FINDING YOUR PLACE CAREERS

Planning is an essential part of travel, not just on a vacation, but through life. – Education, how you will get to school, what you will do for the day, after school, weekends, etc. – The kind of work/career you will do/have should require some planning – Planning leads to being prepare – leads to being successful – Career planning, helps develop the skills we need to be successful. 2

CAREER PLANNING: Career- general area of work, the direction of a persons life as related to work – May include work related activities – May involve several jobs from entry level, etc – Some choose to be Self Employed-work for themselves Most people are employees and work for an employer either for large corporations or small businesses 3

GOALS – Everyone’s goals toward careers are different – Some want fame, money, to be a leader, to help others. What do you want? – GOAL-something you want to achieve Must be realistic, practical, challenging, attainable 3 types of goals based on length of time to achieve – Short term: achieved in 1 year or less – Intermediate: achieved in 1 to 4 or 5 years » includes short term goals – Long term: achieved in 4 or more years » includes both short term and intermediate goals 4

Once goals are made, they often need to be revised. Our interest may change. New goals may be needed. Ways and means: how to achieve goals, action Target dates are necessary, so you know if you are where you should be w/your goal 5

Career Ladder :the upward movement of people in their careers – People start in lower level jobs move up to higher level jobs (climbing a career ladder) – Advancement comes from experience, being productive, – Advancements bring more responsibility, demands, better pay, and other benefits – Advancements may also require more education and risks 6

Career Skills Skills are required for most jobs, the kinds of skills vary Skills include: – education-provides preparation, varies per career, high school, community college, college, vocational training – people skills-abilities that help people get along, having PS helps you to gain others respect – Experience-having personally done something, it helps you to know the job/work, what’s expected – -get experience from volunteering, should be related to field of work interest 7

People skills being courteous being honest respecting others seeking suggestions from others having good communications skills allowing others to help having a pleasant personality –w/a smile helping others feel good about themselves 8

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