Name: __________________ Block: _______

Career Life Connections 12

Transition Planning Part One: Career Choice

Post – Secondary Life PLAN A:
My Plan A:
Consider:
❏ What do you enjoy?
❏ What sort of lifestyle do
you want?
❏ What are you good at?
MY PLAN A [Engineer]
I enjoy problem solving and making new things. I do those by coding.
I want a life style that is not too busy. I do not wish to wake up in a hurry
and have stress about being late for a job or anything.
I am good at communication. I feel comfortable talking to people who I’ve
never met in my life before.

Career Info that I have Up:

discovered…
Flexible schedule
Consider:
Working at home most of the times.
❏ Upsides/downsides of
job
❏ Job duties/ Down:
responsibilities
❏ Salary range Short term job
❏ Future outlook
❏ Lifestyle factors
❏ Advancement Salary:
opportunities
$140,000 (high)
$110,000 (average)
$70,000 (low)

Many high-tech companies always need engineers, so can work at

companies such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft with low experience
and gain experiences from there.

Three employability skills I 1. Problem solving

possess that will support my
plan:
Consider:
❏ Soft and hard Skills 2.creativity
required for position
❏ Personal attributes

3.communication

Education needed to pursue my Major (Bachelor)

plan:
Computer Science / Engineering (preferred: chemical / computer /
physical)
Consider:
❏ Courses/training/
certificates needed
❏ Post-secondary
requirements

Post-Secondary Life PLAN B:

MY BACKUP PLAN [Orthodontist]

My Plan B: I enjoyed studying biology and thought it would be fun to become an
orthodontist.
Consider:
❏ What do you enjoy?
❏ What sort of lifestyle do you
want?
❏ What are you good at?

Career Info that I have discovered… Up:

Good pay
Consider: High demand
❏ Upsides/downsides of job
❏ Job duties/responsibilities
❏ Salary range Down:
❏ Future outlook Many year of school
❏ Lifestyle factors
❏ Advancement opportunities Stress

Salary:
$320,000 (high)
$122,000 (average)
$80,000 (low)

Three employability skills I possess 1. Interpersonal (communication)

that will support my plan:

Consider:
❏ Soft and hard skills required for
position 2.dignostic skill
❏ Personal attributes
 3.concentration.

Education needed to pursue my plan: 1. Get a Bachelor’s degree in science

2. prepare for dental aptitude test (DAT).
3. Get Doctor of dental surgery/Doctor of Medical Dentistry degree
Consider: 4. Acquire a dental licence
5. Finish Orthodontic residency program
❏ Courses/training/certificates 6. Apply for orthodontic licence.
needed
❏ Post-secondary requirements