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EXPLORE YOUR INTEREST 100 East Main Street • Beulah, ND 701-873-4301 “Kids, invest in your future & stay ABUSE FREE!” 912 11th Street E Bottineau, ND 701-228-5276 “We are proud to support our future leaders in their efforts to remain ABUSE Free and proud to support our kids and community!” MANDAN 701-663-0313 What do you love to do? Whether it’s playing sports or playing an instrument, your interests today say a lot about what career you might pursue. Try these seven steps to start exploring your interests. Don’t forget to talk about them with your school counselor, parent, guardian and friends! Make a list of your skills and interests. Think hard about what you enjoy and what you are good at. Find out more about the kinds of the jobs that interest you, along with their educational requirements, salary, working conditions, future outlook and anything else that can help you decide what’s best. Choose your career goal. Once you’ve decided what occupation matches up best, then you can begin developing a plan to reach your career goal. Develop a career plan. Think about what you want to do and find out more about the kind of training, education and skills you will need to achieve your career goal. Dr. Daniel Little • Dr. Terry Schmidt • Dr. Brittany Schauer We support our youth! 107 6th Ave. NW • Mandan, ND Sunnyside Feeds LLC Make a second list of possible jobs that you would like to have and compare it with your skills and interests. The job that matches your skills and interests the closest may be the career for you. Kids, focus your energy towards an ABUSE FREE future and say NO to peer pressures! Start looking at schools that offer a college degree or training program that best meets your career goal and financial needs. Go to your school guidance center or a local library for additional information and help on career planning. 701-667-5500 2356 Sunny Road South • Mandan, ND 24 | North Dakota Spring/Summer 2014 | abusemagazine.org Source: www.knowhow2go.org/middle_college_stay.php