Career Life Connections 12: Post-Secondary Plan

Essential Question:
· How can I become more informed and knowledgeable about my options for my life after high school?

Curricular Competencies:
· Analyze internal and external factors to inform personal career-life choices
for post-graduation planning
· Explore possibilities for preferred personal and education/employment futures, using creative and innovative
thinking
· Know about diverse post-graduation possibilities, including personal, educational, and work options
· Practice post-graduation budget planning

Graduating students usually have a variety of options to contemplate. To help you with this process, you
will need to complete each of following sections of the Transition Plan, which will hopefully allow you to better
understand the path that interests or most interests you to follow after graduation.

Follow these steps:

1) Complete Your Career Plans (You will need a Plan A & B)

2) Next, complete the following two options:

 Post-secondary education or training (You’ve already completed most of this research with your PSI
Research Assignment)
 Travel / Gap year

3) Finally, complete the section called: Working full-time and living on your own.

4) Submit your Transition Plan online through Teams before the deadline (December 9th) and post your
completed Transition Plan to your CLC Portfolio Page on your website.

Career Choice A: __________________Financial Manager_____________________
Me and my choices:
Consider:
❏ What do you enjoy about this
career choice?
❏ What sort of lifestyle can this
choice create for you?
❏ Why is this the best choice for
you?
Career Info that I have discovered…
Consider:
❏ Upsides/downsides of this
employment choice
❏ Job duties/ responsibilities
❏ Salary range
❏ Future outlook
❏ Lifestyle factors
❏ Advancement opportunities
CAREER: PLAN A
- I like how financial managers gets a decent pay and how they can
work for many different companies so they have a high chance of
getting a job.
- I will be able to afford to get things that I want and be able to work
with various workers in the company.
- I love to work with others, I want to make a lot of money and I do
not like doing physical work so I prefer working indoor. Thus, this
job will be the best fit for me.
Pros
- Can avoid old-age poverty
- High salary
- Wide job range
- Able to work with numbers
Cons
- Often work long hours (including weekends)
- Hard to maintain relationships
- Hire and fire mentality in the financial industry
- Controlling the financial planning of a company
- Strategically plan finances by predicting financial trends
- Advise on investment activities
- Between C$126735-C$169013 in Vancouver
- Employment of financial manager is projected to grow 17% from
2022 to 2030
- Working late, which will lead to sleeping late and working almost
every day. This may eventually lead me to not have enough time to
spend for myself and enjoy other hobbies outside of work.
- Lead manager
- Senior manager
Three employability skills I possess 1. Strong mathematical skills
that will support my plan:
Consider:
❏ Skills required for position 2. Analytical skills
❏ Personal attributes

3. Ability to forecast

Education needed to pursue my - Bachelor's degree in business, economics or commerce

plan: - Completion of training program
Consider:
❏ Courses/training/ certificates - English 12
needed - Pre- Calculus 12
❏ Post-secondary requirements - Calculus 12
- One science 11

Career Choice B: _______________Accountant________________
Me and my choices:
Consider:
❏ What do you enjoy about this
career choice?
❏ What sort of lifestyle can this
choice create for you?
❏ Why is this the best choice for
you?
Career Info that I have discovered…
Consider:
❏ Upsides/downsides of this
employment choice
❏ Job duties/ responsibilities
❏ Salary range
❏ Future outlook
❏ Lifestyle factors
❏ Advancement opportunities
CAREER: PLAN B
- I love how an accountant has a stable, clear career path and have a
regular work week.
- Working full-time at a company but usually I wouldn't need to work
overtime or on the weekends.
- I can also work at home if I want to.
- I like to be stable and have my own time to enjoy my hobbies or
rest so it would be a good fit for me.
Pros
- There are a lot of traveling opportunities
- Have regular work week
- Clear career path as it is a growing job
- Able to build strong business network
Cons
- Hard to become rich
- They sit in front of the computer all day
- Time pressure
- Lack of social interaction
- Manage all accounting transactions.
- Prepare budget forecasts.
- Publish financial statements in time.
- Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
- Ensure timely bank payments.
- Around $60,000 in BC
- Growing 6% from 2021-2031
- During the off seasons, it is flexible and there are much less work
so I can spend enough time for myself and able to work in only
during the tax seasons to travel for the rest of the time.
- Senior accountant
- Managerial position
Three employability skills I possess 1. Knowledge of accounting practices
that will support my plan:
Consider:
❏ Skills required for position 2. Critical thinking skills
❏ Personal attributes

3. Ability to analyze data

Education needed to pursue my - Requires a university degree and Completion of a training program
plan: approved by the Society of Certified General Accountants or
Consider: Society of Management Accountants and several years of on-the-
❏ Courses/training/ certificates job training
needed
❏ Post-secondary requirements - English 12
- Pre-Cal 12
- Socials 12
- Language 12
-
 POST-SECONDARY OPTION:
Name of First Choice: Second Choice:
University, College
or Institution University Of British Columbia University of Toronto

Name of Degree or Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Commerce

type of training you
will receive Or
Example:
Bachelor of Science Bachelor of International Economics

Length of the 4 years 4 years

program
Example: 4 years

Price of Tuition for CAD $5,729.00 CAD $6,280

the first year

Approx. Cost of $1700 $2000

books/supplies for
the first year

Cost to live in $13,026 (including meal plan) $11,803

Residence

Application Fee to $166.25 $296

apply to program

Application January 15, 2022 February 1, 2022

deadline
Example: January
9, 2023

Academic - Pre- Calculus 12 - Pre- Calculus 12

Requirements for - 1 Science 12 - Calculus 12
program (pre- - 1 Socials 12 - English 12
requisites) - English 12
- Language 12

Other possible - Marketing manager - E- commerce manager

occupations related - Operations manager - Book keeper
to this type of - Marketing director - Financial manager
degree
 TRAVEL / GAP YEAR OPTION
Itinerary and Budget

Using Power Point or another visual medium, create a travel plan and be sure you have included ALL of the
following information for your travel itinerary.

Where?
● List where you plan to travel (be specific and list exactly which countries and cities)
● South Korea
- Seoul, Gangnamgu
- Busan, Haewoondae

When?
● What time of year/season
● For how long (in each location)
● June 2023/ Summer
● For 6 months

How?
● Modes of transportation (research the cost and scheduling options)
● Free ticket due to mother’s benefit in the airport
● Bus/ taxi fee ($60 per month)

Accommodations
● List where you will be staying for each location and how many nights. Include a link
● Indicate the cost per month
● Airbnb (2100 per month) staying for 6 month in Seoul, Gangnam
● https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/53192394?adults=2&check_in=2024-06-30&check_out=2024-11-
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● Hotel in Busan, 270 per day staying for 3 days
● https://www.google.ca/travel/hotels/Haeundae-gu%2C%20Busan%2C%20South%20Korea/entity/
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Budgeting Costs
● Anticipated food costs
● $2000 for a month
● Travel visas
● Under 6 months
● Travel vaccinations
● Costs for activities, sightseeing, entertainment, etc.
● $1000 per a month
● Phone plan (extra charges?)
● $50 per month
● What will you need to buy before you go?
● Nothing
● What will you buy while you are travelling?
● Makeup ($1000), Clothing ($4000)
 WORKING FULL-TIME & LIVING ON YOUR OWN

Projected employment: ____________________ Employer: _________________________________

Income Monthly: Annually:

A) Hourly Wage/salary

B) Income Tax *Use an income tax calculator

to estimate your provincial & federal taxes.*

Subtract Income Tax from Income (A – B = )

Net Income:

Expenses:

Rent
List the details of your rental accommodations:
 Location:
 Bedrooms:
 Bathrooms:
 Square footage
 Parking:
 Monthly rent:

Utilities
 Electricity
 Water
 Cable / Internet

Food/Grocery

Car Insurance

Fuel

Car Repairs

Compass Card (Transit)

Cell Phone

Clothing

Entertainment

Personal items

Recreation / Sports / Gym membership

Other
 gifts
 house supplies
 specialist fees
 eye care/prescriptions
  hair cuts
 moving costs (furniture, truck rental)

Savings / Investments
Try for a minimum of 10%

Total Expenses

Total Net Income MINUS Total Expenses

Write a one page reflection on whether your job will support your lifestyle.

● What sacrifices will you have to make?

● How will your priorities change?
● How much money do you plan to save per year? What will you use your savings for in five years? Ten
years? What are your savings goals?