Step Program
 

Step 1--Your Paper's Heading
At the top of your paper, in bold, type the words Next Step Career Research Report, your name, and the date.  College papers always require basic heading information.

Step 2--Save Your Work
Save your work onto the A: drive. Call your file Career Report. Make sure you hear your disk drive turning and that the disk drive light comes on. If you are not sure how to save your work onto your disk, ask for help. It is always a good idea to save your work regularly as you go along because it's pretty common for the power to go out or for the computers to crash in college computer labs. You donít want to lose all your work because you didnít save.

Step 4--Your Report
Now we want you to write at least two pages (one for each major/career) reporting on the reserach you did into your careers and majors. Include headings in bold to help organize your information. For each career, write out full sentence answers to the questions/topics below:

Job Choice 1

1. List the career in which you are MOST interested.

2. IUP Major Information

• What major would you need for this career?
• What department is that major under at IUP?
• What college does that department belong to?
• Who is the chair of that department?
• What is the chair's email address?
• What is the phone number for the department?
• Where is the department office located?
• What kind of courses does the department offer?
• How many faculty members does the department have?
• List 2 interesting facts about one of the department's faculty members.
• List 5 more things you learned from the department's web site.

• In your own words, write a 1 paragraph description of the type of work you will do in the career you've chosen.
• List at least 2 areas where you could work with the major you listed for #2.
• List at least 4 different types of employers you could work for.
• List at least 5 different strategies for pursuing this career.
• Write 3 paragraphs about the 3 web sites you found related to your career choice.
• Write 2 paragraphs about the 2 companies you found where you could find this type of job.
• List 3 more things you learned from the web sites you looked studied.

1. List your 2nd career choice.

2. IUP Major Information

• What major would you need for this career?
• What department is that major under at IUP?
• What college does that department belong to?
• Who is the chair of that department?
• What is the chair's email address?
• What is the phone number for the department?
• What kind of courses does the department offer?
• List 5 more things you learned from the department's web site.

• In your own words, write a 1 paragraph description of the type of work you will do in the career you've chosen.
• List at least 2 areas where you could work with the major you listed for #2.
• List at least 4 different types of employers you could work for.
• List at least 5 different strategies for pursuing this career.
• Write 3 paragraphs about the 3 web sites you found related to your career choice. Include the web addresses for these sites.
• Write 2 paragraphs about the 2 companies you found where you could find this type of job.

List 3 more things you learned from the web sites you looked studied.

• Write 2 paragraphs about what you learned from doing this activity. As you write, try to answer these questions:
• What was most surprising about all the things you viewed?
• What sounded most exciting about the first major/career you researched?
• What sounded the least exciting for the first major?
• What sounded most exciting about the second major/career you researched?
• What sounded the least exciting for the second major?
• Do you still want to pursue this career? Why or why not?
• What else did you learn from doing all this research?

The Next Step Program Web Site was designed by Gian Pagnucci.