Career Paths After High School: Options & Opportunities

Vocabulary

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• Option: Opción
• College: Instituto CFT
• Qualification: Calificación
• Higher: Superior
• Job: Trabajo (como sustantivo)
• Invaluable: Muy valioso
• Further: Más
• Prospective: Futuro
• Field: Gran extensión de algo
• Staff: Personal/Grupo de personas
• Several: Muchos
• Loans: Préstamo
• Debt: Deuda
• Enable: Permitir
• Current: Actual
• Advisors: Asesores
• Fed-up: Agotado
• Undertaken: Emprender
• Make up your mind: Decidirse
• Relationship: Relación
• Between: Entre
• Employment: Empleo
• Degree: Grado académico
• Part/Full time: Tiempo completo/Tiempo medio
• Employer: Empleador
• Applying for: Buscar trabajo
• Technical Training Centers: Centro de Formación Técnica
• Learning: Aprendiendo
• Can and May: Poder
• Anyone; Any age: Alguien de cualquier edad
• Something: Algo
• Needed: Requerido
• Skills: Habilidades
• Advertisements: Aviso
• Waitress: Mesera
• Apply for: Solicitar trabajo
• Scholarship: Beca
• Subjects: Área
• Higher Education: Educación superior
• Issue: Dificultad
• Working Experience: Experiencia laboral
• Cover Letter: Por qué te interesa el trabajo
• Different Path: Camino diferente
• Joining the Family Business: Unirte al negocio familiar
• Traveling Around the World: Viajar por el mundo

Secretary Activities and Requirements

What are the principal activities that the secretary must perform? What are the requirements to work as a secretary there?

Post-Secondary Education in Chile

Make up your mind: Taking decisions. In Chile, there are three types of institutions for students graduating from 4th grade (4to Medio):

• Universities: Offer higher professional degrees.
• Professional Learning Institutes: Offer career and technical professional programs.
• Technical Training Centers: Provide technical training.

University Degrees

Grado Universitario: Licentiate degrees, academic degrees.

"The World at Your Feet"

This means that students have many ways to continue their lives after high school, like university, armed forces, professional institutes, or jobs.

A University Life

You will need to decide on a field so you can choose the extra topics to study for in the aptitude test. There are two main areas.

A Different Approach

There are also professional institutes. There are many of them in Chile. To study at an institute, you need to have finished the fourth year of secondary school.

Scholarships, Credits, and Loans

There are plenty of scholarships you can apply for from the Ministry of Education and from each university.

The Job Market

The search for work after leaving school.

A Noble Life

Joining the police force, army, navy, or air force. Gaining the respect and trust of citizens whom you will be able to help in times of trouble can be very rewarding.

Cover Letter and CV

A cover letter is a letter that you must add to your CV when you apply for a job. In it, you explain why you are a good fit for the position.

Veterinary Clinic Assistantship

The company uses advanced implementation for the care of domestic animals. It is recognized worldwide for providing the best treatment to animals, making it a national leader.

Vacancy: Animal Feeder

Requirements:

• Age 25 to 45 years.
• No distinction of sex or nationality.
• University studies are not required.
• An extensive curriculum in the area is needed.
• The principal factor: TO LOVE ANIMALS

Benefits:

Labor stability with an average salary of $350,000 per month, in addition to participation in various animal care courses that will intensively improve their quality of life.