Polk Central Elementary

Virtual Career Day: Videos and activities to encourage career exploration

It doesn’t matter if you are five years old or a high school senior, it’s not too early or too late to talk about your future job or career.

Published

May 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: School Counselor Ashley Bell of Polk Central Elementary worked on a resource for students and families to participate in a Virtual Career Day. There are videos from local staff and organizations included as well as other online resources.

It doesn’t matter if you are five years old or a high school senior, it’s not too early or too late to talk about your future job or career.

So what exactly is a job or career anyways? A job is something that you do to make money, that you do not necessarily need any training to do. A career, however, is a long-term job that you do that normally requires specific training or education.

At five years old, you probably don’t know exactly what you want to “be” or “do” when you grow up and some teenagers still may not know what career path they want to take. This is normal.

I hope you use these resources to get your brain thinking about your future career and spark some interest.

Not sure where to start?

Check out the Career Interest Quiz or the Multiple Intelligence Surveys to learn more about yourself and your interests. Use this to help you research different jobs or careers that may follow your interests.

Career Interest Quiz– This is a career interest survey based on pictures and only takes about five minutes to do.

Multiple Intelligence Survey– For Younger Students

Multiple Intelligence Survey– For Older Students

Types of Smarts– Description of the different types of Smarts or Intelligences for Kids.