SEC: OOH on CD-ROM Assignment

[Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>]

On Wed, 1 May 1996, Dr. Dana McDougald wrote:

> I have OOH on CD-ROM and we like it.  I bought it last year, and it
> wasn't any good, so I called the company and they said a newer version
> had just been produced and to send the first I had bought back and they
> would send the newer version.  So I did, and it works very well. It is
> very easy to use and the students enjoy using it.  There are little
> videos that demonstrate different careers and there is basic information
> about each of the careers.

Hello Group,

We have Gale Research's CD, Discovering Careers.  It's good, too.  Our
seniors have been using it for an assignment. It provides OOH numbers,
predicted futures of the career choice, wages/salaries, training
required, potential employees, etc. It has about everything.

The only problem is we have it on a network and sometimes it works a bit
slowly. That's probably not the CD's fault, though; it's probably our
network.

BTW, the assignment is a good one.  They had to project where they would
be ten years from now (or where they would like to be). Then they had to
research their career/job choice and see if it would support the life
style they want for themselves, how to get there, etc.  That's sort of
an eyeopener to students who are suffering from senioritis and are about
to be turned loose on the world!

Betty
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