbeat diversion from some of the less than light-hearted news that was everywhere else. Lively events were coordinated in different cities across the country for people of all ages.
It made me think about how smart it was of Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer and judge of the TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance,’ to create this event and get the backing of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. She is a long-time proponent of healthy living and introduced a National Dance Day resolution to promote dance education and physical fitness across the U.S.
Their site says: National Dance Day is an annual event and grassroots initiative to encourage the nation, young and old, to move!
Ok, so it promotes the TV show in a big way. But the show is popular because people appreciate talent, dancing and entertainment, so what’s wrong with that? I say instead of worrying about overdone commercialism, we get mov’n and get careerwise!
What jobs are related to the National Dance Day events, promotions and TV show?
Here’s a start. How many jobs can you add?
- Entrepreneur (Nigel Lythgoe, definitely!)
- Dance Educator
- Congresswoman
- Costume Designer
- Event Planner
After you’ve completed your list and marked the ones that you’d like to look into further, go out and boogie, oogie, oogie. It’s good for you– every day!
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