Transcript Career vs. Job - Seneca Township High School

Career vs Job
Job
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Position in which one is employed
A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
an expensive repair job.
The object to be worked on.
Something resulting from or produced by work.
Job
• Means to an end
– Help pay for college
– Make extra money
– Help pay bills
• May lead to a career
Career
• Definition
– A profession for which one trains and which is
undertaken as permanent calling
Career
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You build during a lifetime
Excites you
Use your best skills and talents
Fits with your lifestyle
Career Planning
• Ability to look ahead and think about where you
are going and what steps you need to get there
Questions to ask yourself…
• What are your personal interests and skills?
– Skills
• activities that you do well
– What are you good in, what do you enjoy, what is
your personality, your unique selling point
Questions to ask yourself…
• What are your values, and how will they affect
your career?
– Values
• the principles you live by and the beliefs that are
important to you
List of Values
– Responsibility- being dependant and taking positive actions,
such as showing up on time to take a friend to an
appointment
– Achievement- want to be a success in whatever you do
– Relationships- value interaction with your friends and family
– Compassion-care for people, animals, or special causes
– Courage- being brave in the face of physical danger and the
ability to overcome other fears
– Recognition-acknowledgement and appreciation
Questions to ask yourself…
• What lifestyle interests you?
– Lifestyle
• the way you use your time, energy, and resources
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Work
Money
Family
Location
Questions to ask yourself…
• How will your personality affect a career choice?
– Personality
• A set of unique qualities that makes us different from all
other people
– Confident, funny, dependable, compassionate
Research the Possibilities
• Career Models
• Guidance counselors
• Networking
– Talking to people that have that career
• Print materials
• Internet
• Professional Organizations
Set Career Goals
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Map Out a Plan
Education
On-the-Job Training
Internships
Career Quiz
• Take the Princeton Review Career Quiz
• http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/car
eer_quiz1.asp
• Summarize and type interest color and usually
style