Career Research Assignment

Purpose

Utilize career resources to research occupations based on your FOCUS 2 work interest, personality, skills, and values assessment results.

Directions

1. To complete this career research assignment, use your FOCUS 2 self-assessment results and select three occupations that you would like to research. You will be referencing your work. The “Understanding & Avoiding Plagiarism” video will help you to learn how to use your sources effectively and what you need to do to document them correctly. You can also communicate with a NOVA librarian via http://www.nvcc.edu/library/students/citation.html (Links to an external site.).

• Open the Career Research List and indicate your findings with accuracy and detail using the suggested resources below. (Tip: Click “Enable Editing” to enter on the document.)

2. Save your completed Career Research List to your computer and submit it along with your FOCUS 2 work interest, personality, skills, values, and leisure assessment results as an attachment via Submit Assignment button at the top of the page. Once the submission tool appears at the bottom of this page, upload the required files. Be sure to review your work before submitting to ensure the entire document is viewable.

• Refer to this Career Research List Example.pdf as a guide for completing this assignment.

Suggested resources to use for this assignment:

• FOCUS 2 – https://www.nvcc.edu/career-services/focus2.html (Links to an external site.)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook – https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ (Links to an external site.)
• ONET – https://www.onetonline.org/ (Links to an external site.)
• Career One Stop – https://www.careeronestop.org/Videos/CareerVideos/career-videos.aspx (Links to an external site.) (Resource includes videos with transcripts.)
• NOVA’s LMI Dashboard Tool – https://www.nvcc.edu/workforce/research/index.html (Links to an external site.)
• Virginia Education Wizard – https://www.vawizard.org/wizard/ (Links to an external site.) (“Browse by Occupation Name” section)
• NOVA’s Career Services – https://www.nvcc.edu/career-services/ (Links to an external site.) (refer to Understanding Self and Exploring Careers sections.)
• Career Connection (job/internship database) – https://www.nvcc.edu/career-services/career-connection.html (Links to an external site.)

Grading

This assignment is worth 75 points toward your course grade.

Rubric

Career Research Assigment Rubric