| Educational Service Unit Seven

Exploring Career Path/Clusters....

Clusters of occupations are grouped together because many people who work in those occupations share similar interests, abilities and life experiences. Each career cluster includes a variety of occupations that require different abilities and levels of education and training.

Identifying a career path can help you in selecting school courses and activties and part-time employment.

Agriculture Conservation	Clerical Sales Business	Construction Mechanical Industrial Transportation	Creative Arts Communications	Education Personal Social Service
Health	Scientific Technical Mathematical	All Career Clusters	Employability Trends

Career Exploration Activities
Career Fair Interest Survey	Informational Interviewing	NMSI TechQuest 2000	Occupational Investigation Activity

Agriculture - Conservation Occupations in this path involve people who grow, care for and/or gather plants and animals. The occupations are related to natural scientists and agricultural and forestry workers.
Agriculture	Ecology	Environmental
Food Science	Geology,Geoscience	Marine Mammal Science
Marine Science	Oceanography	Plant Pathology
Plant Science	U.S Fish and Wildlife Service	Zoo Careers

Clerical - Sales - Business Occupations in this path involve people who keep businesses operating or use sales and promotional techniques. The occupations are related to administration and management, administrative support and marketing and sales.
Accounting	Actuary	Commercial Banking
Consulting	Corporate Finance	Insurance
Investment Banking	Money Management	Real Estate

Construction - Mechanical - Industrial - Transportation Occupations in this path involve people who design, build, transport,fix and manufacture products. The occupations are related to drivers and pilots, mechanics and repairers, constuction workers, production workers and plant operators.
Truck Driving	Welding

Creative Arts - Communications Occupations in this path involve people who create things to express ideas, thoughts or feelings. The occupations are related to the performing, visual, literary and craft arts.
Foreign Language	Interior Design

Education - Personal - Social Service Occupations is this path involve people who protect people and property, cater to the wishes and needs of others, or help others with their mental, spiritual, social, educational or vocational needs. The occupations are related to safety and law enforcement, hospitality, personal and customer services, social services, education and legal services.
So you want to be a Lawyer?, Law Employment Center	Elementary School Teacher	Paralegal

Health Occupations in this path involve people who diagnose and treat human and animal diseases, disorders and injuries. The occupations are related to diagnosis and treatment, laboratory technology and nursing and therapy.
Athletic Training	Bioinformatics	Dentistry
Geriatrics	Physical Therapy	Psychology
Veterinary Science

Scientific - Technical - Mathematical Occupations in this path involve people who discover, collect and analyze information. The occupations are related to engineers and architects, technologists and technicians and accountants and mathmeticians.
Actuarial Science	Architecture	Astronomy
Aviation	Chemical Engineer	Chemistry
Discover Engineering Online	Mathematics, Nonacademic Mathematics	Physics
Statistics	Women in Technology

All Career Clusters
Careers Online	Search through the files!
O*NET Kowledge Site	information about O*NET usage and training.
O*NET Online	Making occupational information interactive and accessible for all.
Occupational Outlook Handbook	This resource describes more than 300 occupations that, together, account for 91 percent of all jobs in the nation
Princeton Review Guide to Careers	Search the Careers Database.

Employability Trends Choosing a career also includes finding a job! Understanding the labor market and the trends in employment will help you gain an advantage when you join the workforce.
CareerBuilder Network Job Search	Job opportunities with information on how to apply.
CareerMosaic's JOBS Database	An international and USA database of jobs offered.
Money Magazine Job List	100 Best Companies to Work For
Occupational Outlook Handbook--Tomorrow's Jobs	Highlights of the Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of industry and occupational employment and the labor force.
RecruitUSA	Search the database for career opportunities.
U.S. News and Reports Career Files	Hot job tracks

Educational Service Unit 7

Your Career Path....Exploration