Making Your Career Choice Unit one Careers Why

Making Your Career Choice Unit one - Careers

Why do people work? l To pay for their wants and needs l To be around others

Why people work l To make a contribution to society l For self-fulfillment/enjoyment

Your career choice impacts the following how? ? ? ? l Lifelong earning potential –The more education that you have typically the more money that you will earn in your lifetime

More education = increased $$ l Education Pays… But with more than just cash! The numbers speak for themselves. Just take a look: l

Your career choice impacts the following: l Career opportunities – You need to choose a career that has a lot of job opportunities l Choose a career where the job outlook is good and jobs in this field are growing l Fastest-Growing Occupations Occupation Information - America's Career Info. Net

Career choice impacts? l Job satisfaction – you need to choose a career that you will be happy doing everyday

Informal Research (To help you find your perfect career) l Job informational interview – Interview people in jobs that you are interested in l TV Shows– such as CSI, Law and Order, ER may be your interests

Informal research l Magazines – see people in jobs in Home and Garden, cooking, sports magazines, etc. l Video games – Playing games in fields of interests (war – military/police)

Formal Research l Libraries – reference books, CD’s, DVD, and other media sources

Formal career research l Occupational Outlook Handbook – describes the work, training and education required and future outlook for the chosen career l Occupational Outlook Handbook, 201011 Edition l Guide for Occupational Exploration – groups careers in to categories such as careers in food and gives occupations in this category

Formal Research l Business Week, Occupational Outlook Quarterly – these are magazines with updates in fields such as business and up and coming occupations

Learning from Experience l Temporary work – short-term employment to see if you like the job l Cooperative program – you work while in high school your senior year and get credit for it

Learning from Experience (continued) l Internship – short-term job or work project that required formal commitment (don’t get paid for work) l Service Learning – combine academic work with community service such as PSI, Health Explorers, etc.

Mentors l You can be a mentor for: l Freshman Focus – develop lesson plans and lead lessons on Fridays for lessons. l Peer Tutoring – help students in Mrs. White’s class

Job Shadowing l Spending time with someone (shadowing) them to see what they do in their job

Ways to develop your career goals l Career interest inventory – assessment to help you determine your career interests l ILP Like animals: Become a vet or zoologist l Like kids: Become a teacher or social worker l

Ways to develop career goals l Career aptitude assessment – helps you learn things that you are naturally good at (math, writing, science, etc. )

Other ways to develop career goals l Academic experiences/grades – Determine your career based on classes that you like and make good grades in l Extra curricular activities – base career goals on what you enjoy doing outside of school and work

New Opportunities in a Global Economy l Decreasing transportation and communication costs l Flexible, information-based technology l Teamwork l New political and economic alliances (North American Free Trade Agreement)

Lifelong learning in a global society l Most be willing to continuously learn new things (trainings, seminars, trade shows, etc…) l Technology Changing rapidly l Be able to solve current problems l Professional development l Personal enrichment (well rounded)

Career Clusters l Grouping careers into clusters based on how they are related l Business & Management Careers: Accounting, Finance, Management, Banker l Marketing, Sales and Service: Marketing Director, Salesperson, Buyer

Jobs vary HOW at the local level? l Local – opportunities are based on what businesses/industries are available in area (basic jobs are easy to find – banker, doctor, nurse, teacher, retail worker, etc. ) l Smaller cities sometimes smaller pay but lower cost of living l Jobs Limited to what is available

How do jobs vary at state level? l State – typically more opportunities based on location of job in state, environment may be different l Example: Horse trainer at Keeneland, Jockey, etc. l College Basketball coach l Larger cities – higher pay but also higher cost of living, less land person

National Level l Many more opportunities, but still may vary based on location, also cost of living more in parts of country Zoologist (live where a zoo is located) l Marine biologist (live near ocean or lake) l Astronaut (live in Texas or Florida where space centers are located. l A basic house in California is $600, 000+ l

What is the difference? ? ? l Job – is the work that you do for pay l Occupation – the type of work that you do – I am a teacher l Career – series of related jobs or occupations (I am in the education career field as a teacher – I could also become a guidance counselor, principal, assistant principal, etc. )

Employment Trends l Dual-family income (both husband wife work) l Telecommuting – where people work out of their homes by use of fax, Internet, cell phones, etc. l Employees will be constantly learning new things throughout the years in their jobs (lifelong learning)

Technology tools l Satellites – make homes more efficient by ability to get signals for TV, phone, etc. Work more efficient – by ability to get information for faxes, phones, computers, etc. to help make work more productive Schools – able to have Internet service, TV service, off-site classroom capability etc. for learning ability.

More Technology Trends l Automated phone systems – where companies don’t have to have as many employees to answer phone makes jobs and schools more productive l On-line classes – Can take classes without physically going to the college (computer) also allows you to be able to save gas and time (productivity)

Technology (cont) Computer aided drafting (CAD) – makes work more productive because computer does a lot of technical work for you also aides learning process in school l Spreadsheets – Makes home more productive because you can use them to keep track of financial records l l l School – utilize it for graphs, charts, research Business – helps make information easier to analyze when it is in charts/graphs

Technology Trends/Scientific Advancements l On-line banking – People can do banking from home, work, or school which saves time and gas plus can do it 24 hours. l Telecommuting – people work from home or other location beside company offices (fax, Internet, cell phones, computers) l Outsourcing – hiring other companies to produce goods and services l (cell phones, fax, Internet, etc. )

Other Technology l Data bases – computers have space to store information which saves time, paper, etc. for schools, homes, and work l Internet – schools, homes, and work have access to tons of information to help with research and other information needed

Skills for Global Economy l Basic skills – communication, reading, writing, math l Thinking skills – creative thinker, critical thinker, decision-making l Personal Qualities – Social and civic responsibilities, self direction, selfmanagement, self esteem, adaptability, integrity

Workplace trends l Teams – more employers expect workers to be able to work together l Diversity – have to be able to work with people of different cultures, backgrounds l Lifelong learning – need to be willing to learn continuously (changing world)

Career portfolio/ILP l l l l Business letters, application letter, recommendations, follow-up letters Assessment data – aptitude, interest, ability tests Resume Certificates, awards (honors) Samples of work (projects, papers) Records of work experience (good evaluations) Transcripts (grades from high school semesters)