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Career Readiness Camp for Teens

Career Readiness Camp for Teens Description

This career readiness camp will provide students with an understanding of the resources available to them for career management, in addition to the preparation of their career documents. The career documents may be useful for college applications or for applying to internships and/or jobs. 

Career Readiness Camp Goals and Objectives:

  • Self-Assessment – You must understand yourself, your talents, interests, and abilities.
  • Exploring Options – Get familiar with the resources that are available and what is needed to pursue jobs of interest to help guide your career decisions.
  • Goal Setting – Career choices are always subject to change, but you must start somewhere so there is a beginning.
  • Job Search Strategy – You must learn how to go about job searching in person and online and how current AI and other technology play a role with bots sometimes before humans.

This Career Readiness 101 course serves as a guide and roadmap to start you off on your journey, though you will need to engage in career management throughout your life until retirement.

Instructor:  Lynne M. Williams

Phone: 610-405-9756 (call or text)

Email to express interest or ask questions: director@greatcareersphl.org      

Book a call (if need be): https://bit.ly/BookLynne                                                                

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewilliams

Website: https://greatcareers.org/career-readiness-camp-for-teens 

Location: 

  • Online on Zoom (a poll will be taken on preferred AM or PM time slots)
  • In-person 53 Darby Road, Suite F, Paoli, PA (a poll will be taken on preferred AM or PM time slots)

Hours: Options will be available based on availability and number of students who sign up

Pricing and Registration: forthcoming

Career Readiness Prerequisites:

  • You must have parent or guardian explicit consent and supervision to have a free ChatGPT account if you are ages 13-17 or you can use the standard version if you are over 18.
  • You must be 16 years old to have a LinkedIn account.
  • You must have a personal gmail account to be able to use Google Classrooms with our 501(c)3 nonprofit.
  • You must have a laptop with a plug to recharge with internet capabilities to do the work (a phone will not work).
  • Students must have a 1” binder with a clear view window to make a cover page.
  • Students must have plastic sheet protectors in their binder for their documents.
  • Students must have Microsoft Word available on their laptop.

Career Readiness Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of Career Readiness Camp for Teens, the student will be able to:

  • Have a career portfolio binder of paper as well as online career documents prepared
  • Learn how to use new AI technologies and skills for career preparation
  • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing (for a job fair, informational interview, elevator pitch, networking event, resume, LinkedIn, etc.)
  • Increase personal development and integrative and applied learning
  • Apply critical thinking for career development
  • Exercise moral and ethical judgment in career management

Career Readiness Group Instruction:

Instructional materials are provided with articles, videos, online platforms including LinkedIn, Google slides, Google docs, Google sheets, websites, job boards, job aggregators, interview prep, job fairs, networking events, presentations, peer review, instructor feedback, and discussions. Hands-on learning will work in conjunction with instruction. If you miss a class, you have access to the lesson materials. 

One-on-One Instruction:

Extra time blocks for individualized 1:1 instruction will be available for purchase.

Attendance:

Students are expected to attend all classes, complete relevant readings, participate in discussions, and complete all assignments. 

Career Readiness Classroom Conduct:

In the process of learning how to present yourselves professionally, students are expected to provide constructive criticism to their peers so the classroom culture is deemed to be civil, respectful, and supportive. In-person and online sessions will be small groups limited to up to 12 students.

Student Expectations:

  • Participate in class discussions and ask insightful questions
  • Produce career documents for a college application (if documents are required), securing an internship or a job

Career Readiness Topics for Discussion and Execution:

  • ATS Resume
  • Base Resume 
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Career Assessments
  • Career Checklist 
  • Cover Letter Styles
  • Discussion on Attire for Interviews
  • Elevator Pitch 
  • Informational Interview Agenda 
  • Job Fair Participation Discussion
  • Job Search (social media, job boards, aggregators, company websites, PA CareerLink)
  • Keywords
  • LinkedIn Profile 
  • Memory Dart
  • Mock Interview Participation with Behavioral Interview Questions
  • Networking Plan 
  • One Pager Networking Page with Target Companies 
  • O-Net
  • Publishing on LinkedIn: article, post in feed, post in group
  • Custom LinkedIn Banner and Photo 
  • Thank You Letter
  • Unique Selling Proposition