Summary: Career planning is an essential part of life development-and it can take place at any stage in one's professional life. Taking into account the constantly evolving job market and the continual changes occurring in higher education, this program helps viewers develop a career pathway plan that identifies three areas of interest and the ways each of them can be achieved, short-term and long-term....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Brandi Hagen is the owner of Eminent Interior Design. What does she like best-and least-about her profession? What aspect of her work initially took her by surprise? And what message would she like to send to the HGTV cable network? In this program, Ms. Hagen tells all as she introduces viewers to the competitive field of interior design. Topics include types of interior design, requisite...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Show your students how to find great jobs fast-with the Internet. This video will tell them everything they need to know to start blazing an electronic path to outstanding career opportunities. It covers how to find and then effectively search mega-job sites, industry- or profession-specific sites, and individual company sites; how to prepare Web-ready and E-mail-compatible resumes and cover...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This video points out distinctions and similarities between industries and functions. Several primary industries and job functions are described, giving students insight into types of work that they might enjoy.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This video divides its time between California, with an eco-friendly hotel (Hospitality and Tourism Cluster) and a sustainable information and communications technology consultancy (Information Technology Cluster), and the East Coast, with a firm that invests in green business development (Finance Cluster) and a manufacturer of chemical-free eco-friendly cleaning products (Business Management...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program illustrates how to relate interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle to specific occupations in the world of work. Based on the commonsense notion that you do best at what you really like to do, this video shows viewers how to find an occupation with job requirements that closely match their interests. Nothing predicts high workplace satisfaction like a close...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This video spotlights Pennsylvania, where a regional transportation authority is using hybrid buses to reduce emission levels (Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Cluster), a legal firm is practicing environmental law (Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Cluster), and a company is making storage batteries for solar and wind farms using clean manufacturing practices...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This video illustrates how to evaluate career options based on the Three C's: content, conditions, and compensation. It expands on the Personal Career Profile and explains how to use information gathered from occupational research.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This video provides an extensive overview of the career development process, as well as introducing several people currently in the work force who will tell about their career choices, experiences, and successes throughout the series.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Changes in the world of work are examined in this video. It introduces three major areas of change-technology, globalization, and workforce demographics-as well as strategies for adapting, which are expanded in following episodes.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Going behind the scenes to discover how the fashion industry works, this video features commentary from industry insiders as it guides young people through the skills and education that a career in fashion requires. Among the high-skilled positions profiled are fashion designer, textile designer, technical designer, technical illustrator, buyer, entrepreneur, marketer, and teacher. Correlates...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The formal dresses of DeBora Rachelle Designs have been worn at major award programs and formal dances all over the world. This Telly Award-winning video shows what it takes to be a successful fashion designer and provides a behind-the-scenes look at a fitting session. The program also gives viewers a clear picture of the educational requirements, typical starting salary, and employment outlook...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In this video, Brandi Hagen, the award-winning principal designer at Eminent Interior Design, gives viewers insight into the process, pitfalls, and professional touches involved in designing an amazing master bathroom. From studio and showroom to final tour, Brandi focuses on client service while giving a glimpse of career opportunities open to interior designers. Correlates to all applicable...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This video will introduce students to ten professionals who express their love of working in the field of nutrition. Careers covered include a sports dietitian, a nutrition consultant, a public relations specialist for nutrition businesses, an eating disorders specialist, a food stylist, and more. Engaging interviews that are sure to excite! Correlates to all applicable National and State...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Building on the extremely popular First Look at Careers, this 2-part video set takes an alphabetic Second Look at Careers. We've taken 40 occupations from the Children's Dictionary of Occupations, and brought them to life using real people at work. Students learn about the tools of the trade and the tasks performed on the job. They hear from workers who will tell them how to prepare for each...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The final episode of the Career Advantage series reviews several methods for remaining focused and positive while searching for work opportunities. It demonstrates ongoing self-assessments for building and managing a successful career, and emphasizes the development of one-year, ten-year, and lifetime goals.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Introduce students to Dena Marie Modica, director of sales and marketing for Solera Restaurant and Event Center, as she provides insights into what it's like to be an event planner. Featuring an informative interview and behind-the-scenes footage, this video describes the education and training needed to break into the industry, the typical salary range, the long-term career outlook, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This video focuses on the protection of Puget Sound-a national ecological treasure-through the efforts of Washington's Office of Shellfish and Water Protection (Health Science Cluster); a TV station that raises environmental awareness by reporting on the Sound (Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Cluster); a nonprofit organization that educates the public about the Sound's ecosystem...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: When the Elm Street Detectives Club needed a new clubhouse, Anna, Michael, and Erin decided to do it right-right after their cardboard hideout fell apart in the rain. In this informative, hands-on video, three preteens meet with a general contractor to get a taste of the basics of home construction and then, with his help, build themselves a real clubhouse. When they're done, the detectives...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video explains the difference between interior decorating and interior design, with an emphasis on the latter. Interviews with professionals working in the interior design field will provide students with a deeper level of understanding of interior design and the opportunities available. Highlighted occupations include residential interior designer, commercial interior designer, lighting...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program explores the diversity of opportunities available in the nonprofit sector, a part of the job market that includes advocacy groups, community organizations, and nongovernmental associations. Viewers meet three people who linked their passions to their careers: Damon landed an on-air position at a radio station, Gillian works with a sea-going eco-warrior group, and Erica has a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It doesn't take a college education to realize that a college education is not for everyone. Careers Without College spells out some of the other options available to high school graduates. Through humorous scenes, objective narration, and interviews with real people, viewers follow fictional, average students as they explore the possibilities before them. This production examines some choices...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video focuses on how technology has changed work, and outlines basic concepts of how and where work can happen. Students are introduced to the principles of global business and the skills essential to stay employable in a global economy.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Who better for students to learn from about early childhood professions than people already working in the field? Over the course of this video, a variety of high-energy, engaging professionals who work with children talk about some of the choices available to students today. Interviews include a kindergarten teacher, a Head Start associate director of operations, a public health nurse, an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010