Overview Grading Career Project Career Research (100 points) may not whallhs gcis348

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1 Overview Eventually, you will all enter the workforce and start a career. You may already know what you want to be or have no clue. This activity is to help you get a better understanding of what career opportunities are out there and what is necessary to be successful in various careers. It is also your time to demonstrate understanding of the software we have covered up to this point. Grading This assignment counts as a project grade. All documents will be graded based on the requirements below and will use a 100 point scale. For each error, 4 points will be deducted. This project is worth a total of 500 points. **All work for this project will be saved in your Career Project folder** Career Research (100 points) Using GCIC, you will complete the Occupation Sort Classic. The instructor will guide you through this activity. Your goal is to have at least 15 careers to choose from. Because the intent of this assessment is to identify and research a career that requires formal training and education and not raw ability and talent, the following careers may not be used for this project: professional athlete, coach, actor, bartender, dancer, singer, model, or any other entertainment type career! Choosing careers that give the impression that you are not taking this assignment seriously will result in point deductions. If you are unsure about what careers to use, see your instructor. 1. Launch GCIC using the link above or type into the browser address bar 2. Enter whallhs as the username and gcis348 as the password 3. Once in, click the link on the left for Occupation Sort Classic. Complete the assessment, answering all 21 items 4. After completing the questions, click Get My Results and look at the list of your responses and the occupations that met your responses. If you have less than 15 careers, you will need to reconsider some of your answers and change them to get at least 15 occupations 5. If your results do not include a career you are already interested in, you may add it to your list 6. Once you have a list with at least 15 occupations, print the results. Enter your first and last name into the name box that appears. Submit your printout for grading.

2 Career Database (100 points) Create a database for 15 potential careers you might find interesting that came out in your results from the assessment you completed in the research part above. 1. Create a database file called Career Database and save it in your Career Project folder 2. Create a table called Career Options for Your First and Last Name. The structure for the table is shown below: Structure of Career Options Table Field Name Data Type Field Size Primary Key? Description ID Auto Number Long Integer Yes Automatically numbers items Career Text 45 Name of Career GA Hourly Wage GA Yearly Wage GA 2006 Employment GA Annual Openings Program of Study Currency Currency Number Number Long Integer Long Integer Use Median Wage (see instructor if no data) Use Median Wage (see instructor if no data) Obtain from Employment and Outlook Obtain from Employment and Outlook Text 50 One Program of Study 3. Once you have your list, adjust all the column widths to best fit the data. Print the table - landscape and make sure all the data fits on 1 page. 4. Create a report for your table using the Report Wizard. Include the following fields in your report: ID, Career, GA Hourly Wage, GA Yearly Wage. Sort the report by ID. Title the report GA Wages, Your First and Last Name. Print the report! 5. Create a second report using the Report Wizard. Include the following fields in your report: ID, Career, GA 2004 Employment, and GA Annual Openings. Sort the report by ID. Title the report Employment & Outlook Data, Your First and Last Name. Print the report! 6. Create a form for the table. Save it with the name Career Options Form, Your First and Last Name. Print the form showing only your top career choice. Find the entry with your top career choice, and make sure it s displayed on the screen. Choose File Print. In the Print dialog box, check Selected Record(s). Make sure you follow these instructions it is part of your grade! 7. Make sure you have the table, the form, and both reports in the database. These 4 items will be graded by the printed copies and from your Z drive

3 Career Flyer (100 points) Create a one-page flyer promoting your top career choice using the following requirements: Save the file with the name Career Flyer in your Career Project folder. Save early, save often! Put your name in the footer of your document Create and format an appropriate title. Use an appropriate font and font size Create an opening paragraph using 2-4 sentences that describe the career (obtained from overview section of GCIC). The font size cannot be larger than 18 pt. Insert an appropriate image or graphic. Make it an appropriate size and center it Create a bulleted list of 4-6 common work activities Include a signature/contact line at the bottom of the page that instructs the reader to go to the web address for more information Make sure the flyer is balanced on the page (horizontally and vertically) Make sure the flyer has good use of white space Use at least 2 different font types they must be easy to read! Use at least 2 different font size, but nothing smaller than 16pt. Use at least one occurrence of changing text color Use at least one occurrence of bold, italics, or underline for emphasis Proofread your document for spelling or grammatical errors (Use Spell Check!) Make sure your flyer is only ONE PAGE Print the flyer and turn it in MORE ON NEXT PAGE

4 Career Slide Show (100 points) Create a slide show that summarizes your top career choice from your research using the following requirements: Instructions: Save the file with the name Career Slide Show in your Career Project folder. Save early, save often! Create a title slide with an appropriate title and your name on it Create an overview (objectives) slide that identifies the topics to be covered in the presentation (see below) Create at least one slide for each of the following categories found in GCIC. Use bullets to provide short concise statement to present the information (there should be no complete sentences!!) Present it in the order below o Overview (describe the career in 5-7 bullets) o Common Work Activities o Skills and Abilities o Knowledge (list 3-7 areas identified on GCIC) o Interests (list 3-7 areas identified on GCIC) o Helpful High School Courses o Preparation (what education/training or degree is needed; any other points of interest; 5-7 bullets) o Wages (hourly rate and annual salary for US, GA, and one major city in GA) o Employment and Outlook (number of jobs in 2006 and 2016; percent change for US, GA, and one major city in GA) Create a summary slide Create a closing (ending) slide --- do not put THE END Contain good contrast by using a consistent background (design template preferred) Be consistent with use of fonts Follow the 7 x7 rule Must use a slide transition on all slides Must use Custom Animation effects on at least 3 slide, but not necessarily all of them. Think about how information is to be presented to the audience Must include images on at least 3 slides o One image must be saved to your Career Project folder from the Internet o Then do Insert Picture From File Proofread your slide show Make sure the slide show demonstrates a clear understand of the features covered in this unit Print the slide show using handouts, 6 slides per page. Staple the pages together and turn them in for grading

5 Career Budget Spreadsheet (100 points) You will create a monthly budget on the three income levels for a career of your choice. The budget formulas and percentages for determining how much money you could potentially spend on typical living expenses. A sample has been provided on the next page for guidance. Research information needed: Find the US yearly salary for your career in GCIC; you need the lower 25%, median wage, and upper 75% Instructions and Guidelines 1. Save the files with the name Career Budget in your Career Project folder. Save early, save often! 2. Type the title Estimated Budget for a(n) your career name in cell A1. 3. Type the subtitle Based on US Wages in GCIC in cell A2. 4. Format the font for the Title and the Subtitle appropriately 5. Enter the column titles in row 3 and row labels in column A for the spreadsheets and enter the three different annual salaries from GCIC into cells B4 through D4 respectively 6. Enter a formula to calculate the monthly salary (annual salary divded by 12) in cell B5. Copy it to cells C5 and D5 7. Enter a formula to calculate the estimated net pay (monthly salary * 75%) in cell B6. Copy it to cells C6 and D6 8. Enter formulas in cells B8 through B16 to calculate the monthly expenses by multiplying net pay by each expenses corresponding percentage seen in the sample. Copy the formulas to columns C and D 9. Use AutoSum to total the expenses for all three columns 10. Enter a formula to calculate the money left over each month (net pay total expenses) in cell B19. Copy it to cells C19 and D Apply the following cells styles and formats to the listed ranges: a. Accounting format to cells B4:D4, B6:D6, B8:D8, B17:D17, B19:D19 b. Comma style to cells B5:D5 and B9:D Put a thick bottom border on cells B5:D5 13. Adjust column widths and row heights as necessary to adequately display the data 14. Merge and center the spreadsheet Title in cell A1 across cells A1:D1. If your title is too large to fit with the merged area, reduce your font size 15. Merge and center the spreadsheet Subtitle in cell A2 across cells A2:D2 16. Create an embedded 3-d column charts that uses the range A8:B16. Move and resize the chart similar to the sample. You will need to click on the legend box that reads Series 1 and delete it. See your instructor for help if needed. 17. Proofread your document for spelling and grammatical errors 18. Be sure it demonstrates a clear understand of the features covered in this unit 19. Place your name somewhere on the spreadsheet 20. Follow the Excel Printing Procedures on the website 21. Staple and turn in both printed copies of your spreadsheet

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