CONNECT TO YOUR
CAREER
Workplace Connection
1-1 Emerging Occupations
Use O*NET (www.onetonline.org) to research emerging occupations. Consider your aptitudes, skills, abilities,
and values when researching the occupations. Select two occupations that interest you.
Occupation 1:
Occupation 2:
Record notes on details of the emerging occupations you selected.
Occupation 1 Occupation 2
Industry
Job description
Tasks associated with job
Salary range
Required educational level
Technology used in position
What aptitudes, skills, abilities, personality traits, and values do you have that make you well suited to these care reers?
Which one of the two emerging occupations you researched would you be more likely to pursue? Ex Exp lain why.
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