Planning Your Career

Encourages early discovery of one's interests and abilities, and suggests steps to take in systematically surveying many types of employment in choosing a life's work. Follows a high school student as he works with his school guidance counselor in seeking occupational information relative to his selection of a career., Explains three basic steps for students to follow in choosing a future career: learning about yourself, learning about vocations which interest you, and comparing your own interests and abilities with the requirements of selected vocations. Describes how a high school boy follows this procedure until he arrives at tentative decisions.Historical Summary:Encourages early discovery of one's interests and abilities, and suggests steps to take in systematically surveying many types of employment in choosing a life's work. Follows a high school student as he works with his school guidance counselor in seeking occupational information relative to his selection of a career.