© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 1 DO NOW: ■Why do people work? ■What jobs do you have? Your friends have? ■What jobs do your parents have?

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter © 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Choosing Your Career 1.1Jobs and Careers 1

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 3 Lesson 1.1 Jobs and Careers GOALS/Agenda ■Discuss career and job categories. ■Analyze positive and negatives of job choice (Job Analysis). ■Complete Career Survey/Self-Assessment

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 4 T/P/S: Brainstorming ■What careers are considered professionals? Why? ■What careers are considered service jobs? Why?

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 5 OOH Job Description Categories ■Management ■Professional ■Service ■Sales ■Administrative ■Farming ■Construction ■Installation ■Production ■Transportation ■Armed Forces

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 6 Job Analysis ■A job analysis is an evaluation of the positive and negative attributes of a given type of work. ■This is what helps you decide what job is a good fit for you!!

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 7 Title and salary Skills, education, and experience Positive featuresNegative features Job Analysis Form

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 8 Positive Features of Employment ■Salary is the amount of monthly or annual pay that you will earn for your labor. ■Benefits are company- provided supplements to salary (sick pay, vacation time, health insurance). ■Opportunity for promotion is the ability to advance to positions of greater responsibility and higher pay.

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 9 Negative Features of Employment ■Employee expenses: costs of working paid by the employee that are NOT reimbursed by the employer. ■Examples: costs of parking and transportation (gasoline or bus fare). ■Work characteristics: daily activities of the job and the environment in which they must be performed. ■Examples: working indoors vs. outdoors, working alone vs. working on a team, having a high or low degree of stress.

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 10 Self-Assessment Inventory StrengthsWeaknessesPlan of Action EducationExperienceAptitudes and AbilitiesAppearance

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 11 Self-Assessment ■Think about what you like doing, what you do well, and what skills and knowledge you want to enhance. ■ A Self-assessment inventory lists your strong and weak points along with plans for improvement as you prepare for a career. ■To find more about your interests complete this survey: nterestsurvey.aspx

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Closure: ■ What types of careers did we find? ■ What similarities can we draw? Differences? ■ HW: Read chapter 1 section 1.2 & 1.3

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Do Now: T-Chart-  Label Entrepreneur & Employment  3 things for each

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 14 Entrepreneurship ■An entrepreneur is someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the ownership risks of a new business. ■Opportunities for business ownership ■Continue a family business ■Purchase an existing business or franchise ■Start a new business from scratch ■EXAMPLES?!?!?!

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning 15 ■Entrepreneur or not?

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Activity ■ Research ■ Find images ■ Create ■ Brief Paragraph description ■ Follow RUBRIC!

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Closure: With a partner: ■Come up with a list of pros and cons of owning your own business? ■Would this be something you would want to do?

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 18 Advantages of Owning Your Own Business ■Make the decisions ■Be your own boss ■Feel in control of your own future ■Keep the profits ■Is anyone interested in opening their own business? What type?

© 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 1 19 Disadvantages of Owning Your Own Business ■Large investment of planning and money ■High risk of failure ■Statistics show that most new small businesses do not succeed. ■Two most common reasons for failure: ■Lack of financing ■Lack of skills