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Advice for the Career-Confused You are a career advisor. Young people come to you for advice about careers, salaries, education, and training. Below are some of your client’s questions. Your job: Help them make informed career decisions! (Some resources are suggested.)
1. Kaia always dreamed of living in Hawaii, but she’s not sure what type of career she could pursue there. She is thinking of going to a school to learn hotel management . Find her a hotel management program and advise her about the prospects of a career in the hospitality industry in Hawaii. Hint: research “hospitality management schools”; Then check the U.S. Cluster Map - Region - Click on Hawaii. Assess her prospects of a hospitality job in Hawaii. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Taylor, a high school sophomore, is interested in aeronautics. One day she wants to work for a company that designs space vehicles . She lives in South Carolina. How likely is it that she’ll find a job in the space vehicle design industry there? What are the top three states for employing space vehicle design engineers? Hint: Go to U.S. Cluster Map - Traded Clusters. Click on Aerospace Vehicles and Defense, then Missiles and Space Vehicles and scroll down to the list of states. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Carlos lives in Twin Falls, Idaho. He loves it and plans on settling down there and one day raising a family of little Idahoans. Wisely, he wants to focus his career prep on the type of work that best fits the Twin Falls , Idaho industries . What do you recommend? Hint: Go to the U.S. Cluster Map – Regions. Explore the types of industries by clicking on Go to Region Dashboard on right. Scroll down to the clusters. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Ellie sees a future for herself in the advertising business. She wants to be a creative director . She wonders what the average annual pay is. Hint: salary.com – browse U.S. salaries. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT PREVIEW
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