Q4 Finding a Job: Introduction
INTRODUCTION
Your mission in this unit is to find a job that matches your unique personality and interests. You'll learn to use online tools to search for job openings connected to your previous job title discoveries. You'll also look into identifying legitimate job postings and avoiding scams. You will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to start your future job searches confidently.
Learning Objectives
I can:
- Understand how to search for jobs and find important information in job postings.
- Use filter and search tools appropriately to find jobs that are good matches.
Match my skills to what employers are requesting.
Discussion
With one other person in class, discuss:
- How do you choose a snack after school?
- Do you randomly reach your hand into a cupboard or the refrigerator and take the first thing you grab?
- Are there any specific things you look for?
- How might this thought process be like searching for a job?
Play the video below, Job Searching Intro Video (2:00 mins.) to make connections to your answers to the questions above.
Direct link (2:00 min.)
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Connect their learning needs, strengths and interests to their goals and use technology to help achieve them and reflect on their progress.
2. Digital Citizen
a. manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
b. demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.
c. safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online and how much time they spend online.
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Use digital tools to visually communicate complex ideas to others.
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Websites and Documents
21T4S Videos
- 16.Q4 Job Searching Intro Video (2:00 min.)