GOAL: To
inform young people about the career opportunities that are
available and growing in the Greater Wilkes-Barre area.
TITLE:
How To Get Connected With A Career In Your Own Backyard.
OBJECTIVE: Explore a variety of careers (at least 4) in
Northeastern Pennsylvania through the use of the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Business and Industry’s homepage.
ACTIVITY: Select at least one career from the area’s Major
Service Sector Employers and at least one career from
the area’s Major Manufacturing/DistributorsEmployers.
Conduct a minimum of
4 interviews with locally employed people consisting
of at least 2 face-to-face personal interviews. Other
types of interviews include telephone, email, fax, letter,
survey, and questionnaire.
Job Shadow 2 persons (equivalent to at least
2 work days).
Develop a Job Description for at least one chosen
career.
Invite at least 2 locally employed people into
your school to talk about their careers.
RESEARCH:
Research information on local jobs in a career area using the
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber’s homepage and various local
resources.
Identify educational requirements for 4 chosen
careers.
Identify the skill requirements for 4 chosen careers.
Identify local training opportunities for 4 chosen careers.
Learn more about what employers are looking for
in employees.
Identify general job tasks and responsibilities for 4 chosen
careers.
Identify work
environment and conditions for 4 chosen careers.
Identify potential earnings for 4 chosen careers.
SUGGESTED:
Explain
how these given strategies affected your
DISCUSSION:
learning.
ACTIVITIES:
Explain the strengths of the exercise.
Explain what you are learning in school and how it relates to
the 4 chosen careers.
Explain the common skills that each of the 4 careers requires.
After doing the research, do you think you would like to work
in one of the 4 chosen careers?
What skills do you have and what careers might match these?
RESOURCES:
1) The Future is Now/Skills for the 21st
Century Video (available in your school’s library)
2) www.wilkes-barre.org (click on Chamber Directory
for Company Information)
3) www.wilkes-barre.org/jobsite
4)
www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us
5) Guide to Business Education Connections (If your school
does not have a copy, call Jane Ashton/Director of Workforce
Development at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business
and Industry @ 823-2101, ext. 116)
6) Wyoming Valley Training Needs Survey
7) Pennsylvania Occupational Wages (Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton
MSA)
8) Contact your school’s Guidance Counselor for advice.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR FURTHER REQUIREMENTS AND APPROVAL.
For additional
Senior Project Ideas, please call Jane Ashton, Director of
Workforce Development at the Chamber @ 823-2101, ext. 116
or jashton@wilkes-barre.org.
