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Career and Financial Management

Career and Financial Management. Reasons for Work. Objectives. List reasons why people work. Identify sources of job dissatisfaction and list techniques for improving job satisfaction. Examine workplace stereotypes and gender stereotypes. Why People Work. Pay for wants and needs

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Career and Financial Management

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  1. Career and Financial Management Reasons for Work

  2. Objectives • List reasons why people work. • Identify sources of job dissatisfaction and list techniques for improving job satisfaction. • Examine workplace stereotypes and gender stereotypes.

  3. Why People Work • Pay for wants and needs • Be around others • Make a contribution • Self-Fulfillment

  4. Why People Work • Pay for wants and needs • Housing • Food • Clothes • Recreation • Other

  5. Why People Work • Be around others • Enjoy being in an environment with people who have similar interests • Make a contribution • Positively affecting the world can inspire you to work

  6. Why People Work • Self-Fulfillment • Feelings of accomplishment and self-respect • Valued when others depend on work • Helps build confidence

  7. Global Connection • Why People Work • Survival • Inherit parent’s work • Parents choose work • Prestige

  8. The Bottom Line Pay for wants and needs Be around others Why do people work? Make a contribution Self-Fulfillment

  9. Satisfaction & Self-Esteem • Job Satisfaction • How content a person is doing their job • Doing a job well build self-esteem • Confidence a person has in themselves • Feeling of accomplishment

  10. Income vs. Satisfaction • Many people measure success in terms of satisfaction, not income • Take pride in helping others • Feel accomplished • E.g.: Mother Teresa • Did she value income or satisfaction more?

  11. Losing Job Satisfaction • Conflict with other employees • Not being paid appropriately • Education, skills, or interests not being utilized • Lack of opportunities • Work that becomes boring or overly routine

  12. Losing Job Satisfaction • Fear of losing your job • Having no voice in the company • Not having the necessary resources to succeed

  13. Improving Job Satisfaction • Set new challenges • Improve your job skills • Develop your own project • Mentor a co-worker • Fight career fatigue • Break up the monotony • Cross-train • Volunteer for something different

  14. Improving Job Satisfaction • Have a great attitude • Stop negative thoughts • Put things in perspective • Look for the silver lining • Be grateful

  15. The Bottom Line Job Dissatisfaction Job Satisfaction

  16. What Do You Do? • DOCTOR • Rich • Smart • Hard working • Cares about the health of others

  17. What Do You Do? • GRADE-SCHOOL TEACHER • Kind • Caring • Interested in helping others learn

  18. Stereotypes • Stereotype: general belief about a person or group of people that is not necessarily true • “All basketball players are tall” • Stereotypes on television and in movies • Facts vs. stereotypes

  19. Types of Stereotypes Race Gender Religion Ethnicity Politics Ideologies

  20. Gender & Work Stereotypes • What jobs are intended for men? Women? • Gender Stereotyping • Today almost every career is open to both men and women

  21. Overcoming Stereotypes • Examine why the stereotype exists • Evaluate why the stereotype is persistent • Encourage acceptance of differences • Think outside the box • Check own ideas

  22. The Bottom Line Stereotypes Types Relevance Overcoming

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