About
“Career Opportunities” is a Discussion assessment that encourage students to identify and discuss a career opportunity.

Estimated Time
An estimated 2 hours is needed to complete this activity.

Prompt
Now, you may be firmly settled on a career, like becoming a teacher, engineer, social worker, business manager, lawyer, doctor, or scientist.

But, like almost all students, you are actively considering options.

Exploring career opportunities is part of your college experience. And there are multitude of career opportunities related to each chapter.

Instructions
STEP 1: POST
Your Post should include the following elements:

Identify a career opportunity related to the chapter (or any chapter of the book).
Go to O*NET OnlineLinks to an external site., conduct a search for the occupation, and include a link to the most closely related occupation in your post.
Describe what interests you about the occupation.
STEP 2: REPLY TO A PEER
Your reply to a peer should include the following elements:

validate your peers’ selection of an occupation.
ONET OnlineLinks to an external site. link to the occupation your peer includes, identify a “Technology Skill” that is interesting to you and explain why. On the same ONET OnlineLinks to an external site. link to the occupation your peer included, identify a “Work Value” that is interesting to you and explain why.
STEP 3: CHECK YOUR REPLY
Be sure your Reply to a Peer clearly states the Technology Skill that is interesting to you and why.
Be sure your Reply to a Peer clearly states the Work Value that is interesting to you and why.
STEP 4: DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU REPLIED
Sometimes we post earlier in the week, and then forget to reply. It happens. Be sure not to forget and double check that you replied!

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Rubric
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