Join the Workforce: Employed

Career Planning/Exploration

Career planning is a process that involves students, parents, teachers, counselors, and the community.
The goal is to help students make informed and thoughtful decisions about themselves and their future.
The planning process includes helping students develop and implement an individual career plan.
CFNC and SchooLinks are valuable websites that offer career and interest inventories that assess a student’s interests, preferences, values, abilities, and talents to identify either general or specific careers.
In addition, students may further explore careers by participating in Web Research, Informational Interviews, Job Shadowing, Internships, Summer Programs, Part-time Jobs, and Volunteering Opportunities.

Entering the Workforce

If you have decided to get a job immediately after high school, you will need to:

Find out what kinds of jobs are currently available.
Develop some very necessary job-finding and job-keeping skills.
Adapt your resume to reflect the needs of the potential job. Identify skills you possess that the company has in the job posting.