Career Exploration Unit | Middle and High School | Printable Activities

Help your students start thinking about their future career options with our comprehensive Career Exploration Bundle. This bundle includes everything you need to get your students on the right track, including a resume writing template, personality, values, and interests assessment, dream job research worksheet, career vocabulary word search, and mock job interview activity.

Our Career Exploration Bundle is perfect for middle and high school students who are just starting to think about their future career paths. With this bundle, students will gain valuable skills and knowledge that will help them make informed decisions about their future.

Included in the bundle:

• Resume writing template to help students create a professional-looking resume
• Personality, values, and interests assessment to help students understand their strengths and interests
• Dream job research worksheet to help students research potential careers
• Career vocabulary word search to help students learn important career-related terms
• Mock job interview activity to help students practice their interview skills

Get your students ready for the future with our Career Exploration Bundle today!

CONTENTS

⭐ College Research Template

Help your students explore their academic options with this college research template. Students will select a university and search for information about:

• costs (tuition, room, board, etc.)
• scholarship and work study opportunities
• application requirements
• local community
• on-campus housing options
• campus life
• academics

After filling in the worksheet with their research findings, students will write a brief reflection about how their perspective of the university changed through the writing process.

⭐ Mock Job Interview

Help your students learn tips for having a successful job interview and practice answering common questions with this mock interview guide. Students will complete the interview in pairs and write summaries of their partners' answers. This template is perfect for a career exploration unit. It can be used with middle and high school students.

⭐ Resume Writing Template

Help your students explore future careers with this resume rough draft template. Students will practice listing their contact information, writing an objective statement, explaining their educational experiences, describing their employment history, and more. This template can be used for students in both middle school and high school.

⭐ Personality, Values, and Interests Assessment

Help your middle and high school students explore possibilities for their future careers by reflecting on the questions in this "What makes you...you?" guide. Students will respond to prompts about their closest relationships, academic passions, projects and accomplishments, interests, top values, personalities, and goals for their future salaries and lifestyles.

The goal of this template is to help students thoughtfully reflect on what is most important to them and notice patterns in their values. This worksheet does not give specific advice about what careers students should pick. However, it may help school counselors and other educators understand students more so that they can provide stronger mentorship.

⭐ My Dream Job Career Research Guide

Help your students explore future careers with this "My Dream Job" research guide. Students will use the internet to learn about their dream job's average salary, skill requirements, etc. This activity is perfect for students in both middle school and high school.

⭐ Career Vocabulary Word Search

Help your students review career vocabulary by having your students look for vocation-themed words in this word search activity. Deciphering this puzzle is a fun way to help students develop pattern recognition, improve memory, reinforce spelling, and build problem-solving skills. The words in this list include terms like: employer, promotion, resume, interview, salary, and more.

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