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OCCUPATIONAL EXPLORATION WORKSHEET

1. View your FULL PROFILE. Look under Career Interest Assessments, and look at your Career Interests. There will be a Primary and Secondary Interest from the following list:

Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C)

What is your Primary Interest? Artistic

What is your Secondary Interest? Enterprising

2. Select your Primary Interest, and choose an occupation from the generated list that is closest to your long-term career goal. Save this occupation to your profile. (If none of these occupations interest you, review the Secondary Interest occupation list or choose another occupation under the Careers by Name section that interests you.) If none of the occupations interest you, choose your own to research.

What is your Occupational Choice? Graphics Designer

3. Review The Wizard career information for your career choice of interest. Please use the following resources for your occupational research:

Websites that may be used for career research include:

• Virginia View: http://www.vaview.vt.edu (For Virginia only. Click on “Career Search” or search using the search bar)

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco (Type in the occupation title you are interested in researching in the search bar)

• America's Career InfoNet: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.htm (Click on “Occupation Information”)

• O’NET: http://online.onetcenter.org (Click on “Find Occupations”)

Links to these websites are also on NOVA’s Career Services Website: Visit www.nvcc.edu and click on Current Students/Career Services. Then click on “Student Box”; click on “Exploring Careers”

After reviewing at least one website’s information, answer the following questions about the career. (PLEASE CITE YOUR SOURCE(S):

|What Education, Training, and/or Certifications are needed to enter this occupation?...