Career Fair · Step 2 · 10 points
Research What the Work Is Actually Like
Collect evidence you can reuse on the site, booth, handout, and pitch.
Objective: Collect current evidence about what a career involves, how someone enters it, and what a visitor should know before considering it.
Demonstration of learning: Submit a complete organizer with a source log and no unsupported public claims.
Demonstration of learning: Submit a complete organizer with a source log and no unsupported public claims.
Research what the work is actually like
Start with the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and CareerOneStop. Xello can be another source when your district provides access. Record the page title, organization, URL, and date you checked it while you work.
BLS Occupational Outlook HandbookCareerOneStop career profiles
Research organizer PDFEditable organizer DOCX · Make a Google copy
Your organizer must answer
- What are three real tasks?
- Where and when does the work happen?
- Which skills matter, and how do they connect to the tasks?
- What is one honest challenge?
- What education, certification, apprenticeship, military training, or on-the-job route is typical?
- What Texas pathway or program could a student investigate?
- What do current pay and ten-year outlook data show?
Evidence rule: If you cannot point to the source for a fact, the fact does not go on the website or booth. Label pay and outlook with the source and year.
Submit
Upload the completed organizer as a PDF, DOCX, JPG, JPEG, or PNG. Photos must show the entire page clearly.