Chapter 1 Choosing Your Career Ms. Dinnella

What careers are you thinking about pursuing?

What do you have to pay for once you start earning a living?

1.1 Choosing Your Career  Today’s career paths are different from your parents. Why?

Answer.  Global economy  Technology Retrain Retrain Upgrade Upgrade Reinvent yourselves Reinvent yourselves Work from home-self-employment Work from home-self-employment

Business seek  Fast Improve quality Improve quality Increase output Increase output Lower costs Lower costs Diverse products Diverse products Cyberspace companies Cyberspace companies

Major Occupational Groups  Highest paying career groups are called professionals that require a key job skill ex. lawyers, economists, teachers, etc.

Job Analysis   Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)  Write down on a piece of paper or in your notes three careers from the site; we are going to use them later this week

Job analysis cont  Evaluation of the positive and negative attributes of a given type of work  Identify types of work that would be a good fit for you  What costs would you have from choosing this career Training Training College College Etc Etc Salary Salary Benefits Benefits

Positive Features of Employment  What do you think are some positives to employment? Salary Salary Benefits Benefits Promotion Promotion

Salary  Amount of monthly or annual pay that you will earn for your labor.  You need to consider: If there are scheduled salary increases for the week, month or year If there are scheduled salary increases for the week, month or year Some companies offer frequent evaluations, merit raises, bonuses, and pay schedule that allows you to advance Some companies offer frequent evaluations, merit raises, bonuses, and pay schedule that allows you to advance

Benefits  Company provided supplements to salary, such as sick pay, vacation time, profit sharing plans, and health insurance

Promotion  The ability to advance to positions of greater responsibility and higher pay  Promotions give you recognition for your achievements, provide more challenging work and often come the greater authority or prestige  What are some other things to think about when taking a job?

Additional things to consider when taking a job:  The commute  Parking  Company stability  Work hours and flexibility  Personnel polices

Negative Features of Employment  Employee expenses-any costs of working paid by the employee that are not reimbursed by the employer Costs of parking Costs of parking Transportation (gas, bus fare, etc) Transportation (gas, bus fare, etc) Uniforms (dry cleaning, initial cost, etc.) Uniforms (dry cleaning, initial cost, etc.)

Negative Features of Employment  Work characteristics-are daily activities of the job and the environment in which they must be performed  Such as: Indoor vs. outdoor Indoor vs. outdoor Alone vs. working with a team Alone vs. working with a team High stress vs. low stress High stress vs. low stress Breaks Breaks Supervisory relationships Supervisory relationships Time spent on a computer Time spent on a computer Eight-hour day vs. working overtime Eight-hour day vs. working overtime

Entrepreneur  Ownership of their own business

1.2 Coping with Change and Reinventing Yourself  With rapid changing technology you can choose one of three things Accept it Accept it Reject it Reject it Ignore it Ignore it

Coping with Change  Stay informed-keep up with ever-changing ideas by: Reading magazines Reading magazines Newspapers Newspapers Online periodicals Online periodicals That deal with your career and technology That deal with your career and technology

Coping with Change  Be a lifelong learner-means actively seeking new knowledge, skills, and experience that will add to your professional and personal growth Attend seminars and workshops Attend seminars and workshops

Coping with Change  Take classes Upgrading-advancing to a higher degree level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer Upgrading-advancing to a higher degree level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer Retraining-involves learning new and different skills Retraining-involves learning new and different skills Advanced degrees-masters, doctorate, and professional degree, medicine, law, engineering, etc. Advanced degrees-masters, doctorate, and professional degree, medicine, law, engineering, etc.

Changing Career Opportunities  Long-Term Sustainability- you must look ahead with the ever-changing technology and see where your employer/career will be in later years so you may reinvent yourself and upgrade to maintain your job  World Economy-stay connected  Networking-meeting people, learning things, and networking with them on ideas and useful information