Main Points of Class

•    Work is essential for a happy life. You will spend 50 years of your life working. Picking the career path that fits you best can make a big difference to you and your future family's happiness.
•    High school is the time to discover your career interests and talents.  Make sure you make time to explore these.  Also, it is cost effective to enter college with a reasonable idea of what you like and you are good at.
•    Identify character traits most prized by employers and clients (e.g., integrity, persistence and thoroughness, service, capacity for study and creativity, capacity for friendship).
•    Career as source of support for future family.
•    Review and discuss College Board Career Inventory Test; encourage student awareness of personal aptitudes, interests, strengths/weaknesses, etc.

Out-of-class work

•    Discuss with mentor the results of the College Board Career Inventory Test.
•    Discuss and complete mentor worksheet.