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What are Career Bio-briefs? |
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Career success stories of real people
in easy to read, 4 page profiles. |
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What is the reading level? |
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Grade level 7 thru 14, in a lively
short story newspaper style format with colorful photos. |
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How does a Career Bio-brief let
the reader career-shadow? |
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Each Career Bio-brief follows one
person through their everyday workday. The Career Bio-brief mirrors
the real-life,
school-to-work path of each subject, detailing each individual's
career success story from High School to present. It also helps
career information come alive and presents career facts more
effectively (and less boringly) than just job facts and
statistics. |
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What's contained in a Career
Bio-brief? |
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Each
Career Bio-brief shows
- Educational planning and background
- Job progression
- Current Job
- Likes and dislikes about their career
- Lifestyle
- Future Plans
The Data File section gives a universal overview of the career
and shows where to go to get more information about a career. |
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Do you have non-traditional
careers? |
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Yes. We try to do a combination of
Career Bio-briefs, covering traditional and non-traditional careers as well
as a wide variety of everything in between. |
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Can I use these materials in my
careers classes? |
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Yes. All the biographies can be used in a
number of areas, including your careers class, the library, guidance
office or classroom. The Career Bio-briefs go beyond facts and
statistics. Because they are entertaining, down-to-earth and fun to read,
Career Bio-briefs help hold students' interest. |
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Do you cross reference with the
OOH? |
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Yes. A universal overview of each
career is profiled in the DATA FILE Section of the
Career Bio-brief. This information is similar to career
information found in the OOH. |
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Do you cross reference with the
major cluster areas? |
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Yes. We use the cluster areas
developed by the U.S. Office of Education. Each Career Bio-brief
is labeled with DOT, O*NET, and Holland Code. Title listings by GOE are available. |
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