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    The document is a career planning activity that has the student calculate their monthly and annual living expenses, taxes, and required annual income to survive. It then has the student research a career/job that would support their needed income level. The student chose the career of detective/criminal investigator which requires a high school diploma and has an annual salary of $111,480 and hourly wage of $53.60. There are about 12,000 people employed in this field in California with around 880 annual job openings. The student learned from this activity that there are many job options to support their needed income level.

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    The document is a career planning activity that has the student calculate their monthly and annual living expenses, taxes, and required annual income to survive. It then has the student research a career/job that would support their needed income level. The student chose the career of detective/criminal investigator which requires a high school diploma and has an annual salary of $111,480 and hourly wage of $53.60. There are about 12,000 people employed in this field in California with around 880 annual job openings. The student learned from this activity that there are many job options to support their needed income level.

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    CAREER’s Unit Web Link

    Reality Check https://www.cacareerzone.org/budget/

    What did you pick for…. COST ($)


    ● Budget Housing
    980

    Utilities
    150

    Food
    150

    Transportation 100

    Clothes 50

    Health Care
    75

    Entertainment
    0

    Personal
    0

    Misc
    0

    Savings
    151

    What is your Monthly Expense? 1,714

    What is your Annual Expense? 20,564

    What are you going to have to pay in Taxes annually? 696

    So just how much money do you have to make yearly to survive? 20,564
    CAREER’s Unit
    Reality Check HOW WILL I MAKE IT?:

    ● What is the Title of the Career/Job you found that will support you?
    Detectives and criminal investigators

    ● What should your Annual Salary be $ and Hourly Wage $


    111,480

    ● In California 2017 about how many people will be employed in the job?
    12,000

    ● In California 2017 about how many job openings will there be?
    880

    ● What kind of education(s) does your job require? (associates degree, bachelors, certification, etc…)
    High School Diploma

    ● Are the “working conditions” something you will enjoy?

    I'd probably get used to it.

    ● How many hours will you be expected to work weekly?


    50

    ● Tell me in 2-5 sentences what you learn from this Reality Check activity? (OMG I’m going to have to go to college, lives with my parents for longer, eat
    less, go out less, etc…)
    It made me realize just how many jobs there are. After I did the survey it showed me over 700 different jobs, and those were just the ones in my price range.

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