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Choosing Your Career

Choosing Your Career. Chapter 1. Careers of the Future. New and better products and services, along with global competition have changed the needs and expectations of employers Technology creates newer, better, faster ways to get things done Increases productivity Increases efficiency

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Choosing Your Career

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  1. Choosing Your Career Chapter 1

  2. Careers of the Future • New and better products and services, along with global competition have changed the needs and expectations of employers • Technology creates newer, better, faster ways to get things done • Increases productivity • Increases efficiency • Increases profitability

  3. Major Occupational Groups • Informational • Collection, use, and distribution of information • Technology is key factor • Professional • Knowledge is key job skill • Create, process, store, and retrieve data and information • Service • Fastest growing sector of market • Dominated by technology and information

  4. Job Titles and Descriptions • Occupational Outlook Handbook • Published by the U.S. Department of Labor (www.bls.gov) • Provides in-depth job descriptions and includes additional information about job opportunities nationwide • Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) • Classifies jobs by nine-digit categories according to functions and duties • Listed within categories are numerous jobs available in the United States

  5. Job Analysis • Shows positive and negative attributes of a given career choice • Positive Features • Salary—amount of monthly or annual pay • Benefits—sick pay, vacation pay, profit-sharing, health insurance, etc. • Promotion—ability to advance, to accept more responsibilities • Other considerations—travel, company stability, work hours, flexibility, personnel policies

  6. Job Analysis • Negative Features • Employee expenses—costs paid by the employee that are not reimbursed • Uniforms/other special clothing • Laundry/dry cleaning • Auto expenses/gasoline • Work Characteristics—anything that relates to doing the job • Indoor/outdoor • Routine/changing tasks • Work alone/with other people • Other Considerations—transportation, how you feel about the company

  7. Entrepreneurship • Many people would like to be their own boss and own their own business • Entrepreneur—someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise • Many opportunities for people to start their own business, or purchase an existing business or franchise • www.sba.gov gives advice and free classes through government programs for people looking to start their own businesses

  8. Coping With Change • Change in the type of jobs available and how jobs are done is inevitable • Coping with Change: • Read widely—subscribe to trade journals, industry magazines, etc. • Be a lifelong learner—both at work and in your personal life • Take classes—gain new skills • Complete a self-assessment—identify needs and values, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats

  9. Changing Career Opportunities • A career choice is not a permanent and final decision • Career Planning Strategies • Long-term planning • Become part of the world economy • Network

  10. Summary • Embrace new technology • Look at change as an opportunity • Complete a careful career/job analysis • Become part of the global economy • Develop strong networking skills

  11. Planning Your Career • Why people work • To meet needs, wants and goals • To provide food, clothing, shelter, vacations, education, and luxuries • To gain a sense of identity • Factors affecting career choice • Values and lifestyle • Aptitudes and interests • Personal qualities and traits

  12. Steps in Career Planning • Self Analysis • Determine wants and needs • Determine values and desired lifestyle • Assess aptitudes and interests • Analyze personal qualities and traits • Research • Seek information • Compare abilities, interests, and personal qualities to job descriptions • Interview people in the fields of work you find interesting • Observe occupations, spend time learning about jobs, seek part-time work to gain exposure

  13. Steps in Career Planning • Plan of Action • Use good job search techniques • Develop necessary skills • Seek part-time or volunteer work to gain experience • Evaluate what you have done • Reevaluation • Prepare to meet changes in the workplace • Take advantage of new opportunities

  14. The Importance of Goals • Goals give us a sense of direction and purpose in life • Short-term • Expect to reach in a few days or a few weeks • Intermediate • Expect to reach in a few months or year • Long-term • Expect to achieve in five to ten years

  15. Making the Right Choices • What you do now can affect what you will do in the future • Personal choices • Career choices • Lifestyle choices • Are you uncertain about the career path you wish to travel? • Work on cross-over skills • Continue to seek out different career choices • Educate yourself • Be a life-long learner

  16. Sources of Job Opportunity Information • School counseling and placement services • Periodicals, online resources • www.bls.gov • Current magazines and trade journals • Public and private employment agencies • Government job training • Government tests • Newspaper and online classified advertisements

  17. Job Search Techniques • Get organized • Make a plan • Follow through • Don’t give up • Use your network!!!

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