Your Job, Your Future
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When completing your Career Plan Booklet you are given the opportunity to investigate a career that interests you.
You will research your chosen career and present your information as a Google Doc Report
FQ 1: What
does my chosen Job entail?
You should provide the following information about your job, a good source of information is the http://www.careers.govt.nz/ website
Accountant
- Provide a one paragraph written overview / summary of your job.
The accountant is basically the person that prepare and examines your financial records, and makes sure they are up to date. They also help business get in order and provide them with what they need to do to become an efficient business.
- What are the working conditions like?
They are like any other jobs in the offices, in a office all the time. In Front of a computer
- What skills and knowledge are required for this career?
Leadership skills, Adaptability, Teamwork, Negotiating, Analysing, Preparing, IT Skills, High Numeracy, Problem Solving.
- What are the personal qualities that you require to do this job?
Honesty, Leadership, Pay attention to detail, Multitask,
- What are the key tasks that you will do in this job?
Manage people's financial records. Analyse options. Protect the customer's from going broke.
- How much will you earn? Salary? And what are the work hours like?
60k - 115k per year . 6-8 hours a day.
- What training and education is required for this career? How long does the training take and cost?
3-6 years of training.The average annual cost for a four-year private non-profit school is $32,405 and over $15,600 for a private for-profit school.- http://www.allbusinessschools.com/accounting/degrees/
- What pre-requisites are there to get into the training course?
High level of NCEA lvl 3 for economics and Maths and a masters degree in business.
- What subjects will you need to study in school to prepare you for this career?
ICT - Maths(Stats or Calc) - Economics.
- Add any interesting information about your chosen career that you may find
Accounting is one of the safest jobs. Accountants can work for the fbi, over 2000 accountants per year become fbi agents. the high accountants can earn anything to 200 - 300k per year.
- Add in an image / photo / picture that relates to your job
FQ 2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of your job
- Identify the positive, negative and interesting aspects about your chosen job by completing a PMI Chart
Positive | Minus | Interesting |
Earn good money Indoors Helping people We can budget our lives easily. | Long working hours Short Holidays Stressful | That you have a chance to become an Fbi Can transport to different companies easily |
FQ 3: What does someone in this job have to say about it?
Find someone who does this job and conduct an interview and include their responses. You can also add your own questions which are more specific to your career inquiry. (if you have trouble finding someone, come and this discuss with your teacher).
Ask them these interview questions – over the phone, email or in person – and record the questions and answers in your notes.
- What is your occupation?
Attempt To contact Ashton Wheelers - No Response
- What is your current job title?
- How long have you been working in your present job?
- How many jobs have you had in your life? What were they like?
- Have any of the following factors affected your work life, and if so, how?
- Changing technology?
- Layoffs or cutbacks?
- Changes in the economy?
- Working from a home-based office?
- Travelling or moving?
- Having a family?
- Other Factors?
- Can you think of any other ways the world of work has changed since you first started working?
- Have you ever had to retrain? If so, in what field? Why?
- Have you ever had to relocate to find work? Why?
- When it comes to finding and keeping a job, do you think education is more or less important than it used to be?
- What advice would you give to help young people prepare to enter the workforce?
See if you can draw up a work line for them, starting at when they left school.
It should show the length of training, length and names of jobs, something like this:
Left School at | Trained for Years | First job as For Years | Second job | Now |
Reflecting
Once you have completed your interview, think about your persons responses and write a quick summary discussing the following points:
- Has technology impacted on their job? If so, how?
- Was there anything discussed that surprised you?
- How do you think their working experience will differ from your own?
FQ 4: Evaluating your Job – the what and why you are interested in this career
You need to answer these questions and you are expected to write a paragraph for each.
- Why you think this job is important, what values does it promote?
I think this job is important is that they help people and companies with their financial problems and budgeting. Precision, Good with people, Numbers person, Teamwork skills are all the values needed for an accountant.
- Why have you chosen this career to investigate?
I have chosen to investigate an accountant because i think it fits what i enjoy. Also an accountant seems good future job for me.
- What qualities and skills do you already have that suit this career?
The quality i possess already that suit an accountant is that i have a decent numeracy level and i am good at problem solving.
- What qualities and skills do you need to develop for this career?
Skills i have to develop is my leadership skills and getting higher in my numeracy level. IT skills is also another thing that is required.
- The job market is competitive, what can you do now or in the near future to out-compete others for this job.
To get the highest grade possible and trying to get more experience than others.
FQ 5: What were your sources of Information – bibliography
Include a bibliography which lists the details in full of the different sources of information used. If you are unsure how to set out your bibliography, check the Library webpage.
FQ 6: Reflecting on the Research Process
- What worked / went well for you during the research?
Finding a job that i would enjoy.
- What have you found challenging during the research?
Found that the interviewing part was the most difficult.
- How did you try to overcome these challenges?
Not sure but i could have message more others.
- If you were to do this again what would you do differently and why?
I would have message other companies then just one to have a higher chance for a reply.
Xing - Great research - I think you would make a great accountant! You have provided a range of jobs being advertised and tried contacting some companies for an interview. Well done great work and keep it up!!
Career Investigation Success Criteria | |
All requirements have been meet to a high standard, including a comprehensive bibliography. A wide range of information has been provided and the presentation has real impact. | Level 5E |
All requirements have been meet to a good standard. A bibliography has been included. Information provided is relevant and presentation is neat and tidy | Level 5P |
Most of the work has been completed to a reasonable standard and most of the requirements have been covered. A bibliography has been included. | Level 5B |
Minimum requirement for Level Five are not meet The work is not presented clearly, lacking organisation or style and information is at a very basic level. | Level 4A |