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1.2 Jobs and Applications (PowerPoint)

This is Lesson Two (“Jobs and Applications”) of Unit One: Employment Opportunities, focused on the job application process within the agriculture industry. It guides students through finding careers, analyzing job descriptions for skills and keywords, reviewing a sample application, and correctly completing and critiquing a job application, with connections to FFA employment skills leadership development events.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Find careers in the industry of agriculture.
  • Analyze job descriptions for specific skills and keywords.
  • Compose statements that explain how they demonstrate the required skills.
  • Identify FFA activities and opportunities related to the employment skills leadership development event.
  • Complete a job application.
  • Critique a job application.
Materials
  • Marie Smith's sample job application
  • Blank job application

Downloads & Links

Lesson plan

Presentation

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