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Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources

It is expected that students will:

• demonstrate basic job-seeking skills
• propose steps to develop or strengthen their own employability skills
• outline their plans for Work Experience
• identify the financial implications of their personal, educational, and career plans

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Have each student clip help-wanted advertisements from the local newspaper and simulate applying for jobs of interest by:
  • preparing an application form and covering letter
  • identifying a contact person at the place of employment
  • rehearsing and role-playing a mock telephone interview or personal interview
  Guests from the community could act as interviewers to provide students with some realistic experience. Students who participate in job shadowing could use these activities as part of preparing for the experience, which they should document in their Student Learning Plans.
• As a class, brainstorm a list of things to do in an interview and rank these to identify the top 10. Then have students refer to the list as they participate in mock interviews.
• Ask students to examine the interview process from an employer's perspective by preparing interview questions and setting criteria for selecting a candidate for a particular job.
• Invite students to participate in job shadowing for one day, then reflect on it using prompts such as: What was I expecting to learn from the job shadowing? What did I actually learn? Encourage students to use the experience to:
  • identify what they might like to do for their Work Experience (e.g., in Grade 11 or Grade 12)
  • describe what preparation might be needed
• Have students collect information for and estimate the expenses involved in achieving the educational or training goals they have set in their Student Learning Plans. The estimates should detail expenses in various categories (e.g., tuition, books, supplies, food, shelter, transportation). Verify the reasonableness of their estimates, then have students research financing options (e.g., student loans, employment, parental support, bursaries).

• When students simulate applying for jobs, work with the class to develop criteria to assess each phase of the activity. For example, criteria for the application form and letter might include:
  • complete, with appropriate information
  • relevant experience and skills are highlighted
  • clearly written and presented
  • follows appropriate format
  • tone and language are appropriate (formal in most cases)
  • appropriate contact person is identified
  Criteria for the role-playing interview might include:
  • presents self appropriately (neat, appropriately dressed)
  • appears confident and self-assured
  • answers questions directly, in detail, and with relevant information
  • shows interest and enthusiasm
  • asks appropriate questions
  • opens and closes interview effectively (introduces self on entering, thanks interviewer when leaving)
• Confer with students in small groups as they review the estimates they prepared of expenses required to meet their career plans. Look for evidence that students are able to:
  • identify relationships between anticipated costs and projected income
  • suggest activities that could improve their financial positions
  • recognize the benefits and costs of borrowing money
  • demonstrate awareness of the consequences of subsequent debt
  • rationalize the reasonableness of their estimates
• Examine students' portfolios for evidence that they are able to:
  • relate basic employability skills to their personal skills
  • define steps to strengthen their employability skills
  • identify the management and organizational structures in the workplace that relate best to their skills and career aspirations
  • develop and rationalize plans for Work Experience that relate to their aspirations

• Future Focus
• Career Decision-Making System - Revised Canadian Edition
• Career Connections
• A New Leaf: Career Planning For The '90s
• Student Workshop - Job Interview Skills
• Heart Beats
• Success in the Workplace
• Seeking and Maintaining Employment: An Activity Based Teaching Unit For Developing the Essential Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes
• Pathways - Succeeding with the Resume and the Application
• Pathways - Succeeding with the Interview
• Knowledge for Youth About Careers (CD-ROM Version)
• Pathways - Solving Problems on the Job
• Pathways - Anger Management on the Job
• Engage
• Learn a Skill
• B.C. Life Skills - Understanding Oneself

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