It's My Future - Junior Achievement Albania

It’s My Future

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Classroom based

PROGRAM DURATION

6 weeks

PROGRAM GRADE LEVEL

Middle school, 8th Grade

“It’s My Future” blended Model offers middle school students’ practical information to help prepare them for the working world. Students will develop the personal-branding and job-hunting skills needed to earn a job. Following participation in the program, students will be able to:

Develop the personal-branding and job-hunting skills needed to earn a job.
Research potential careers.
Create a basic resume.
Recognize appropriate behavior for an interview.
Differentiate between soft and technical skills.

PROGRAM CONCEPTS

Achievements, attitude, brand, career, career clusters, career mapping, career paths, communication, decline, education level, high-growth careers, interests, job application, job growth, job hunting, job interview, job outlook, logo, making a good impression, maps, personal brand, professionalism, references, reputation, skills, soft skills, tagline, teamwork, technical skills, transferable skills, work ethic.

PROGRAM SKILLS

Analyze branding, analyze charts and graphs, analyze data from media, applying cause and effect, demonstrating cause and effect, evaluating and sorting options, group discussion, identifying personal skills, identifying strengths and weaknesses, logical reasoning, note taking, prediction, read for understanding, recognize patterns, recognize vocabulary, review results, role-playing, self-evaluation, teamwork, use art as self-expression.