PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Career Unit 2020 21 Career Unit

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Career Unit 2020 -21

Career Unit Terms � Job: A specific set of duties performed for a specific employer in a prescribed location or range of locations for a specific rate of pay. � Career: The sum of one’s life experiences. Every person has a career, which includes all of the individual’s work, learning, recreational, community and family roles. � Occupation: A cluster of jobs with similar tasks and skills performed at a variety of locations. Ex: teacher is an occupation

Career Unit Terms � Globalization: An economic trend toward international trade and competition. � Demography: ( Demographics) The study of human population; includes statistics such as size, age and distribution of populations.

What do I want to be? Most people don’t know what they want to when they grow up. It’s nice to have a general road map to follow, but it doesn’t have to be a direct route. The road map simply keeps you going in the right direction. You may take some detours along the way. Ted Talk by Emilie Wapnick- Why some of us don’t have one true calling. 12: 26. This discusses “multipotentialities”- who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one? https: //www. youtube. com/results? search_query=why+ some+of+us+don%27 t+have+one+true+calling

Michelle Obama- “Becoming 2019 � “ I used to tell adults I wanted to be a Pediatrician when I grew up” Why/ Because I quickly leaned that it was a pleasing answer for adults to here. Today I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child, as if growing up is infinite. � So far in my life I have been a lawyer, a VP of a hospital, the director of a non-profit co. that helps young people, a working- class black student at a fancy white college, the only woman, the only African America , in many rooms. I’ve been a bride, a mother, a daughter, and until recently I was the First lady of the United States- a job that’s not officially a job. It’s been quite a journey…. Embrace your passions, work hard, keep all your academic and professional options open, and be willing to take chances. �

Career Unit Terms � Adaptability: The ability to respond positively to change by adjusting goals and plans and being open to opportunities. � Resistance to Change: If you are unable to keep current, you will most likely be left behind. Take advantage of all training opportunities offered to you.

Career Unit Terms Open job market: Employment positions that are advertised (15%) � � § § Hidden job market: Consists of 85% of available employment. The jobs in this category are never advertised and are usually filled by “word of mouth” How many people in this class have a job? How many of you got your job because you knew someone, who knew someone? These students didn’t see the job advertised in The Daily

Career Unit Terms � Trends in the workforce: � Trend: A pattern or tendency or habit in society ie: what is popular at the time Examples for this workplace: � � Music, Clothes, Environmental Awareness, Demographic trends, Globalization, Technology � � B. Did you know in 2020 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u 06 BXg. Wb. Gv. A

POST –SECONDARY INSTITUTIONSNBCC 1. NBCC offers over 90 1 - & 2 -year programs. § Employment rate is 92% upon graduation. § Campuses: Fredericton, Moncton, Woodstock , St. John, St. Andrews, Edmonston , Mirimichi The Trades require an Apprenticeship: This is Paid work under a mentor who trains you on the job. “ 2000 Seals hours. ”

Post- secondary: University Education: 1. Undergraduate degree– This is your first university 4 year degree e. g. Arts, Kinesiology, Business, Nursing, Engineering, Forestry, Computer Science. Student Activity: 1. STU website- find the gr. 11 & 12 course requirements to get into their Bachelor of Arts program 2. UNB Website-course requirements to get into A. Bachelor of Science B. Bachelor of Business Admin C. Bachelor of Nursing

University continued: Post Secondary 2. Masters- is a 2 nd university Degree. § The pre-requisite is a 4 year undergraduate degree. § A 2 nd degree usually takes 1 -2 years. E. g. Masters in Business Administration. 3. Many occupations require an undergraduate degree as a prerequisite. These are specialty degrees. e. g. Law, education, Pharmacy, Social Work, Speech Pathologist , Audiologists, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Medicine, Dentistry, etc. 4. PHD- Doctorate degree. This is usually obtained after you obtain your undergraduate, masters. E. g Doctorate in English, History.

Addidional Post- Secondary Institutions � Holland College- PEI - Culinary, Police officer � Eastern College- Fredericton- Computer science, Business � Majesta- Fredericton Hair stylists, Estheticians. � Other?

Student Activity � In groups of 4, decide on a particular job and come up with a list of positive and negative impacts trends have had on your job. � List of 10 (5 positive &10 negative factors that influence the career of your choice.

Bill Gates advice to high school students Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things students do not and will not learn in school. � Bill talked about how feel-good, politically correct teachings have created a generation of kids with no concept of reality , and how this concept sets them up for failure in the real world. Bill is frustrated at the younger generations attitude, work ethic and unrealistic expectations. � � He had some pointed advice for them, and what they need to expect in the work world. “Important Life lessons” by Bill Gates

Bill Gates Rule #1 �Rule 1: Life is not fair get used to it

Bill Gates Rule #2 The world won’t care about your self -esteem. � The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Bill Gates Rule #3 Expect to start with a low salary, and in a job that is beneath you. You will NOT make $60, 000 a year right out of university. You won’t be a vice-president with a car, and a cell phone

Bill Gates Rule #4 � Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. � 15% off your pay for late deadlines? Fired. The private sectors only pays for 3 sick days/year. If your rude…. Fired. � �

Bill Gates Rule #5 Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. � Every generation ahead of you had a different word for burger flipping. They called it their first opportunity to make $. � Good luck earning the same amount of $ to keep you in the style you are accustomed to when you won’t even take a 1 st job you believe is beneath you. I-phones, brand name clothes, cars, spending $, Spas, hair, nails, etc. are all VERY expensive. �

Bill Gates Rule #6 Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s your fault. � � Don’t blame it on your parents, friends, or your teachers. Don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them and stop making the same mistakes over and over.

Bill Gates Rule #7 � Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. � They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you and your friends talk about how cool you think you are. So before you save the rain forest, try doing things for yourself instead of expecting and waiting for someone else to take care of you “ stuff”. �

Bill Gates Rule #8 � Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. � “Some schools have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life”. �

Bill Gates Rule #9 � Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. � You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. �

Bill Gates Rule #10 � Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. � In real life people have to leave the coffee shops and go to jobs. Reality TV is foolish and impractical. �

Bill Gates Rule #11 � Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. � Chances are very good you are going to end up working for one.

Soft Skills Soft skills are those characteristics that help you function as: A. An individual (motivation, self-confidence) B. With a group (teamwork, negotiation, and respect). When it comes to workplace success, these skills are key. If you can’t show up on time, speak up for yourself, or get along with your peers, chances are you’re not going to have a very smooth go of it.

20 Key Soft Skills Personal character traits & interpersonal skills for working with others.

Soft Skills & Functional Resumes Soft skills are also known as transferable skills. � Currently, you have very little job experience to put on a resume, BUT you have developed some very good soft skills. These are the skills you have to high light on your student resume. � � Others soft skill not listed on the chart are : Bilingual- Conversational skills Leadership skills Computer – what you think of as basic computer skills skill may be much better than a potential employer. E. g. social media – your grandmother is on Facebook …