Program workbook

Build your Career Clarity Portfolio.

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Worksheet 1 · Career Criteria Card

My career question

Career or field: ______________________________________________

What attracts me: ____________________________________________

Rank my five most important criteria

  1. ____________________________________________________________
  2. ____________________________________________________________
  3. ____________________________________________________________
  4. ____________________________________________________________
  5. ____________________________________________________________

Assumptions to test

  1. ____________________________________________________________
  2. ____________________________________________________________
  3. ____________________________________________________________

My main research question: __________________________________

Worksheet 2 · Career Evidence Brief

What the work actually involves

Recurring tasks
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Work setting and schedule
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Required skills or credentials
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Tradeoffs or difficult parts
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

Source log

  1. Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________
  2. Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________
  3. Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________

What remains unanswered: ____________________________________

Worksheet 3 · Pathway Comparison

Compare two routes

Route A

Name: _________________________

Admission: ____________________

Length: _______________________

Approximate cost: _____________

Credential: ___________________

Practical experience: __________

Advantage: ____________________

Constraint: ___________________

Route B

Name: _________________________

Admission: ____________________

Length: _______________________

Approximate cost: _____________

Credential: ___________________

Practical experience: __________

Advantage: ____________________

Constraint: ___________________

Information I still need: ____________________________________

Worksheet 4 · Experience Test

Test one part of the field

Question I want to answer: __________________________________

Activity: ___________________________________________________

Safe scope and deadline: ___________________________________

Evidence I will collect: ____________________________________

Five professional questions

  1. ____________________________________________________________
  2. ____________________________________________________________
  3. ____________________________________________________________
  4. ____________________________________________________________
  5. ____________________________________________________________

Worksheet 5 · 30-Day Exploration Plan

Decide the next step

Finding that increased my interest: ___________________________

Tradeoff that concerns me: __________________________________

Assumption that changed: ___________________________________

  1. By __________, I will _________________________________________________
  2. By __________, I will _________________________________________________
  3. By __________, I will _________________________________________________

Portfolio review date: ______________________________________

Completion checklist

  • Career Criteria Card completed
  • Three current sources recorded
  • Two pathways compared
  • Experience Test and five questions prepared
  • Three dated actions selected

Next step

Review the portfolio with someone you trust.

Ask a parent, guardian, educator, guidance counsellor, or appropriate professional which claim needs better evidence and which action would teach you the most.