1. Your Ideal Career More than just the work
Chapter 5
Your Ideal Career
More than just the work

2. What to get out of this chapter
Identify working conditions and job characteristics that most appeal to me
Think about jobs that satisfy the working conditions and characteristics above
Consider a variety of formats for structured or unstructured work and my level of anxiety tolerance
Would an employee or employer suit me better
Does status matter to me and what kind?

3. Chapter 5 Vocab Copy vocab into workbook (from word document)
Read vocab words once a night for homework
To prepare for vocab test at the end of the chapter.

4. category: a classification or grouping
characteristics: traits or attributes
environment: your surroundings; the setting in which you live or work
frequent: to hang out at a place regularly
acquaintances: a person you know but who is not a close friend
isolation: being detached or far removed from others
variety: many different forms or types of something
compatible: able to live or work together in harmony
flexible: adaptable to new, changing, or developing circumstances
potential: hidden talent or possibility
incentive: motive; something that provokes action
option: a choice; an alternative way of arriving at something
composite: a combination of several different parts
free lance: a person who works within a profession but with no fixed long-term responsibility to any one company
sequential: one after another
anxiety: uneasiness; a feeling of impending doom
tolerance: open-mindedness; understanding someone else’s beliefs even if they are unlike your own
entrepreneur: someone who establishes and runs a business or company
capital: the money invested to start or maintain a business
status: a person’s position in relation to others

5. Considerations Physical settings Working conditions
Relationships at work
Psychological rewards of working
Mixing career and family
Financial rewards

6. Considerations Read pg 124-125 & discuss
Continue through pg 131 reading and checking the boxes that appeal to you
Be sure to check the boxes in your workbook

7. Considerations Will you answer the call? What can you increase?
What can you increase?

8. Ideal Job
Based on the boxes you selected for considerations and the personal profile bull's-eye chart complete the following
Fill out your job skills chart (using info from ch 2)
Refer back to Gina’s story in the opening
Discuss pg 133
Fill in your chart that matches pg 134

9. Ideal Job Computers-Artificial Intelligence

10. Job Characteristics Full- or part-time job
Structured or flexible hours
Composite or single career(s)
Salary or freelance/commission
Company site or telecommuting/home-based
Lifetime or sequential career(s)
Anxiety and how much you can tolerate

11. Job Characteristics Read pg 135-136 Complete chart that matches pg 137
“Fears are normal; learning to act in spite of them is a mark of maturity.” annonymous

12. Job Characteristics Odds of becoming a pro athlete

13. Employee or Employer? Employer “Entrepreneur”
People who own their business,
whatever it’s size
“Entrepreneur”
More freedom and control over their time
Take major risks, personally and financially
Complete the checklist that matches and total your score to learn if you are a “good candidate”

14. Vocational & Technical School/College
California Technical Academy – Riverside
1285 Columbia Ave Riverside, CA 92507
North-West College – Riverside
4550 La Sierra Ave Riverside, CA 92505

15. Vocational & Technical School/College
Riverside Adult School
6735 Magnolia Ave Riverside, CA 92506
Center for Employment Training
1099 N Pepper Ave Colton, CA 92324

16. Vocational & Technical School/College
Welding Skills Test and Training Center
9216 Center Ave Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
North American Training Center
2025 W Park Ave Ste 1 Redlands, CA 92373

17. Status Do you care about having a more prestigious career? Consider…
Status within the field but not overall
Status based on more education
Doctors, lawyers, college professors, etc
Is status always related to income?
Read pg 140

18. Chapter 5 Vocab Complete the Crossword for the chapter
To prepare for vocab test!