Career Planning Values & Goals Factors Affecting Choice
Career Planning Career: Lifework chosen by a person to use personal talent, education, and training. Career Planning: Finding employment that will use your interests and abilities and that will support you financially.
Steps in Career Planning
Good Money Habits in Career Planning Take the time to plan and make the effort required to obtain employment in your career. Identify your career planning values and live them in your selection of jobs and your performance at work. Do not miss an opportunity to continually enhance your education and professional training. Understand your preferred work-style personality Practice effective employment search strategies, especially interviewing skills
How/Why did you choose your major? Discuss How/Why did you choose your major? Sarah B. talking about Marketing class. Professor trying to get her to change her major from FCS to Marketing. She said that she wasn’t comfortable marketing products to people that she knew couldn’t afford the product.
Education and Earnings HS Graduate - $33,000 Bachelor’s Degree - $55,000 Advanced Degree - $81,000 US Census Bureau
Before accepting a job- Check this out! Compare salary and living costs in different cities. Compare using city indexes. City Indexes: Comparing wages and cost of living for various employment locations. Salary vs. Benefits
Career, Money, Lifestyle, Choices Personal Values & Goals all relate to . . . Personal Values & Goals
A person’s typical way of life Lifestyle A person’s typical way of life
Factors: Family background Income Age Gender Education Occupation Where you live
Influences on the choice or chance of lifestyle Personality Security Need for nurturing Attitudes of society Standard of living Job and Career Religion
Personal Factors Life Cycle Needs Wants Values Resources
Setting Goals Roadmap 1st – determine long term goal – BIG PICTURE Short term goals set to reach long term goal
Important Rules in Goal Setting State each goal as a positive statement Be precise Set priorities if you have several goals Keep operational goals small Set realistic goals Write goals down Review them daily
Guidelines for Goal Setting Imaginable Believable Achievable Controllable Measurable Desirable Growth Facilitating
Goal Setting Worksheet Set goals in the 6 areas of your life: Family and Home Financial and Career Spiritual and Ethical Physical/Health/Fitness Social/Cultural/Entertainment Mental/Educational/Development
Goals are based on Values An idea or a belief that a person has which is important and which gives direction and meaning to life
Effects on Values Television Fads Culture Ethnicity Customs/traditions OTHERS??
Relationship of Values/Goals Values influence behavior Values have a motivating effect Goals grow out of values Values and goals affect and influence material choices True valuing includes goal setting and action
Values/Goals affect Consumer Decisions
Types of Consumers Rational/Non Rational Impulse Economical Brand Loyal Emotional Reactor Aggressive Assertive Passive
Conspicuous Consumption Related to Value System Conspicuous Consumption Products purchased solely to impress other people
Name one product which you have purchased recently. Which type of consumer were you in the purchase of this product? Why?
Decision Making Process Recognize existing needs Identify alternatives to fulfill identified needs Evaluate identified alternatives Select and implement alternatives Reflect and evaluate alternative selected
Decision Making - Levels Habitual Daily Life
Factors Affecting the Decision Making Process Internal Factors: Maturity of decision maker Number and kinds of resources Values Goals
Factors Affecting the Decision Making Process External Factors: Opinions of others Characteristics of the community Economic, social, political climate