• career directions
• change is constant, soo
• develop transferable skills
• speaking-writing-organizing
• interacting with others
• using computers continue learning to keep up with changes in
• technology- products
• laws- markets
• take college courses for non-degree seekers in class or on line
• go to seminars and concferences given by trade associations
• go to yor company in-house training
• read trade magazines about your field
• go to seminars by vendors who provide products or services in your field
• caree clusters, pathways and leaders
• a career cluster = all the jobs in a given industry
• a career pathways = one direction your career might take through a career cluster
• a career ladder = the series of jobs you hold as you advance through your career
• five career clusters
• IT
• information support and services
• progaming and software development
• network systems
• interactive media
• where are it jobs
• in most urban and industrial
• career cluster #2: health science
• aka the medical field
• the science of maintaining and improving human health
• well educated professionals dedicated to helping others
• wide variety of career pathways
• health science workplaces
• hospitals and doctors offices/clinics
• health sciences five career pathways
• supportive services
• information and communication services
• diagnostic services
• therapeutic services
• biological and pharmaceutical
• where are health science jobs
• all populated areas in the united states
• international opportunities limited to marketing drugs
• most variety of jobs found in hospitals and urban areas with schools, industrial plants and research facilities
• retail/ wholesale sales and services
• workers satisfy peoples needs by delivering desired products and services
• crucial links between product and consumer
• cast and carried job opportunities many opportunities for hard workers to get ahead
•  product delivery
• products follow
• retail/wholesales and services
• sample career ladder positions in wholesale
• retail entry-level
• communication and media
• finance and accounting
• the money business
• finance is the business of acquiring, investing and managing money
• accounting is the business of watching, measuring and recording the movement of money and other assets ( real estate, stocks, bonds, equiptment, mortgages, etc.)
• crucial to American business