Maricopa Community Colleges  CPD102AB   19912-19955 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 01/01/01
CPD102AB 19912-19955 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Career Exploration
Designed to assist students making career choices. Focus on an awareness of self in terms of educational opportunities and reasonable possibilities in the world of work. Includes testing for personal/vocational interests, attitudes, skills, and potential, and exploration of career information to establish career objectives. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CPD102AB   19912-19955 Career Exploration
1. List major career components. (I)
2. Identify own strengths in relation to career components. (II)
3. List the steps involved in the career-decision making process. (III)
4. Describe the career outlook for the years 1990-2000. (IV)
5. Use available supplementary career aids such as the library and career center. (IV)
6. Write a resume. (V)
7. Identify ways to stay in control of an interview. (V)
8. Evaluate own wardrobe and physical marketability. (VI)
9. Analyze own color strengths. (VI)
10. Compile a comprehensive career search. (VII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
CPD102AB   19912-19955 Career Exploration
    I. Career awareness
        I. Career components
        A. Goals
        B. Values
        C. Interests
        D. Ability
        E. Learning style
        F. Self concept
        G. Job satisfiers
        H. Work orientation
        I. Aptitude
        J. Personality
        K. Career knowledge
        L. Future career outlook
      II. Career strengths
          A. Self analysis
          B. Standardized inventories
        III. Informed career choice
            A. Self and world of work information
            B. Career possibilities
          IV. Career outlook
              A. Library
              B. Career center
              C. Journals
              D. Career experts
            V. Resumes and interviews
                A. Handouts
                B. Career experts
                C. Videotapes
              VI. Marketability
                  A. Community resources
                  B. Wardrobe experts
                  C. Color analysis
                  D. Make-up artists
                VII. Career Search Project
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