1. Exploring the World of Work
Section 1.1
Exploring the World of Work

2. How to distinguish between a job and a career
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How to distinguish between a job and a career
How your job can affect your lifestyle
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3. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Why people work

4. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Determining how jobs affect your lifestyle will help you understand the importance of making sound career choices.

5. KEY TERMS
job
career
lifestyle

6. Exploring the World of Work
It’s time to think about your career options and how to prepare for them.
What kind of work will you do?
Most people prefer to do work that uses their interests and talents.
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7. Exploring the World of Work
Your talents, or skills, are the things you’re good at, such as drawing, being organized, solving math problems, or dancing.

8. Exploring the World of Work
Your interests are your favorite activities.
You may like to listen to music, play basketball, or work with computers.
Think of jobs that might suit your skills and interests.

9. What is Work?
Is work something people do simply to earn money, or is it something much more?

10. Jobs and Careers A job is work that people do for pay.
A career is a series of related jobs built on a foundation of interest, knowledge, training, and experience.

11. Jobs and Careers
Many people work at several jobs during their careers.
According to current estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American will have more than eight jobs by the age of 32.

12. Jobs and Careers
Experience working at different jobs can help you decide on a career path.

13. ETHICS in Action Summer Job
Your guidance counselor announces a summer job opening at the local newspaper. You want to be a journalist, so the job would be good experience. Your friend is interested in the job because it pays more than her job at a retail shop.
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14. ETHICS in Action Summer Job THINK ABOUT IT
You both get good grades and take honors classes, so there is a good chance either of you could get the job.
THINK ABOUT IT
Will you ask your friend not to apply for the position at the newspaper? Why or why not?

15. Impact on Lifestyle
Your lifestyle is the way you use your time, energy, and resources.

16. Impact on Lifestyle
Your work can determine how much time you have to spend with friends and family and how much money you have to pursue your favorite activities.

17. Impact on Lifestyle
Making a list of how you’d like to spend your time, resources, and energy can help you find out the kind of work you’d like to do and the kind of lifestyle you’d like to have.

18. Why People Work People work to earn money to pay for: Housing
Transportation
Food
Clothes
Health Care
Insurance
Education
Taxes
Recreation

19. Why People Work
People also work because they want to be with other people.
They may enjoy being in an environment with people who share the same interests.

20. Why People Work Self-fulfillment is another reason why people work.
Working at a job that suits them gives them a feeling of accomplishment.

21. Lifestyle Graphic Organizer LIFESTYLE 1.1 How you use How you use
your energy
How you use
your resources
LIFESTYLE
How
you
use
your
time
Chapter 1 • You and the World of Work
Succeeding in the World of Work

22. Key Concept Checkpoint
SECTION 1.1 REVIEW
Key Concept Checkpoint
Comprehension
Give an example of one job that a high school graduate with each of the following interests might do: math, music, computers.
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23. Key Concept Checkpoint
SECTION 1.1 REVIEW
Key Concept Checkpoint
Comprehension
Describe a situation that might cause a person to change his or her main reason for working.
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24. Key Concept Checkpoint
SECTION 1.1 REVIEW
Key Concept Checkpoint
Critical Thinking
Why is it a bad idea to choose a job just because it pays well?

25. Exploring the World of Work
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Exploring the World of Work