Transcript Chapter 2 Planning Your Career

Chapter 2
Planning Your Career
Finding a Good Career Fit
Finding Career Opportunities
Why do people work?
Needs
 Name some…
Wants
 Name some…
Goals
 Do you have any??
Identity
 WHO YOU ARE!!
Factors Affecting
Career Choice
Values and lifestyle
 Values are ideals in life that are important to
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Lifestyle is the way people choose to live
their lives based upon the values they have
chosen
Aptitudes and interests
 Aptitude is a natural physical or mental
ability you possess
Interests are the things you like to do
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Personal qualities are what makes
you unique!
Types of Work Activities
Analyzing and recording
Creating and designing
Following directions
Helping others
Indoor work
Managing people and
resources
 Manual work
 Outdoor work
 Physically active work
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Physically inactive work
Presenting or speaking
Repetitive tasks
Self-motivated work
Thinking work
Various tasks
Working alone
Working on a computer
Working with machines
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Has a good attitude toward own work and that of others.
Shows courtesy and respect toward others.
Is dependable and will do what is promised.
Has a desire to succeed and to do a good job.
Has enthusiasm for the job and for life.
Is clean and has a healthy appearance.
Is friendly and helpful.
Has a good sense of humor and cares about others.
Desires and respects giving a day’s work for a day’s pay.
Is willing and able to learn new skills.
Is able to adapt to change quickly and easily.
Is capable of working in a stressful and changing environment.
The Importance of Goals
 Short-term goal
 Those you expect to reach in a few days or weeks
 Preparing to pass my test!!
 Intermediate goals
 Those you wish to accomplish in the next few months
or years
 Graduation!! Vacation!!
 Long-term goals
 Those you wish to achieve in five to ten years or
longer
 Marriage, college, career, family
Role of Experience
Experience is knowledge and skills
acquired from working in a career
field or through internships
Lack of experience may mean a
lower salary
Questions
If your job does not help you achieve
your personal goals, what will likely
happen?
How can taking an aptitude test help
your career planning?
How can job shadowing help you
evaluate a career option?
Why is it important to re-evaluate your
choices occasionally?
Lesson 2.2
Finding Career
Opportunities
GOALS
 List sources of job opportunity
information and college
information.
 Itemize and explain good job or
college search techniques.
 Formulate a personal plan of action
to get the job or college you want.
Sources of Job/College
Opportunity Information
Contacts
 A person you know who can help you get an
interview for a job
School counseling and placement services
Public and private employment agencies
Newspaper, Yellow Pages, and private job
listings
Online job information
Search Techniques
Get organized
 Work or school history
Make a plan
 What is it?
Follow up
 How do you do that?
Don’t give up
 Don’t be a quitter!