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The Olympic Games certainly provide a lot of food for thought, don?t they? From many perspectives ? athletics and modern medicine to politics and advertising, one can find plenty to think and talk about while they?re on.
Being careerwise, I started thinking about all the professionals who had a hand in making them happen. And, that these professionals represent every one of the 16 Career Clusters.? I?ve used the brief definitions of the Clusters as provided by the State Directors of the Career Technical Education Consortium.
It would be a fun exercise (Olympic-style) to have kids list some jobs for each Cluster that they think would be important to making the Games possible, secure, entertaining and memorable for the participants, attendees, home audiences and host country.
Think about everything ? from travel to food to clothes to music to health care to sponsorships to adminstration and maintenance.
This kind of exercise helps kids think big about their futures and to realize that a whole lot of fascinating jobs are frequently behind the scenes at popular events.
Ready, set, go!
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- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
- Architecture & Construction
Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.
- Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
- Business Management & Administration
Careers in planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services such as administration, teaching/training, administrative support, and professional support services.
Planning and related services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.
- Government & Public Administration
Planning and executing government functions at the local, state and federal levels, including governance, national security, foreign service, planning, revenue and taxation, and regulations.
Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs such as restaurant and food/beverage services, lodging, travel and tourism, recreation, amusement and attractions.
Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care, and consumer services.
Building linkages in IT occupations for entry level, technical, and professional careers related to the design, development, support and management of hardware, software, multimedia and systems integration services.
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.
Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.
Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives such as brand management, professional sales, merchandising, marketing communications and market research.
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.
- Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
The planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance
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* The National Career Clusters? Framework from the 2012 National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium
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CareerWise Grow Up. Get a Job. resources help open kids? eyes to all the wonderful jobs there are in the world. Along the way they learn marketable career and life skills. New STEM & Green Jobs posters are valuable discussion, exploration & research tools.
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