Career Worksheets

In this section we explore different types of employment that people may have. When a job is attended and maintained for a long period of time it can be viewed as an occupation. In the early days of trade, people would have a single job over the course of their entire lifetime. In the modern world, the average person holds twelve and half jobs that span over at least two industry sectors. While the movement between jobs and sheer change has ramped up significantly, the process of interviewing, being selected, and starting a job has not shifted much at all. A career on the other hand, is a huge summation of all the different jobs you have had over the course of your life. This starts with different forms of education, training, or deep research that you may have taken to make this skill marketable and begin receiving payment for it. This will help you begin to explore the age-old question, "What do you want to be when you grew up?"

Career Worksheets To Print:

Planning - What would you like to be? Why? What do people with this career do? What skills and education are required? What kinds of things can you do now to help you prepare for this?

Exhibiting Good Character - Fill in the three circles. Identify where the information you added to each pair of circles intersects. Then identify what careers you might be suited for and enjoy based on what all three circles have in common. Write that in the center where all three circles intersect.

Self Assessment - Before beginning your career research, take a few minutes to reflect on your likes, your dislikes, your strengths, and your style.

Research - You are presented with most of the big questions that you will need to investigate as you look into these different fields.

Worker Bee - Approach the mindset that it will take for you to get after these ideas.

Role Models - Do you have a role model for this occupation, or do you know someone in this field that you could talk to about it?

Goals - In order to achieve this big, long-term goal, I first need to accomplish these smaller, shorter-term goals...

Exploration - This is a quick hit sheet to get at the key points of each profession quickly.

Careers in the Arts - Not often seen as a very practical form of employment, lets take a look at what is available.

Nose in the Book - Research four careers that interest you, then answer the questions.

Thought Process - What skills do you need to do this job? What personality types does this type of job tend to attract? What training, education, and/or licenses do you need to do this job?

Thinking About It... - We give you a whole bunch to think about as far as looking into fields that you have not in the past.

Sciences - Seen as one of the more difficult professions, there is a great deal to explore here.

The 13 Career Areas - This focuses on the very common or ordinary professions, so we can get those out of the way.

The Routine - What are the daily roles and responsibilities of people who work in this field? What training, education, and/or licenses do you need to work in this field?

How Do You Decide on A Career Path to Follow?

In most cases the biggest distractor from finding your dream job is research and experience. People tend to do what they know, or their parents know because they do not simply take the time to learn what is out there for them. When we talk about career research it is more then just reading about certain occupations it is actually getting up and getting a chance to see these people in action. Thinking of being a chef? Spend a day in the kitchen of a restaurant by interning. Most employers will welcome you in for a day, if you work for free. They may ask you to wash dishes or cut up vegetables, but that single day can give you a sense if this right for you. Take time with your guidance counselor to see how this can be a possibility for you.


There are simple questions that you must ponder and tackle in your brain before you can take a step forward. This first is should you follow your passion or stick to something that is practical? Many students want to rock n roll stars or famous athletes, but if cannot carry a tune or have zero athletic prowess this are just not a possibility. The same goes for the academic side of things. It is going to be tough to be a business language translator if you do not fluently speak another language. It is also going to be difficult to be an industry leader in investment banking if you have a great deal of trouble in math class. In order to find where this fits in for you I would highly recommend talking with everyone who knows you well and get some honest feedback on where they see you fitting into the work force as well.