Career Exploration - 2 hour workshop
CAREER EXPLORATION
Discover Your Strengths. Explore Your Options. Plan Your Future.
Grade Leve: 9-12 | Format: Interactive Workshop | Duration: 2 Hours
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Students will complete a free career interest assessment, explore growing industries and career opportunities in the Greater Houston area, and discover the education, training, credentials, and experience needed to reach their goals.
Through engaging activities, career exploration tools, and hands-on pathway planning, students will leave with a better understanding of their options and practical next steps toward their future.
Workshop duration: 2 hours
WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
- Discover Yourself
Icebreaker, interests, strengths, and career myths.
- Career Interest Assessment
Complete the free assessment and interpret results.
- Explore Houston Careers
Local industries, career options, fun facts, and workforce tools.
- Build Your Career Pathway
Education, technical training, credentials, apprenticeships, and experience.
- Interactive Career Challenge
Research a career and map the steps needed to pursue it.
- My Next Steps
Student action plan, reflection, and post-workshop assessment.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this workshop, students will be able to:
Identify personal interests, strengths, and skills that may align with potential careers.
Use a career interest assessment to explore occupations that match their interests.
Identify career opportunities in the Greater Houston area and surrounding communities.
Describe the education, training, credentials, or experience needed to pursue a career of interest.
Develop an actionable next step to explore a potential career path.