Program Guide - Department of Human Resources, Labour and ...

IE 3213
Career Awareness
Recommendation: As employment is such a crucial concern to adult
learners, this course should not be offered as a paper-andpencil
activity alone. The skills listed should be applied to
real-life situations as often as possible.
1. Workplace
1.1 Describe how work world has changed over course of time.
1.2 Identify needs met by work, including financial and social needs.
1.3 Relate work needs, worker needs, and worker dissatisfaction to a real-life
situation using a case study.
1.4 List employer/employee expectations.
2. Process of Career Exploration
2.1 Discuss importance of exploring an occupation prior to career selection.
2.2 Describe types of occupational information and where to find it.
2.3 List advantages of work-study to a job seeker.
2.4 List advantages of cooperative education.
3. Self-Knowledge
3.1 List aptitude categories commonly considered (eg. mechanical, verbal, clerical
speed, accuracy), as related to occupations.
3.2 Explain commonly considered interest categories (eg. outdoor, computational,
scientific), as related to occupations.
3.3 Identify different spans of training required for different types of occupations.
3.4 Explain how temperaments can affect your performance on the job.
3.5 Relate environmental factors to job preferences.
3.6 Compare levels of physical activity required for different jobs.
3.7 Compare preferences for working with data, people or things, and implications
for job selection.
3.8 List personal work values.
3.9 List personal skills and abilities.
3.10 Compile a personal profile from information categories contained in
objectives 3.1 to 3.9.
4. Career Selection
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