ARIZONA CAREER LITERACY

Career Literacy allows students to explore their passions and translate those passions into viable careers. It exposes students to a wide variety of careers, including those they may never have heard of. Career Literacy provides a pathway for students to create long-term goals as they make their way toward graduation and beyond.

This page contains the AZ Career Literacy Standards as well as a wealth of other valuable information and resources.

Student will: Identify the purposes of communication and Communicate for a variety of purposes.

Student will: Explain the benefits of different methods of communication and Choose the appropriate method of communication for different scenarios.

 Work your way through the activities below to earn a BINGO!  Try for a BINGO each week, or blackout the card by the end of the school year!  Click the topic link at the top to find out more about each challenge, and complete your responses to each challenge on the BINGO card on page 2.

Explore units such as: Navigate Your Career and explore occupations in a variety of industry clusters. Hear firsthand through videos by employees describing their paths, what they do, and future opportunities.

My Future AZ utilizes proven technology and infrastructure from Pipeline AZ, an Arizona career development and job skills exploration platform, to offer students comprehensive resources and support to plan for their future careers.

Pipeline AZ (PAZ) is a community-funded platform supporting student and adult career explorers, job seekers, workforce organizations, education and training providers, and employers. The platform has received statewide support as the end-to-end solution for stakeholders across workforce development due to its unique features and benefits, as well as its comprehensive reporting capabilities.

My Next Move is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, and developed by the National Center for O*NET Development.

Explore Careers, Industries, and Education Programs in Arizona. Pipeline AZ is a cloud based workforce ecosystem helping people figure out who they are and what they can do.

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Do you enjoy working with plants and animals? Interested in working to conserve natural resources or protect the environment?

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications

Would you love to use your artistic creativity on the job? Do you like to perform? This industry includes careers in designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content, including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. Careers in this industry often involve creative tasks, such as performing or writing. Many occupations in this industry typically require a bachelor’s degree, although specific designations vary. For example, public address system announcers typically need a high school diploma or equivalent and short-term on-the-job training, and art directors typically need a bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of experience in a related occupation.

Business Management & Administration

Are you entrepreneurial? Would you enjoy a career that involves planning, directing and evaluating business functions essential to effective business operations? Careers in the business management & administration industry involve planning, oversight, and organizational tasks needed to run a business. More than half of these occupations typically require a high school diploma or equivalent, but specific designations range from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for stock clerks and order fillers to a bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of work experience in a related occupation for those such as computer and information systems managers.

Construction & Architecture

Do you want to design, build, and maintain structures where people live, work, and play? This industry includes careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment. Careers in the architecture and construction industry involve designing and building homes, roads, and other structures. More than half of the occupations in this industry typically require a high school diploma or equivalent. However, specific designations range from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for carpet installers to a bachelor’s degree and an internship for occupations such as architects.

Education & Training

Do you enjoy teaching others? Are you comfortable with public speaking? This industry includes careers in planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services, including administration and library services. Careers in the education and training industry involve teaching and other tasks associated with schools, libraries, and museums. Nearly all of the occupations in this industry typically require a bachelor’s or higher degree for entry, and many teachers also must complete an internship. However, specific designations range from a high school diploma or equivalent for self-enrichment education teachers to a doctoral or professional degree and less than 5 years of work experience in a related occupation for postsecondary health specialties teachers.

Financial Services
Do you like to work with numbers? Do you want to help people plan for their financial futures? This industry includes careers in financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management. Careers in the finance industry involve managing and working with money. Many of the occupations in this industry typically require a bachelor’s degree for entry, although specific designations range from a high school diploma or equivalent and short-term on-the-job training for occupations such as loan interviewers and clerks to a bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of work experience in a related occupation for financial managers.

Health Sciences

Do you enjoy helping people feel better? Would you like working in a hospital or other medical facility? This industry includes careers in planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnological research and development. Careers in the health sciences industry involve helping people and animals with the medical care they need to get or stay healthy. Occupations in the health sciences industry typically require many different levels of education and training, with specific designations ranging from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for home health aides to a doctoral or professional degree and an internship or residency for occupations such as pediatricians.

Hospitality & Tourism

Do you want to help other people enjoy their leisure time? Would you like to work in a hotel or in a restaurant? This industry includes careers in the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel-related services. Careers in the hospitality & tourism industry involve providing people with food, lodging, and related services. Nearly all of the occupations in this industry typically require a high school diploma or less education, although specific designations vary and include, for example, a bachelor’s degree for recreation workers.

Human Services

Do you like to help people? Would you enjoy teaching people how to improve their lives? This industry includes careers that involve tending to families and to human needs. Careers in the human services industry involve helping people with a variety of needs, such as counseling and fitness training. Occupations in the human services industry typically require many different levels of education and training, with specific designations ranging from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for occupations such as laundry and dry-cleaning workers to a doctoral or professional degree and an internship or residency for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

Do you like to help protect other people's safety? Do you want to help enforce the law? This industry includes careers in planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, corrections, protective services, and homeland security, including professional and technical support. Careers in the law, public safety, corrections & security industry involve protecting people and enforcing rules. Many occupations in this industry typically require a high school diploma or equivalent. However, specific designations range from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for occupations such as security guards to a doctoral or professional degree, 5 or more years of work experience in a related occupation, and short-term on-the-job training for judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates.

Manufacturing

Do you like to design and make things? Are you comfortable working with machines? This industry includes careers in planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediator final products and related professional and technical support activities, such as production planning and control, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering. Careers in the manufacturing industry involve making products, such as food, cars, and household goods. Most occupations in this industry typically require a high school diploma or equivalent, although specific designations range from less than a high school diploma and short-term on-the-job training for occupations such as production worker helpers to an associate’s degree and long-term on-the-job training for camera and photographic equipment repairers.

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