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Session 1: Researching Careers and Companies on the Web

Agenda
9:30 - 9:45	Browsing "What Color is Your Parachute?" http://www.jobhuntersbible.com
9:45-10:00	Introduction and Discussion: What is one way you would like to use the Internet for workforce preparation?
10:00-10:30	Online Activity #1: Researching a Company http://easternlincs.worlded.org/teachers/surfing/lesson3section5.htm
10:30-11:30	Online Activity #2: Researching Careers @ Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com Researching Careers @ America's Career Infonet http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview.htm
11:30-12:00	Online Activity #3: Career Self Assessment on the Web @ Career Key http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/l/lkj Career Development Interactive Polls http://www.careerexperience.com/
12:00-12:15	Discussion
12:15 - 12:30	Browsing Other Online Career Resources

Facilitated by Emily Hacker, Coordinator of Instructional Technology