Career Scavenger Hunt

Introduction

Welcome to the Career Scavenger Hunt!

Today you are going to begin taking a journey virtually through different career resources to help in your completion of the Professional Communication Assignments.

What you learn today will be a great help in identifying, preparing, and focusing on your career path in your program of study by thinking more about your degree and what job you want.

Process

Alright, gang. Let's get down to business and see what clues we can find online to help us write learn more about our career.

  • Follow the steps in order to your career success.
  • Locate each area on the Web, take a screen shot and move on to the next (to take a screen shot: Press the "Print Screen"; The Print screen button in your system can be labeled either as "PrtScn", "Prnt Scrn" or "Print Scr". Open Word and press Ctrl + V.).
  • Make a list of answers to the questions.
  1. Go to the Indiana State University Homepage and travel to your department's page- take a pic.
  2. In what college is your program?
  3. Locate the resources in the department and locate the scholarships offered in your program. Name one.
  4. Go to the following article "Top 10 Ways to Find Your Career Path":http://lifehacker.com/top-10-ways-to-find-your-career-path-1628537579 -take a pic.
  5. Go to the following site and take the Color Quiz: http://www.colorquiz.com/ -take a pic.
  6. Answer if you agree with the results from the Color Quiz.
  7. Go to the following article on Cover Letters: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-still-spend-time-perfecting-195900508.html -take a pic.
  8. Go to the following site in your Professional Communication Folder on BB- O*Net.
  9. Search the occupation/ job you want in the quick search- take a pic.
  10. Identify Tasks and Work Activities. Identify 2 that you want to do and are passionate about.

Evaluation

Did you record the Answers in Word?

Question Number Activity Check
1. Pic
2. College?
3. Scholarship?
4. Pic
5. Pic
6. Results?
7. Pic
8. Action
9. Pic
10. 2 Areas?
  1. Go to the Indiana State University Homepage and travel to your department's page- take a pic.
  2. In what college is your program?
  3. Locate the resources in the department and locate the scholarships offered in your program. Name one.
  4. Go to the following article "Top 10 Ways to Find Your Career Path":http://lifehacker.com/top-10-ways-to-find-your-career-path-1628537579 -take a pic.
  5. Go to the following site and take the Color Quiz: http://www.colorquiz.com/ -take a pic.
  6. Answer if you agree with the results from the Color Quiz.
  7. Go to the following article on Cover Letters: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-still-spend-time-perfecting-195900508.html -take a pic.
  8. Go to the following site in your Professional Communication Folder on BB- O*Net.
  9. Search the occupation/ job you want in the quick search- take a pic.
  10. Identify Tasks and Work Activities. Identify 2 that you want to do and are passionate about.

Conclusion

Congratualtions you have completed the Career Hunt to achieve success.

Credits

This Webquest created by Kathy Pine, Indiana State University- COMM101.

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