In this comprehensive course, students first learn about themselves and how that knowledge contributes to career success. They use various career resources to investigate careers and discover how goal setting and decision making are integral to career planning. They also master job-finding techniques and learn how to make the transition from school to work. Students completing this course will explore, understand, and respond to issues of self-discovery by determining their values, skills, and interests and how they relate to career planning; familiarize themselves with research tools such as the Holland Self-Directed Search, The Occupational Outlook Handbook, and computerized career systems; explore careers first-hand by conducting interviews and job shadowing, understand the benefits of setting goals and how to avoid obstacles to attaining them, and conduct job searches by exploring job banks, creating a cover letter and resume and researching proper job interview techniques.