Assignment Description

To successfully complete this assignment, you will research a career of your choice that aligns with your major and/or area of interest using the tools on the O*Net Online website (). O*Net is a website created by the U.S. Department of Labor to aid the general public in career exploration and job seeking.

This final version of this assignment is due during Week 10 of the semester, as defined by your instructor.

Helpful Guidelines

1. Visit O*Net OnLine () and become acquainted with the materials there. Browse the entire website and familiarize yourself with the different tools and resources.
2. After spending a little bit of time on the O*Net website, schedule a time to sit and take the O*Net Interest Profiler. This is a self-assessment tool that will guide you in finding a career that matches your interests and experience. You will need 30 to 60 minutes to complete the assessment.

Link to O*Net Interest Profiler:

1. You will return to O*Net OnLine often throughout the duration of this assignment. You will find numerous tools to guide you as you search for a career that is a good fit for you based on your major, interests, and your O*Net Interest Profiler results. You will find the required degrees or certificates for your chosen career, current salary postings, and even a list of professional organizations you can join to learn more about the career.
2. Using what you learn from your exploration of O*Net OnLine and your O*Net Interest Profiler results, create the following PowerPoint Slides in a slide deck:
3. Cover Slide
4. Job description/responsibilities
5. Work Context, Activities & Technology Skills
6. Occupation Availability
7. Education/Certifications
8. Pay & Advancement Opportunities
9. History & Technology
10. O*Net Interest Profiler assessment results with an explanation of how they align with the career you have selected
11. Reflection: Why are you interested in this occupation/Why are you choosing this field?
12. References
13. The last slide (Slide 11) of your presentation will be used for Q&A. Use the questions listed below to answer on-the-fly, as if they were coming from an audience member at your presentation. You do not need to include the Q&A slide in your draft that you turn in during Week 8.

Choose three of the following questions to respond to on the Q&A slide for the Narrated PowerPoint Assignment

• What inspired you to choose this career path?
• What do you think a typical day will look like in your chosen career?
• What skills do you believe are most important for your success in this field, and have you strongly developed those skills?
• What do you see as some of the biggest challenges that face you as you prepare to enter this career?
• How is your education preparing you for this career? Be as specific as possible.
• What opportunities for advancement exist in your chosen career?
• How will you stay current with industry trends and changes?
• Do you belong to any professional organizations?

Assignment Resources

Sample Narrated PowerPoint: .

After creating your presentation in PowerPoint, please submit via Panopto for this assignment.

Please see the instructions below on exporting your presentation from PowerPoint. Once exported, you may import your presentation into Panopto and submit.

This is a link to a YouTube video showing you how to add your video to PowerPoint and save it as an .mp4 file.

Here are the written instructions for saving your PPT file as an .mp4 after adding video:

To save a PowerPoint presentation as an MP4 file, you can do the following:

1. After adding your video to the PowerPoint presentation,
2. Click File
3. Select Export
4. Choose a location to save the file, such as your Desktop or Documents folder
5. In the File Format dropdown menu, select MP4
6. Select the video quality you want, such as Presentation Quality, Internet Quality, or Low Quality
7. If you have recorded timings and want to use them in the video, check the box next to Use Recorded Timings and Narrations
8. Click Export

If you are not familiar with how to submit video assignments with Panopto, please see: .

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