I AM AN ACCOUNTING STUDENT

Using each of the following tools, determine different career paths that are available for you based on your degree. Save your results and take notes!

1.  Mynexmove:  http://www.mynextmove.org/ This website will help you take information from your Career Match Tool and let you search by industry.  Use the yellow section on the main page.

2.  O*NetOnline: You learned to Holland Codes on O*Net in week one.  This week, practice using one of O*Net’s other search functions based on the SKILLS that you learn in your major.  http://www.onetonline.org/skills/ 

Write a brief 300 word summary of your findings.  Do not copy and paste. Compare the different results that you received on each website.  Using information from our readings, explain how you could use these results to help you develop a career plan. 

Watch the video:  http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html

Questions:

Do you agree with what Eli has to say?  Why or why not?

Do you disagree with what Eli has to say?  Why or why not?

Has watching this TED talk inspired you to try and burst your own filter bubble?  Are you going to talk about this to other people?  Warn them?  Laugh about this?  

Now that more and more people are become aware of this, there can be in some internet browsers/search engines an option to turn this sort of tracking off.  Is this a necessary thing?  People won’t turn the tracking off if they don’t know about it – should it be turned off for everyone automatically?