Tech Seminar Notes

1. Tech Seminar Notes

2. Menu and Toolbar Notes • My computer • –folders create tech seminar folders • H drive • Y drive • clean up H drive

3. Menu and Toolbar Notes • File • Save as- to name the document and where to save • Save- saves the changes since the last time you save • My documents- is the computers hard drive • Log in ID- your h drive is accessible anywhere in the school district • Open- open folder on the toolbar • New- blank white page on the toolbar • Printer choice- 92p is black and white, 95p is the color • Page setup – margins, page layout • Print preview- what it will look like if you print

4. Menu and Toolbar Notes • Edit • Undo- your best friend to fix a mistake, backwards blue arrow on toolbar • Cut- scissors • Copy- double paper • Paste- clipboard • Highlighting/selecting- double click, triple click, drag and drop • Select all- fastest way to highlight everything • Find/replace-

5. Menu and Toolbar Notes • View • Normal • Print layout- allows you to see your margins • Toolbars- add or delete, always want standard and formatting • Header and footer- name, period,

6. Menu and Toolbar Notes • Insert • Break- page breaks • Page numbers- can also do in the header footer toolbar • Picture- clip art of from h drive • Symbol- lots of things • Hyperlink- just type www in front of something and it will turn into a hyperlink www.mrhopeiscool.com

7. Menu and Toolbar Notes • Format • Font style, color,- also on toolbar • Paragraph- double spacing • Bullets and numbering- on toolbar but more choice in the menu • Borders and shading- accents a document • Columns- choose how many and when to start • Backgrounds- does not print, for looks only • Show/hide align- on toolbar backwards looking P • Painter- paintbrush on toolbar, allows you to copy the format to another section • Zoom- changes how you see it but not how it prints

8. Menu and Toolbar Notes • Tools • Spell-check • Language- thesaurus, • Word count- useful for English papers • Table • Table insert • Table delete • Table borders and shading • Window • Show what all you have open

10. College Notes • What are some good reasons to go to college? • Make more money • Improve your standard of living • Get a good job • Do what you want to do for the next 80,000 hours • Meet interesting people • Expand your mind • Meet your future spouse • Become independent • Friends

11. College Notes • 4 year colleges--Bachelors degree • Private • Drake, Harvard, Grand View, and Simpson • Tuition $10,000-$30,000 • Public • Iowa, ISU, UNI • Tuition $5,000-$6,000

12. College Notes • 2 year colleges--Associates degree • Community college • DMACC, ICCC, and Kirkwood $2,400-$3,000 • Specialty colleges • AIB, LaJames, Iowa School of Beauty, Vatterott, and Kaplan

13. College Notes • Graduate School--Masters degree • Another 2-4 years after your Bachelors degree • Lawyer, doctor, MBA • Tuition is the cost of classes and books • Tuition is an investment in yourself • Financial aid: “You have to spend money to make money”

14. College Notes • General Education Requirements--these are the classes that you are required to take like English, math, speech, social science, science, foreign language • Full-time students need 12 credits to stay on parent’s health insurance. You usually need at least 15 credits a semester to graduate on time.

15. College Notes • Most classes are 3 credits • Bachelors degree require around 124 credits • Dorms/on campus living with meal plans costs around $4,000-$7,000 • Scholarships and grants are money you don’t have to pay back • Loans need to be paid back with interest after you graduate

17. Want Ads Search • Where to find a job? • Newspaper • Bulletin boards • Workforce development (office ran by the state) • College placement office (of the college you went too) • websites • #1 Networking- word of mouth from a friend is the best

18. Want Ads Search • Evaluating a Job • Pay- salary or hourly • Hours- days, nights, weekends, holidays • Work Attire- uniform, casual, professional • Work environment- outside, can’t get along with people (#1 reason get fired), stress

19. Want Ads Search • Benefits- very important and should be part of your job evaluation • Health insurance • Dental • Life insurance • Vacation • Sick days • Personal Days/bereavement • Tuition reimbursement • Gym membership

20. Want Ads Search • Resume- record of all your experiences • Interviewing- conversation between you and employer to see if your right for the job • Dress up- a must to make good 1st impression • Thank you letter- nice added touch that could help you win the job • Ability Tests- typing, math, writing, computers, psychological,

21. Want Ads Search • Succeeding- is as easy as being on time, ask questions, don’t complain, follow the rules, and do a good job • Getting Along- #1 reason people are fired • Be friendly, dependable, willing to learn, and develop relationships that will help you in the future • Quitting- leave on good terms because your next job will call them about you • Give two weeks notice (sometimes they don’t need it) • Resignation letter, short, polite, and dated

23. Getting Paid • Salary- You earn a set amount every week no matter how many hours you work (teachers, managers, ) • Hourly- you are paid by the hour (most jobs) • Piece Rate- you are paid based upon how much you produce (factory, assembly, some construction jobs) • Straight Commission- You are paid a percentage of how much you sell (many sales jobs) • Salary + commission- is a mixture of both

24. Getting Paid • Overtime- is 1 ½ times your hourly pay • hourly workers get it whenever you work more than 40 hours a week • Salaried workers do not get overtime • Union workers may get overtime whenever they work past their contract time • Double time- is twice your hourly pay • Some employers pay double time if you work holidays • Union workers may get it based on their contract stipulations

26. Taxes • Used for public good (like roads, welfare, police, fire, military, education, etc.) • Federal (10-33%) State (5%) County (6%) and City (fees and property taxes) • Social Security also called FICA tax • FICA is 7.65%-used to pay old people pensions- monthly check to live off of & medicare • Disability- monthly check to live off of if you can’t work • survivor benefits- monthly check until your 18 if you lose a parent

27. Taxes • Sales Tax- the tax you pay when you buy something • Here in Polk county you pay 6% (5% goes to the State/county, 1% goes to the schools) • No sales tax on food in Iowa • Tax free weekend in August

29. Checkbook • Everyone needs a Checking account- they’re safe, makes bill paying easy, shows proof • Overdrawn or bounce a check- wrote a check for more than you have in the bank • Clearing house is the place where checks go to get separated to the correct banks • Forgery- signing a name on a check that is not yours • Reconciling at the end of the month you compare your checkbook with the bank statement

30. Checkbook

32. Studying Careers • Occupation/job- task or series of tasks that is performed to provide a good or service • Career- a goal in life that is fulfilled through a series of occupations • What is your first career goal right now? • CareerPlanning- process of studying careers, assessing your personal traits, & making decisions about a future career.

33. Studying Careers • Q. What are some thing you want to find out to see if a certain career is right for you? • A. Does it fit your interests, pay, education, work performed, +’s & -’s,

34. Finding Information • Q. Where are some places you can look to find info on career planning? • A. Counselors, teachers, adults, Internet, library, Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Quarterly, the want ads, Job Service

35. Getting Insight into Work • The process of talking to people to find out what they know is called __________. • What is an advantage of Networking? Disv? • Personal experience with part-time jobs • Career information interview- is a planned discussion with a worker, may let shadow

36. Getting Insight Into Yourself • What are your needs & wants, does the career you want fit those • Mobility is the willingness & ability of a person to move to where the jobs are • lack of mobility leads to locational unemployment, people are unwilling to move to where the jobs are

37. Getting Insight Into Yourself • Your values are the things that are important in your life & must be considered • What wont you be willing to do? • Next question, What would you do if every job paid the same and you didn’t have to worry about money?

38. Getting Insight Into Yourself • Your talents & abilities are important part of your career planning • Talent- natural inborn aptitude to do things • Ability-the quality of being able to do a certain task • What are you good at? What comes easy to you? What classes are you good at? • Abilities can be developed if you work at them!

39. Making Career Decisions • The decision is up to you, but don’t wait to long, Why? • The more prepared you are, the better off you will be, Why? • Luck = opportunity + preparation • A tentative career decision- is subject to change as new information is received

41. Types of Industry • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) researches and publishes info on jobs • The 2 major types of industry • Service industry performs a service (ex.?) • Goods industry manufactures things (ex.?) • White collar workers deal a lot with the public and handling information (ex.?) • Blue collar workers primarily involves use of machinery & equipment (ex.?) Blue collar are needing more training today. WHY?

42. Societal Trends • Immigrants (people from other countries) are a source of labor, over history have filled important jobs that needed to be filled. Like what? • Outsourcing- business send jobs overseas to have them done cheaper or better • Downsizing is a planned reduction in the number of employees needed to reduce costs & be more efficient.