PA Career Education & Work Standards (CCS-515) Lesson #3 Today's Job Market

"Considering how competitive the job market has become, it’s never too early to start to think about your career. “What are you going to do when you grow up?” is a common question, even for elementary school children, but today, high schoolers are reportedly planning ahead and seeking internships to help them get into college and land job opportunities down the road. 

Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm, and Internships.com, the world’s largest internship marketplace, announced a new study, “High School Careers,” which surveyed 4,769 students (172 high school students and 4,597 college students) and 326 employers from across the country. The study found high schoolers are actually more entrepreneurial than college students. Many high school students surveyed are interested in internships to get new skills, work experience and to network."  

- Excerpt from https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2014/02/11/why-its-important-to-think-about-your-career-in-high-school 

By Miriam Salpeter, Contributor Feb. 11, 2014, at 10:15 a.m.

Students will use Chester County Data, a sample ‘CLASSIFIEDS’ page, and video reports to learn about, discuss, and complete questions about the Job Market in the United States, Pennsylvania, and locally.  Please make sure all EVIDENCE is placed into the appropriate “CEW Evidence Folder” in your individual student Google Drive and SHARED

Link to Lesson Presentation (Today's Job Market)

Link to STUDENT WORKSHEET

CHESTER COUNTY STATISTICS WORKSHEET

CCS Classified Advertisement Sheet (Job Listings)

Sign into your Google Account (ccs.us)Open the link to the Student Worksheet in Google Documents.  Click FILE, MAKE A COPY of this worksheet.  Click the link to the Lesson Presentation, and answers some of the questions on the Student Worksheet while watching the videos listed.  You will also need to opent eh Chester County Statistics Worksheet, and the CCS Classigied Advertisement Sheet (Job Listings), to answer questions on the Student Worksheet.  Make sure you properly RENAME "TJM CSA (Last Name) P (?)", and SHARE your copy of the Student Worksheet for credit.  The worksheets will be reviewed for credit, and should be moved into your CEW Evidence Folder in your Google Drive for future reference.