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Question of the Day: Should High School Students Get a Part-Time Job?
An Australian newspaper raises the question of whether high school students should get part-time jobs. From the Herald Sun: About 40 per cent of adults do not believe children should combine part-time...
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Question of the Day: How Do I Network?
This might be a good question of they day for your Careers Unit. Being an effective networker helps not only in the an initial job search but is a skill that pays dividends throughout a career. The...
View ArticleChoose a Major, Choose a Career
Here at NGPF, we use a lot of resources from Forbes, the NY Times, and NerdWallet. We not infrequently use videos from MSN Money and Bank of America, and we generate all of our own activities and...
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Question: What Should You Do Over The Summer?
With the calendar inching closer to August, which means back to school for many, it’s not too early to think about how your high school students should be spending their future summers. You might...
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Question of the Day: Should High School Students Get a Part-Time Job?
An Australian newspaper raises the question of whether high school students should get part-time jobs. From the Herald Sun: About 40 per cent of adults do not believe children should combine part-time...
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Question of the Day: How Do I Network?
This might be a good question of they day for your Careers Unit. Being an effective networker helps not only in the an initial job search but is a skill that pays dividends throughout a career. The...
View ArticleChoose a Major, Choose a Career
Here at NGPF, we use a lot of resources from Forbes, the NY Times, and NerdWallet. We not infrequently use videos from MSN Money and Bank of America, and we generate all of our own activities and...
View ArticleNGPF Podcast: Tim Talks To Ren Makino and Sid Sharma, NGPF Interns and Palo...
It’s Tuesday, so time for another NGPF Podcast. Thanks to Ren Makino and Sid Sharma for participating in the recent NGPF podcast show. Ren and Sid have interned at NGPF for over a year and have done...
View ArticleQuestion: How Do You Define A “Good Job?”
Have your students answer the question before watching the video below (from Marketplace.org): _________ Check out this NGPF Activity: Analyzing a Resume and Cover Letter The post Question: How Do You...
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Chart: What Percentage of Teens Have Summer Jobs?
Answer: About 30% of 16-19 year olds are working during the summer. From Nate Silver’s blog 528: Questions for your students: Do/did you have a summer job? How did you get the job? or Why didn’t you...
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Question: What Are The Top Job Skills in 2016?
From LinkedIn (hat tip to EdSurge): Questions for students: Which of the skills on the list are you familiar with? Pick at least one skill on the list and research the following: In your own words,...
View ArticleCareer Videos: The Job Shadow
I was stumped by a teacher at the recent JumpStart conference who asked if we had a video that could help prepare students for their job shadow experience. For those not familiar with a job shadow,...
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