For some of you, the links from your ultimate career to your Job Corps Training program are going to be obvious. Scroll down to the “What are some related occupations at different education levels?” section on your career's occupation page. You will see immediately where some Job Training Matches (JTMs) are found. For example, if you want to be an electrician, there is a Job Training Match for that. That means that there is a Job Corps Training Program that you can take to get you on your career pathway.
If that’s the case, all you have to do is look at the Training Program Areas section on your Career page. Then find the Training Program Area that you think would be best for your career path. You will want to think about your mid-term goal as well. For example, you choose Advanced Training as your mid-term goal. You will want to complete the program that allows you to take that Advanced Training.
But what if your ultimate career goal doesn’t have a Job Training Match?
For example, what if you want to be a CEO? A CEO is the head of a company. They make the policies, and direct operations. But the “What are some related occupations at different education levels” section does not include any Job Training Matches at Job Corps. So does that mean that you don’t have anything you can do at Job Corps to help you get on this path? Well, no. This is when it is important to use the idea of transferable skills. You can look at the transferable skills for your ultimate career goal and compare that to the transferable skills for the Job Corps Training Matches.
For example, here are the skills and knowledge that are needed to be the CEO of a company. Let’s compare them to the Skills and Knowledge you can gain through some of the Job Corps Training Programs.
Judgement and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Coordination.
Business Management, Human Resources (HR), Arts and Humanities, English Language, Safety and Government, Law and Government, Public Safety and Security, Math and Science, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, or Statistics.
26 percent of the CEOs has a master's degree and 22 percent has at least a Bachelor.
For example, in the Construction Industry you could be an electrician. Among other things, electricians need to be good critical thinkers. They have to make sound decisions about how to solve problems. So you can look at the Training Program Areas that are listed for Electricians.
And if you would rather go into health care, medical sonographers need good speaking and critical thinking skills.
Looking at the knowledge needed, you can see that the Retail Sales and Services industry has a Job Training Match. It is called Sales Representative, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Technical & Scientific Products. For this job, you need a firm command of the English Language. You also need Math and Science knowledge. If this appealed to you, you could look through the Program Training areas listed there.
You might be surprised to see Automotive Training Programs listed in the Training Areas. These Training Program Areas relate to learning about the technical parts you want to sell. Look through the Training Program Areas. Think critically about what knowledge and skills you will be gaining by going through the program. Think also about how those will link up to your ultimate career goal.
Now you will apply what we just learned to your own career goals.
On your computer, look at your ultimate career goal page. Review the knowledge skills needed for your ultimate career.
Look to see if it is a Job Training Match (JTM).
If it is, review the Training Program Areas listed.
If it is not a JTM, look at the "What are some related occupations at different education levels" section. Compare the knowledge and skills needed to those needed for your ultimate career.
Are there JTM listed? If so, go to those pages and review the Job Training Program Areas listed.
If there are no JTM listed, think back to other careers that you considered that are similar to your chosen career. Start over at Step 1.
complete your My PACE Task for Lesson 25.
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