Opportunities Through the US Military

There are a variety of post-secondary options available to students through the U.S. Military. Follow the links below to find out more about career options and prerequisites for the U.S. Armed Services. 

• Ten Steps to Joining the Military: Find information about how to join, compare the services, explore enlistment options, look at job choices, and more.
• ROTC and the Army: Learn more about the ROTC program and opportunities presented while in high school or college.

As you explore these websites, be thinking about the following questions: 

• What opportunities do you see presented?
• What are advantages to pursuing these post-secondary options? Potential concerns to think about?
• What surprises you as you explore these options?

Investigating Personality Types & Career Choices

The National Application Center has a great tool to explore potential career matches based on Holland's personality descriptors and other areas of interest. To use, simply identify your top 3 Holland categories and use the sort features to see what recommendations appear. As you explore this tool, be thinking about the following questions:

1) What trends do you observe in the recommendations being made?
2) What sounds interesting to you?
3) What happens as you change the ability filter? The general work activities filter? Other filters?
4) What is surprising to you?

Searching for Career Options

This year you will have time during SUCCESS class to explore career options and topics that will help you as you prepare for Year 13. One great website to use as you explore various opportunities is found here:

 Click on link: JA student center.

 On the left side of the page, you'll see Career Clusters listed. Choose one that looks interesting to you, and spend some time looking at the various jobs listed there. Some questions to think about while exploring:

 **What do you notice about the variety of jobs listed in each cluster?
**What information is available about each job?
**What value do you think a resource like this has for you as you begin high school?

Choosing a Major

When you get to college, one of the first questions you'll hear is "What is your major? What are you studying?" As you get prepared for college, or wherever Year 13will find you, it is important to be thinking about what interests you have and what paths may interest you. Think about what Daniel Pink says in this clip. Do you believe that it is important, like he says, to choose the paths you are passionate in? How can you find out what your own strengths and interests are?

Exploring Careers- A few resources

The internet is an invaluable tool in exploring careers, and just basically finding out what options are out there. Below are two sites to help you is this exploration. This one you are most likely familiar with from your time at the high school:

http://azcis.intocareers.org/

This site has great resources for discovering your interests and exploring careers:
http://www.educationplanner.org/education_planner/discovering.asp?sponsor=2859

And this site has a wealth of information. Take the quizzes, watch the video profiles, and find out about careers you may not have even known existed:

http://www.dreamit-doit.com/

Arizona version: http://dreamitdoitaz.org/

Happy exploring!