1. Professional Jobs ◦ One of the highest paying ◦ Being knowledgeable is key job skill ◦ Involves creating, processing, storing, retrieving, and transmitting information ◦ Ex. Lawyers, teachers, economists…

2. Service Jobs ◦ Dominated by information and technology needs ◦ Use highly sophisticated information storage and retrieval devices, from point-of-sale computers to optical scanners for inventory management & customer databases ◦ Large and increasing sector of the market ◦ Occupational Handbook Occupational Handbook ◦ Possible Assignment: Create a job analysis detailing positives/negatives. Use p.9 for sample.

 Salary: monthly or annual salary  Benefits: company provided supplements such as vacation, sick pay, health insurance, etc.  Promotion: the ability to advance to positions of more responsibility and higher pay  Others: commuting distance, parking, work hours and flexibility, etc.

 Maybe look at these as CHALLENGES  Employee expenses: costs of working that are not reimbursed by employer ◦ Parking and transportation ◦ Gasoline or bus fare ◦ Uniforms (maintaining and cleaning)  Work characteristics: daily activities of the job and work environment ◦ Working indoors v. outdoors ◦ Working alone v. working with a team ◦ Level of stress ◦ Time between breaks

 Entrepreneur: organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a new business  Possibilities: ◦ Continue a family business ◦ Purchase an existing business or franchise ◦ Start a new business from scratch  Requires… ◦ Large amount of planning ◦ Work long hours ◦ Large investment of money

 Stay Informed  Be a Lifelong learner  Take classes  Complete a Self-Assessment ◦ List strengths, weaknesses, and plan of action (Prepare Self-Assessment Inventory…put on wikispace.)  Networking: ◦ “It’s not what you know, but who you know”. ◦ Networks are informal groups of people with common interests who interact for mutual assistance.