Making ends meet 
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Making ends meet
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Keeping The BIG Question in mind:
Can you afford the car of your dreams if you choose a career in the mineral industry?
Your Minequest Team Plan
Now that you understand your job as the Human Resources Director for WyCoal in Lignite, Wyoming, it’s time for you to advertise and hire employees for positions which are vacant within your company.
Task #1: At the direction of your teacher, select a career in the mining industry from the following list, conduct research on it, and write a formal job description for it. Use the Human Resources Director description as a model, including the same categories of information for your selected or assigned career. Follow the steps below to complete this task.
Although you are individually assigned to a mining job to research, you will work with a partner in order to complete a future phase of the lesson. Collaborate with your partner regularly during the research phase. Here is a list of mining jobs that have been matched for the partnering phase of this activity.
Mining Career List
Environmental Engineer & Hydrologist
Mining Engineer & Welder
Civil Engineer & Crew Foreman
Safety Engineer & General Laborer
Driller & Electrician
Equipment Operator & Accountant
Geologist & Mine Supervisor
Maintenance Technician & Lawyer
Long Wall Operator & Computer Analyst
Purchasing Clerk & Custodian
Secretary & Lab Analyst
Here are the websites you need to visit to get information to write the job description for your vacancy. Remember to search out information for all the categories, including salary and benefits. Meet with your partner and compare the information you gathered from your research efforts. Your teacher will also schedule time for you to share your findings with the class.
Wait, don’t switch the channel now! You are just getting to the heart of this Minequest.
Task #2: Picture the lifestyle you want to achieve in the future. "Draw" your picture out on paper, in the form of a paragraph, mindmap, or list. Include: type of job, time off, salary, benefits, family/vacation time, house type, car type, recreational interests, and all the other aspects of your future daily life. Share the picture with your partner. Help each other clarify questions, concerns, and dreams you have about the look of your future lifestyle. Discuss how your dream futures may be both similar and different.
Task #3: Reflect on the information that you have heard in class about mining industry jobs and about dreams for the future. Consider the connection between jobs and lifestyles. Post your thoughts in the Minequest Lobby at the Making Ends Meet Talking Point. You will find responses from students across Wyoming.
MOVING ON ...
Then move on to PROCESSING ideas.
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