Transcript Employment PowerPoint 1

6.01 PowerPoint
6.01 Understand skills
required for seeking
employment.
Discovering Interests, Skills,
Abilities, and Aptitudes
is the 1st step in job searching
• Interests- activities
one likes to do.
•Abilities- a skill you have
already developed.
• Skills- the ability to
perform a task due to
training or
experience.
•Aptitude- the potential a
person has for learning a
skill.
Interests can lead to a career choice
Most Interests fall into 3 categories:
1. People- interests include activities involving
people.
2. Information- interests include using ideas,
facts, figures, and words.
3. Technology- interests involve working with
things, such as tools, machines, and other
equipment.
Quiz yourself—
• Interest Inventory- designed to help you relate
your interests to occupational areas.
• Ability Assessment- measure how well you
perform specific tasks and whether you can master
certain skills.
• Aptitude tests- you can learn what careers you
would be good at- aptitudes can be developed into
skills.
What skills are employers looking for?
Basic Skills- Reads, writes, performs arithmetic
and mathematical operations, listens, and
speaks.
Thinking skills- Thinks creatively, makes
decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows
how to learn, and analyzes.
Social Skills- skills people use to interact with
others. These skills are one of the top qualities
employers look for in a job candidate.
Personal Qualities
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Displays responsibility
Self-esteem and self confidence
Self-management
Integrity and Honesty
Cooperation
Follows directions
Initiative and self-motivation
Resources for choosing a
career and seeking employment
• Research
• Networking
• Work-based Learning
Research
• Classifieds
• Internet
• Employment Agencies
Networking
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Job leads
Referral
Career fair
Contact list
Work-based Learning
• Apprenticeship-A position that involves hands-on learning
while working under the guidance of a skilled worker in a
registered program.
• Job Shadowing-The act of following a person on the job
for a few days in order to learn about a particular career.
• Internship-A temporary paid or unpaid position that
involves direct work experience in a career field.
• Cooperative education (Co-op)-Combines school studies
with paid work experience.
Types of Career Choices
Job- Work that a person
does for pay.
Career- a work history
of one or more jobs
in the same or
related fields of
interest.
Trade- a particular
skilled profession.
Factors involved in choosing a
career
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• Salary and Earnings
• Benefits
• Job Outlook
• Advancement
• Opportunities
Qualifications, training, education, and
experience
• Work permit