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CREDIT UNION GUIDE FOR STUDENT MONEY MAKERS
Interview Project for Career Connections for Print (requires Adobe PDF reader)
An exploratory interview is a good way for people to learn about possible careers. By interviewing family members, students can gain a new appreciation for the skills their parents or other family members have in their chosen careers.
Students will interview two (2) people (does NOT have to be parents) who have been working for a long time in a career. Some of the suggested questions are as follows…
· Where do you currently work & how long have you been there?
· How did you choose your career?
· What kind of education and/or training did you need for your career?
· What do you like about your current job?
· What do you DISLIKE about your current job?
· What do you do on a typical day?
There are many other questions that can be asked. These are just some minimum requirements.
Students will then choose one of the interviews and write a story about the interview – kind of like a newspaper feature story. See example below.
Students will conduct two (2) interviews. Students will then turn in a report that tells a story about one of the interview subjects. Students must turn in their completed story, and BOTH of their notes for each interview. I would expect a handwritten report to be about 2 pages. I would expect a typed report to be about a page (single spaced, font no bigger than 13 points)
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Q: Where do you work right now and how long have you been there? A: I am currently working at XYZ Store as the manager. I have been here for the past 5 years as a manager, but I started right after high school. Q: How did you choose to work with XYZ Store? A: It’s not really something that I set out to do. I really started as a part time employee as a cashier. After I finished high school, I was told that I could go to college and study business and the company would pay. So I jumped at the chance. |
My mom has been the manager for XYZ Story for the past 5 years. It has been a long road, because she started out as a part-time employee as a cashier. The company helped pay for her college and she got her degree in business management. This was really exciting for her because she never really had a lot of money for school. The neat thing about my mom is that she got to keep working while she went to school and now she is running the place. |
Standard Interview Questions
What can you tell me about yourself? (200 words minimum)
What are your 3 greatest strengths? (50 words minimum)
What are your 3 greatest weaknesses? (50 words minimum)
Do you prefer to work with others or on your own? Please explain. (100 words minimum)
What are your long-term career goals? (100 words minimum)
Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information
Oscar Website
LEMONADE STAND GAME (easy version) LEMONADE STAND GAME (hard version)
Maze Generator - Generate your maze and then copy and paste into Fireworks to edit
Another Maze Generator - I like this one better because you can make your maze into different shapes
Crossword Puzzle Generator - type in your word list and descriptions, then generate the puzzle. To get puzzle into Fireworks, you will need to use the Print Screen feature, then copy into Fireworks.
Word Search Generator - type in your word list and choose the shape of your puzzle and choose fonts. To get puzzle into Fireworks, I suggest going to print preview and sizing the puzzle to as large as possible to fit on the page (you can always shrink the puzzle down and not lose anything, but if you try to make something small and enlarge, it will pixelate and look junky.
Fun Links
http://googolplex.cuna.org/30910/ajsmall/games.php Games from Security
Service Credit Union
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html Art games
http://www.scigames.org/ Different science games - check out the Mars Rover simulator
http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/activity_page/01/01.html More science games - check out Wrath of Ra to simulate the effects of radiation on Earth.